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.
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
- 1626 –Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.
- 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.
- 1822 –Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito.
- 1832 –The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
- 1856 –John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
- 1901 –Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
- 1956 –The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
- 1961 –American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus.
- 1973 –Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
- 1990 –A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.
Who were born on May 24?
- 1686 –Gabriel Fahrenheit, German inventor and thermometer maker (d. 1736)
- 1816 –Emanuel Leutze, German-born painter (d. 1868)
- 1900 –Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
- 1940 –Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
- 1947 –Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive (Volkswagen Group)
- 1963 –Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
- 1965 –Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director
- 1966 –Russell Kun, Nauruan politician
- 1974 –Sébastien Foucan, French actor and free-runner
- 1976 –Catherine Cox, Australian netballer
Who died on May 24?
- 1425 –Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
- 1456 –Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)
- 1734 –Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1941 –Lancelot Holland, British admiral (b. 1887)
- 1945 –Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1969 –Willy Ley, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1984 –Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
- 1996 –Joseph Mitchell, American journalist (b. 1908)
- 2003 –Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
- 2010 –Raymond V. Haysbert, African-American business executive and civil rights leader (b. 1920)
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