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Events on the 24th of May in history

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24 May 1086 Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III
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24 May 1153 Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland
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24 May 1218 The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
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24 May 1276 Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
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24 May 1300 King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured
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24 May 1370 Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV
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24 May 1487 The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
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24 May 1487 Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin
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24 May 1595 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
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24 May 1607 One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first English colony in America.
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24 May 1621 The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
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24 May 1626 Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
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24 May 1626 Peter Minuit buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24
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24 May 1653 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria
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24 May 1658 Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought
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24 May 1660 English king Charles II visits Netherlands
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24 May 1667 The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
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24 May 1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
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24 May 1689 The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.
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24 May 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
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24 May 1697 English king Willem III travels through northern Europe
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24 May 1726 People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax
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24 May 1738 Methodist Church forms
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24 May 1738 John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
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24 May 1738 Methodist Church is established
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24 May 1798 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
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24 May 1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
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24 May 1813 South American independence leader Simón Bolívar enters Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and is proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator").
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24 May 1815 George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia
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24 May 1818 General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola FL
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24 May 1822 Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
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24 May 1822 At Battle of Pichincha, Bol
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24 May 1824 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
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24 May 1829 Pope Pius VIII issues his program for the pontificate
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24 May 1830 "Mary Had A Little Lamb, " is written
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24 May 1830 1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore & Elliots Mill, Maryland)
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24 May 1830 "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
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24 May 1830 The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
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24 May 1830 "Mary Had A Little Lamb" is written
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24 May 1832 The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
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24 May 1844 Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph message)
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24 May 1844 Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
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24 May 1846 General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey in Mexican War
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24 May 1854 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by US Deputy marshals in Boston
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24 May 1854 Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1st Black college in US forms by Prebyts
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24 May 1856 John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
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24 May 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas
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24 May 1861 Maj General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
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24 May 1861 American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
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24 May 1861 Alexandria VA occupied by Federal troops
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24 May 1862 Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time
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24 May 1862 Westminster Bridge across Thames opens
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24 May 1866 Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne)
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24 May 1870 Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US
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24 May 1873 Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit" premieres in Paris France
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24 May 1877 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45
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24 May 1878 CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston
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24 May 1879 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40
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24 May 1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die
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24 May 1883 The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
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24 May 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur & Governor Cleveland
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24 May 1884 Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party form People's Party in the US
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24 May 1887 Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants East African Association at East African harbors
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24 May 1890 Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany
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24 May 1890 Geo Train & Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma
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24 May 1890 Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London
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24 May 1895 Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
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24 May 1895 Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight
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24 May 1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
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24 May 1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
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24 May 1900 34th Belmont Stakes: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21
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24 May 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State
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24 May 1902 Cleveland's Bill Bradley is 1st American League-er to hit a homerun in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
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24 May 1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain
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24 May 1905 39th Belmont Stakes: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
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24 May 1908 John Masefields "Tragedy of Nan, " premieres in London
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24 May 1908 Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election
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24 May 1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter
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24 May 1915 World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
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24 May 1915 Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
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24 May 1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
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24 May 1916 Conscription begins in Britain
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24 May 1916 French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured
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24 May 1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
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24 May 1916 US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker
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24 May 1918 Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning
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24 May 1921 The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
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24 May 1921 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected
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24 May 1921 British Legion is formed
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24 May 1922 Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6
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24 May 1922 Russian-Italian trade agreement signed
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24 May 1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 meters (8:25.4)
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24 May 1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yankees beat A's 9-7
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24 May 1928 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again
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24 May 1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
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24 May 1930 Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
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24 May 1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
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24 May 1930 Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week
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24 May 1930 Bradman scores 252 Australia vs Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours
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24 May 1931 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad
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24 May 1933 Dmitri Shostakovich's Preludes, premieres in Moscow
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24 May 1934 Colombia & Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia
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24 May 1935 The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
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24 May 1935 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phils 1)
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24 May 1935 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
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24 May 1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party
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24 May 1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yankees beat A's 25-2
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24 May 1939 First issue of Fashizmi is published in Tirana.
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24 May 1940 Hitler affirms General von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"
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24 May 1940 New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
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24 May 1940 Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
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24 May 1940 Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
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24 May 1940 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
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24 May 1940 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
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24 May 1940 Dutch army demobilizes
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24 May 1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio
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24 May 1940 German tanks reach Atrecht France
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24 May 1941 World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
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24 May 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive
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24 May 1943 The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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24 May 1943 Admiral D
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24 May 1943 U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje
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24 May 1944 Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists
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24 May 1944 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
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24 May 1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager
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24 May 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
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24 May 1948 Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera" premieres in Cambridge
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24 May 1951 Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal
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24 May 1951 US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
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24 May 1951 Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants
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24 May 1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
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24 May 1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico
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24 May 1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
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24 May 1954 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
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24 May 1954 German airline Lufthansa forms
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24 May 1956 Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna.
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24 May 1956 The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
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24 May 1957 Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
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24 May 1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia
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24 May 1958 "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 432 performances
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24 May 1958 United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
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24 May 1958 President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion
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24 May 1958 UP & International News Service merge into United Press International
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24 May 1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills PA)
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24 May 1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England
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24 May 1960 Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
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24 May 1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
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24 May 1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
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24 May 1961 American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
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24 May 1961 Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
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24 May 1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
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24 May 1962 Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
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24 May 1962 M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit
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24 May 1963 Baldwin–Kennedy meeting on race relations in the US
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24 May 1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
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24 May 1964 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win
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24 May 1964 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
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24 May 1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational
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24 May 1964 Longest homerun (471') in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota)
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24 May 1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
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24 May 1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional
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24 May 1966 "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances
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24 May 1967 Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
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24 May 1967 AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals
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24 May 1968 FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
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24 May 1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
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24 May 1968 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession
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24 May 1968 President De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse
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24 May 1969 Beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
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24 May 1970 The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union.
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24 May 1970 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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24 May 1970 Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
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24 May 1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
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24 May 1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panam
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24 May 1972 Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona
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24 May 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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24 May 1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
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24 May 1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16
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24 May 1975 Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
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24 May 1976 The London to Washington, D.C., Concorde service begins.
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24 May 1976 The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
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24 May 1976 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC)
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24 May 1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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24 May 1977 USSR President Podgorny resigns
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24 May 1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect
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24 May 1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
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24 May 1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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24 May 1980 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
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24 May 1980 Iran rejects a call to the World Court to release US hostages
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24 May 1980 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2
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24 May 1981 Al Unser wins, loses, and wins a controversial Indy 500
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24 May 1981 Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
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24 May 1981 Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indianapolis 500
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24 May 1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
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24 May 1981 Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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24 May 1982 Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
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24 May 1983 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria
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24 May 1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
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24 May 1984 "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
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24 May 1984 Detroit Tigers win American League record 17th straight road game
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24 May 1985 "View to a Kill" premieres in US
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24 May 1985 "View to a Kill" premieres in US
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24 May 1985 Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
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24 May 1985 Ferry flight, Enterprise (OV-101) from Vandenberg Air Force Base to Edwards Air Force Base CA
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24 May 1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel
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24 May 1986 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1
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24 May 1986 Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy Mahl
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24 May 1986 Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours
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24 May 1986 Stanley Cup: Montr
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24 May 1987 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes
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24 May 1987 Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indianapolis 500
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24 May 1988 Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
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24 May 1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute
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24 May 1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe
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24 May 1988 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
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24 May 1989 "Indiana Jones & Last Crusade" premieres
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24 May 1989 "Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premieres
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24 May 1989 AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
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24 May 1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
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24 May 1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of the season
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24 May 1989 NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager & coach Phil Esposito
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24 May 1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
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24 May 1990 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
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24 May 1990 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
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24 May 1991 Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
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24 May 1992 Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
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24 May 1992 The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
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24 May 1992 Al Unser Jr wins Indianapolis 500
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24 May 1992 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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24 May 1992 Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
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24 May 1992 Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
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24 May 1993 Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
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24 May 1993 Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war
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24 May 1993 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement
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24 May 1993 Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey
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24 May 1994 Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
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24 May 1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash
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24 May 1996 "Spy Hard, " starring Leslie Nielsen is released
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24 May 1997 Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan
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24 May 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
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24 May 1997 Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful
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24 May 1998 Indianapolis 500 race
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24 May 1998 Wins J C Penney LPGA Skins Game
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24 May 1998 Indianapolis 500 race; Eddie Cheever Jr. wins with an average speed of 145.155 mph
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24 May 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
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24 May 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
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24 May 2001 Mountaineering: Temba Tsheri, a 16-year-old Sherpa, becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
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24 May 2001 The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel kills 23 and injures over 200.
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24 May 2002 Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
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