What are the important events that happened on May 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 24 is the 145th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 11, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,716,508,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontapentagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 250 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,172 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 24 Historical Events
- 1276 –Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.
- 1856 –John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
- 1883 –The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
- 1895 –Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
- 1973 –Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
- 1980 –The International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran. The hostages would not be freed until the following January.
- 1991 –Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
- 1992 –The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
- 2001 –Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
- 2002 –Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
Who were born on May 24?
- 1494 –Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- 1855 –Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (d. 1934)
- 1863 –George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
- 1879 –H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and founder of H. B. Reese Candy Co. (d. 1956)
- 1885 –Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist (d. 1948)
- 1899 –Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
- 1913 –Peter Ellenshaw, American matte designer (d. 2007)
- 1943 –Gary Burghoff, American actor
- 1976 –Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
- 1988 –Monica Lin Brown, American soldier
Who died on May 24?
- 1612 –Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman (b. 1563)
- 1627 –Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561)
- 1632 –Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- 1876 –Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1843)
- 1908 –Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
- 1969 –Willy Ley, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1972 –Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (b. 1915)
- 1991 –Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912)
- 1997 –Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
- 2008 –Rob Knox, British actor (b. 1989)
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