Events
Pre-1600
*
919
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Events
By Place
Byzantine Empire
* March 25 – Romanos Lekapenos, admiral (''droungarios'') of the Byz ...
– The nobles of
Franconia
Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch'').
The three administrative regions of Lower, Middle and Upper ...
and
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a ...
elect
Henry the Fowler at the
Imperial Diet in
Fritzlar as king of the
East Frankish Kingdom.
*
1218 – The
Fifth Crusade leaves
Acre
The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, of a square mile, 4,840 square ...
for
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
.
*
1276 –
Magnus Ladulås
Magnus III ( 1240 – 18 December 1290), also called Magnus Ladulås, was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290.
Name
He was the ''first Magnus'' to rule Sweden for any length of time, not generally regarded as a usurper or ...
is crowned
King of Sweden
The monarchy of Sweden is the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5. which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.Parliamentary system: see the Instrument ...
in
Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral ( sv, Uppsala domkyrka) is a cathedral located between the University Hall of Uppsala University and the Fyris river in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran t ...
.
*
1487
Year 1487 ( MCDLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 29 – Richard Foxe becomes Bishop of Exeter.
* March – Sigismun ...
– The ten-year-old
Lambert Simnel is crowned in
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
Christ Church Cathedral, more formally The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough and the cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of the United Provinces of Dublin and Cashel in the ( ...
, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten
King Henry VII
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry's mother, Margaret Beaufort, ...
's reign.
*
1567
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Year 1567 ( MDLXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events January–June
* January – A Spanish force under the command of Captain Juan Pardo est ...
–
Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards
murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the ...
five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
*
1595
Events
January–June
* January – Mehmed III succeeds Murad III, as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
* January 17 – During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
* April 8 (March 29 O.S. ...
– ''
Nomenclator
Nomenclator may refer to:
*''Nomenclator omnium rerum propria nomina variis linguis explicata indicans'', 16th century book written by Hadrianus Junius
*Nomenclator, in cryptography, a kind of substitution cypher
*Nomenclator (nomenclature)
A ...
'' of
Leiden University Library
Leiden University Libraries is a library founded in 1575 in Leiden, Netherlands. It is regarded as a significant place in the development of European culture: it is a part of a small number of cultural centres that gave direction to the developme ...
appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
1601–1900
*
1607 – One hundred-five English settlers under the leadership of Captain
Christopher Newport established the colony called
Jamestown at the mouth of the
James River on the Virginia coast, the first permanent English colony in
America.
*
1621 – The
Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
*
1626 –
Peter Minuit buys
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
.
*
1667 – The
French Royal Army crosses the border into the
Spanish Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands ( Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a '' pars pro toto'') was the ...
, starting the
War of Devolution
In the 1667 to 1668 War of Devolution (, ), France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté, both then provinces of the Holy Roman Empire (and properties of the King of Spain). The name derives from an obscure law k ...
opposing
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
to the
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire ( es, link=no, Imperio español), also known as the Hispanic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Hispánica) or the Catholic Monarchy ( es, link=no, Monarquía Católica) was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its prede ...
and the
Triple Alliance.
*
1683 – The
Ashmolean Museum in
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
*
1689 – The
English Parliament passes the
Act of Toleration protecting
dissenting Protestants but excluding
Roman Catholics
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
.
*
1738 –
John Wesley
John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Meth ...
is
converted
Conversion or convert may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Conversion" (''Doctor Who'' audio), an episode of the audio drama ''Cyberman''
* "Conversion" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the television series
* "The Conversion" ...
, essentially launching the
Methodist movement
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's br ...
; the day is celebrated annually by
Methodists as
Aldersgate Day
Aldersgate Day, or Wesley Day, is an anniversary observed by Methodist Christians on 24 May. It recalls the day in 1738 when Church of England priest John Wesley attended a group meeting in Aldersgate, London, where he received an experience of ...
and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
*
1798 – The
Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the
United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association in the Kingdom of Ireland formed in the wake of the French Revolution to secure "an equal representation of all the people" in a national government. Despairing of constitutional reform, ...
against British rule begins.
*
1813 – South American independence leader
Simón Bolívar enters
Mérida, leading the invasion of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, and is proclaimed ''El Libertador'' ("The Liberator").
*
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.
*
1844
In the Philippines, it was the only leap year with 365 days, as December 31 was skipped when 1845 began after December 30.
Events
January–March
* January 15 – The University of Notre Dame, based in the city of the same name, receives ...
–
Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a
biblical
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quotation,
Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the
United States Capitol to his assistant,
Alfred Vail, in
Baltimore
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,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
, to inaugurate a commercial
telegraph
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...
line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.
*
1856
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Borax deposits are discovered in large quantities by John Veatch in California.
* January 23 – American paddle steamer SS ''Pacific'' leaves Liverpool (England) for a transatlantic voya ...
–
John Brown and his men
kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
*
1861 –
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...
:
Union troops occupy
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C.
In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...
.
*
1873 –
Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
– The
Brooklyn Bridge in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
*
1900 –
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the So ...
: The United Kingdom annexes the
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...
.
1901–present
*
1915 –
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
:
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
declares war on
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
, joining the conflict on the side of
the Allies
Alliance, Allies is a term referring to individuals, groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose.
Allies may also refer to:
* Allies of World War I
* Allies of World War II
* F ...
.
*
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).
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
– The first
night game in
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (A ...
history is played in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line w ...
, with the
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...
beating the
Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at
Crosley Field
Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second (1937) ...
.
*
1940 –
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (russian: И́горь Ива́нович Сико́рский, p=ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvitʃ sʲɪˈkorskʲɪj, a=Ru-Igor Sikorsky.ogg, tr. ''Ígor' Ivánovich Sikórskiy''; May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972)Fortie ...
performs the first successful single-rotor
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribu ...
flight.
* 1940 – Acting on the orders of
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
leader
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...
,
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
...
agent
Iosif Grigulevich
Iosif Romualdovich Grigulevich (russian: Иосиф Ромуальдович Григулевич; May 5, 1913 – June 2, 1988) was a Soviet secret police (NKVD) operative active between 1937 and 1953, when he played a role in assassination plots ...
orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary
Leon Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian ...
in
Coyoacán, Mexico.
*
1941 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
: In the
Battle of the Atlantic, the
German Battleship ''Bismarck'' sinks then-pride of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...
, , killing all but three crewmen.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
.
*
1948 –
Arab–Israeli War: Egypt
captures the Israeli
kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
of
Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
– The first
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
is held in
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label= Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a populat ...
, Switzerland.
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 2 ...
is formed through a merger of the
United Press
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20t ...
and the
International News Service
The International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909. .
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
– Following the
1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake,
Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
American civil rights movement:
Freedom Riders are arrested in
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at t ...
, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
*
1962 –
Project Mercury: American
astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the ''
Aurora 7''
space capsule
A space capsule is an often-crewed spacecraft that uses a blunt-body reentry capsule to reenter the Earth's atmosphere without wings. Capsules are distinguished from other satellites primarily by the ability to survive reentry and return a payl ...
.
*
1967 –
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
imposes a blockade and siege of the
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...
coast of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
* 1967 –
Belle de Jour, directed by
Luis Buñuel, is released.
*
1976 – The
Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
as a worldwide force in the production of quality
wine
Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented grapes. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different ...
.
*
1981 – Ecuadorian president
Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera (5 November 1940 – 24 May 1981) was 33rd President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 until his death on 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights.
Early life and career
Roldós ...
, 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.
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
–
Liberation of Khorramshahr:
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ians recapture of the port city of
Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 170,976, ...
from the
Iraqis during the
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Counci ...
.
*
1988 –
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's
Local Government Act 1988
The United Kingdom Local Government Act 1988 is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament. It was famous for its controversial section 28. This section prohibited local authorities from promoting, in a specified category of schools, "the teachin ...
, a controversial amendment stating that a
local authority
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-l ...
cannot intentionally promote
homosexuality
Homosexuality is Romance (love), romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romant ...
, is enacted.
*
1991 –
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
conducts
Operation Solomon, evacuating
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
n Jews to Israel.
*
1992 – The last
Thai dictator, General
Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
* 1992 – The ethnic cleansing in
Kozarac,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...
begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
*
1993 –
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopi ...
gains its independence from
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
.
* 1993 – Roman Catholic Cardinal
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
*
1994
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– Four men are convicted of
bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
*
1995 – While attempting to return to
Leeds Bradford Airport
Leeds Bradford Airport is located in Yeadon, in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire, England, about northwest of Leeds city centre, and about northeast from Bradford city centre. It serves Leeds and Bradford and the ...
in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...
,
Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in
Harewood,
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four co ...
, killing all 12 people on board.
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
– The
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
, Netherlands indicts
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...
and four others for
war crimes and
crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the ...
committed in
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...
.
*
2000 – Israeli troops withdraw from
southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
*
2002 – Russia and the United States sign the
Moscow Treaty.
*
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
– A 6.4 magnitude
earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...
occurs in the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi ( Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...
between
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
and
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
, injuring 324 people.
* 2014 – At least three people are killed in a
shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles ...
at Brussels'
Jewish Museum of Belgium
The Jewish Museum of Belgium (french: Musée juif de Belgique, nl, Joods Museum van België) is a museum in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on the history of the Jews in Belgium.
History
The idea of founding a Jewish museum emerged in the late 19 ...
.
*
2019 – Twenty-two students die in a
fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames ...
in
Surat
Surat is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The word Surat literally means ''face'' in Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of the river Tapti near its confluence with the Arabian Sea, it used to be a large seaport. It is ...
(
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
).
* 2019 – Under pressure over her handling of
Brexit
Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 Greenwich Mean Time, GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 Central Eur ...
, British Prime Minister
Theresa May
Theresa Mary May, Lady May (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served in David Cameron's cab ...
announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
*
2022 – A
mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in
Uvalde, Texas
Uvalde is a city and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census. Uvalde is located in the Texas Hill Country, west of downtown San Antonio and east of the Mexico–United States bord ...
, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.
Births
Pre-1600
*
15 BC –
Germanicus
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general, known for his campaigns in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the pa ...
, Roman general (d. 19)
*
1335 –
Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary (d. 1349)
*
1494 –
Pontormo
Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as ''Jacopo da Pontormo'', ''Jacopo Pontormo'', or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound sty ...
, Italian painter (d. 1557)
*
1522 –
John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)
*
1544
__NOTOC__
Events
January–June
* January 13 – At Västerås, the estates of Sweden swear loyalty to King Gustav Vasa and to his heirs, ending the traditional electoral monarchy in Sweden. Gustav subsequently signs an allianc ...
–
William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1603)
*
1576 –
Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley
Elizabeth, Lady Berkeley (''née'' Carey; later Chamberlain; 24 May 1576 – 23 April 1635), was an English courtier and patron of the arts.
Life
Elizabeth Carey was the only child of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, and Elizabeth Spencer. Que ...
, English courtier (d. 1635)
1601–1900
*
1616 –
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician,
Secretary of State, Scotland
The Secretary of Scotland or Lord Secretary was a senior post in the government of the Kingdom of Scotland.
The office appeared in the 14th century (or earlier) when it was combined with that of Keeper of the Privy Seal. Called ''Clericus Regis ...
(d. 1682)
*
1628 –
Marek Sobieski, Polish noble (d. 1652)
*
1669 –
Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)
*
1671 –
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Gian Gastone de' Medici (born Giovanni Battista Gastone; 24 May 1671 – 9 July 1737) was the seventh and last Medicean Grand Duke of Tuscany.
He was the second son of Grand Duke Cosimo III and Marguerite Louise d'Orléans. His sister, Electr ...
(d. 1737)
*
1686 –
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS (; ; 24 May 1686 – 16 September 1736) was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker. Born in Poland to a family of German extraction, he later moved to the Dutch Republic at age 15, where he spen ...
, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the
Fahrenheit scale
The Fahrenheit scale () is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736). It uses the degree Fahrenheit (symbol: °F) as the unit. Several accounts of how he originally defined h ...
(d. 1736)
*
1689 –
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician,
Lord President of the Council (d. 1769)
*
1743 –
Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician (d. 1793)
*
1789
Events
January–March
* January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet ''What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution.
* January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...
–
Cathinka Buchwieser
Katharina Buchwieser (; 24 May 1789 – 9 July 1828) was a German operatic soprano and actress. She was known as Cathinka, and her married surname was Lacsny von Folkusfálva. She appeared at theatres of Vienna, the Theater an der Wien and the T ...
, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
*
1794 –
William Whewell
William Whewell ( ; 24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved ...
, English priest and philosopher (d. 1866)
*
1803 –
Alexander von Nordmann
Alexander von Nordmann (24 May 1803 in Ruotsinsalmi (now Kotka), Finland – 25 June 1866 in Helsinki) was a 19th-century Finnish biologist, who contributed to zoology, parasitology, botany and paleontology.Leikola A (2001Nordmann, Alexander ...
, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (d. 1866)
*
1810 –
Abraham Geiger
Abraham Geiger (Hebrew: ''ʼAvrāhām Gayger''; 24 May 181023 October 1874) was a German rabbi and scholar, considered the founding father of Reform Judaism. Emphasizing Judaism's constant development along history and universalist traits, Gei ...
, German rabbi and scholar (d. 1874)
*
1816 –
Emanuel Leutze, German-American painter (d. 1868)
*
1819 –
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...
of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
–
Alexei Savrasov
Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov (russian: Алексе́й Кондра́тьевич Савра́сов) (May 24, 1830 – September 26, 1897) was a Russian landscape painter and creator of the ''lyrical landscape'' style.
Biography
Savraso ...
, Russian painter and academic (d. 1897)
*
1855 –
Arthur Wing Pinero, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1934)
*
1861 –
Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland
Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 6th Count della Catena, 1st Baron Strickland, (24 May 1861 – 22 August 1940) was a Maltese and British politician and peer, who served as Prime Minister of Malta, Governor of the ...
, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th
Prime Minister of Malta
The prime minister of Malta ( mt, Prim Ministru ta' Malta) is the head of government, which is the highest official of Malta. The Prime Minister chairs Cabinet meetings, and selects its ministers to serve in their respective portfolios. The P ...
(d. 1940)
*
1863 –
George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (d. 1938)
*
1868 –
Charlie Taylor, American engineer and mechanic (d. 1956)
*
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
–
Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and judge (d. 1938)
* 1870 –
Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd
Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1950)
*
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...
–
Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1878)
*
1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
–
Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1961)
*
1878 –
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer (d. 1972)
*
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
–
H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956)
*
1886 –
Paul Paray
Paul Marie-Adolphe Charles Paray () (24 May 1886 – 10 October 1979) was a French conductor, organist and composer. He was the resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1952 until 1963.
Early life and education
Paul Paray was ...
, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
*
1887 –
Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot,
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previousl ...
recipient (d. 1918)
*
1891 –
William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar (d. 1971)
*
1892 –
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis (May 24, 1892 – August 7, 1958) was an American children's writer. She received the Newbery Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Early years and education
Elizabeth Foreman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 24, 18 ...
, American author and educator (d. 1958)
*
1895 –
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr.
Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. (born Solomon Isadore Neuhaus; May 24, 1895 – August 29, 1979) was an American broadcasting businessman, as well as a magazine and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of Advance Publications.
Early life
Newhouse ...
, American publisher, founded
Advance Publications
Advance Publications, Inc., doing business as Advance, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse Jr. It owns a large number of subsidiary companies, including Condé Nast, a ...
(d. 1979)
*
1899 –
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World ...
, French tennis player (d. 1938)
* 1899 –
Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter (d. 1984)
*
1900 –
Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1901–present
*
1901 –
José Nasazzi
José Nasazzi Yarza (24 March 1901 – 17 June 1968) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.
Career
He was born in Bella Vista, Montevideo to Giusepp ...
, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)
*
1902 –
Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)
* 1902 –
Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
*
1904 –
Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (d. 1997)
*
1905 –
George Nakashima, American woodworker and architect (d. 1990)
* 1905 –
Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1984)
*
1909 –
Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician (d. 1992)
*
1910 –
Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (d. 1983)
*
1913 –
Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1993)
*
1914 –
Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (d. 1986)
*
1916 –
Roden Cutler
Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, (24 May 1916 – 21 February 2002) was an Australian diplomat, the longest serving Governor of New South Wales and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can ...
, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd
Governor of New South Wales (d. 2002)
*
1917 –
Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Coleman Young
Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit.
Young had emerged from the far-left ele ...
, American politician, 66th
Mayor of Detroit (d. 1997)
*
1923 –
Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
–
Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (d. 2022)
*
1925 –
Carmine Infantino
Carmine Michael Infantino (; May 24, 1925 – April 4, 2013) was an American comics artist and editor, primarily for DC Comics, during the late 1950s and early 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comic Books. Among his character creations are ...
, American illustrator and educator (d. 2013)
* 1925 –
Mai Zetterling
Mai Elisabeth Zetterling (; 24 May 1925 – 17 March 1994) was a Swedish film director, novelist and actor.
Early life
Zetterling was born in Västerås, Sweden to a working class family. She started her career as an actor at the age of 17 at ...
, Swedish actress and director (d. 1994)
*
1926 –
Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (d. 2016)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Arnold Wesker, English playwright and producer (d. 2016)
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th
Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014)
* 1933 –
Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor (d. 2019)
* 1933 –
Aharon Lichtenstein, French-Israeli rabbi and author (d. 2015)
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
–
Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
*
1936 –
Harold Budd, American composer and poet (d. 2020)
*
1937 –
Maryvonne Dupureur, French runner and educator (d. 2008)
* 1937 –
Archie Shepp, American saxophonist and composer
*
1938 –
Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
* 1938 –
Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1940 –
Joseph Brodsky
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (; russian: link=no, Иосиф Александрович Бродский ; 24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) was a Russian and American poet and essayist.
Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), USSR in 1940, ...
, Russian-American poet and essayist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (d. 1996)
*
1941 –
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer;
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
* 1941 –
Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, English academic and politician
*
1942 –
Ali Bacher, South African cricketer and manager
* 1942 –
Hannu Mikkola
Hannu Olavi Mikkola (24 May 1942 − 25 February 2021) was a Finnish champion world rally driver. He was a seven-time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times.
Career
Mikkola's rally career ...
, Finnish race car driver (d. 2021)
* 1942 –
Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician,
Japanese Minister of Home Affairs
*
1943 –
Gary Burghoff, American actor
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer, actress and businesswoman.
LaBelle is referred to as the " Godmother of Soul".
She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singe ...
, American singer-songwriter and actress
* 1944 –
Dominique Lavanant
Dominique Lavanant (born 24 May 1944) is a César Award-winning French film and theatrical actress. She is known for her comedy skills especially with posh and distinguished characters like Rosalind Russell's; characters often defined by the ad ...
, French actress
*
1945 –
Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
* 1945 –
Steven Norris, English engineer and politician
* 1945 –
Richard Ottaway
Sir Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May 1945) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Croydon South from 1992 to 2015. He was previously MP for Nottingham North from 1983 to 1987.
Early ...
, English lieutenant and politician,
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
* 1945 –
Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman
*
1946 –
Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician,
Prime Minister of Turkey
* 1946 –
Jesualdo Ferreira
Manuel Jesualdo Ferreira (born 24 May 1946) is a Portuguese football manager. He is currently the manager of Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League.
In a managerial career of over forty years, he was in charge of all of his country's Big Three ...
, Portuguese footballer and manager
* 1946 –
Irena Szewińska, Russian-Polish sprinter (d. 2018)
*
1947 –
Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
* 1947 –
Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
* 1947 –
Mike Reid, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and American football player
* 1947 –
Waddy Wachtel, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer
* 1947 –
Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
*
1948 –
Richard Dembo, French director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
*
1949 –
Jim Broadbent, English actor
* 1949 –
Roger Deakins, English cinematographer
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Alfred Molina, English actor
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Rosanne Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1955 –
Philippe Lafontaine, Belgian singer and songwriter
* 1955 –
Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian
* 1956 –
Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
* 1956 –
Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician,
Attorney General for England and Wales
* 1956 –
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the " King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over ...
, Irish archbishop
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
*
1959 –
Pelle Lindbergh
Göran Per-Eric "Pelle" Lindbergh (; May 24, 1959 – November 11, 1985) was a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who played five seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the first European-born goa ...
, Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985)
* 1959 –
Barry O'Farrell
Barry Robert O'Farrell (born 24 May 1959) is a former Australian politician who has been Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan since May 2020. O'Farrell was the 43rd Premier of New South Wales and Mini ...
, Australian politician, 43rd
Premier of New South Wales
The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislatur ...
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer
* 1960 –
Bill Harrigan
Bill Harrigan (born 24 May 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league football referee, and former head of refereeing for the National Rugby League. Unusually for a sports official, in his long career he was accorded the ...
, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster
* 1960 –
Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
*
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
–
Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist (d. 2013)
* 1961 –
Alain Lemieux
Alain Lemieux (born May 24, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Quebec Nordiques, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He is also the older brother of NHL great M ...
, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
*
1962 –
Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (d. 2012)
* 1962 –
Gene Anthony Ray
Gene Anthony Ray (May 24, 1962 – November 14, 2003) was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer. He was known for his portrayal of dancer Leroy Johnson in both the 1980 film '' Fame'' and the 1982–1987 ''Fame'' television series ...
, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2003)
*
1963 –
Ivan Capelli, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
* 1963 –
Michael Chabon, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
* 1963 –
Joe Dumars, American basketball player
* 1963 –
Rich Rodriguez, American football player and coach
* 1963 –
Valerie Taylor, American computer scientist and educator
*
1964 –
Liz McColgan
Elizabeth Nuttall (née Lynch, formerly McColgan; born 24 May 1964) is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won the gold medal for the 10,000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, and a ...
, Scottish educator and runner
* 1964 –
Adrian Moorhouse
Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. Since t ...
, English swimmer
* 1964 –
Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
* 1964 –
Pat Verbeek
Patrick Martin Verbeek (born May 24, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Verbeek played for five teams over a 20-year playing career, e ...
, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
John C. Reilly
John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and writer. After his film debut in '' Casualties of War'' (1989), he gained exposure through his supporting roles in '' Days of Thunder'' (1990), '' ...
, American actor
* 1965 –
Shinichirō Watanabe, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1966 –
Éric Cantona, French footballer, manager, and actor
* 1966 –
Ricky Craven, American race car driver and sportscaster
*
1967 –
Tamer Karadağlı
Tamer Karadağlı (born 24 May 1967) is a Turkish actor.
Biography
Tamer Karadağlı's family was of Azerbaijanis origin and moved to America a short time after he was born. They returned to Turkey just as he began primary school there. He stud ...
, Turkish actor
* 1967 –
Andrey Borodin, Russian-English economist and businessman
* 1967 –
Eric Close, American actor
* 1967 –
Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2011)
* 1967 –
Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Martin McCague
Martin John McCague (born 24 May 1969) is a former professional cricketer who played for the England cricket team in three Test matches in 1993 and 1994. McCague was born in Northern Ireland and grew up in Australia where he began his profess ...
, Northern Irish-English cricketer
* 1969 –
Jacob Rees-Mogg, English politician
* 1969 –
Rich Robinson, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1969 –
Mandar Agashe, Indian music director and businessman
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
*
1972 –
Greg Berlanti, American director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1973 –
Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
* 1973 –
Bartolo Colón, Dominican-American baseball player
* 1973 –
Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1973 –
Vladimír Šmicer
Vladimír Šmicer (, born 24 May 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his senior career at Slavia Prague, the only Czech club he ever played for. In 1999, Šmicer moved to England where he play ...
, Czech footballer and manager
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
Sébastien Foucan, French runner and actor
* 1974 –
Masahide Kobayashi
is a former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach.
From -, Kobayashi played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league for the Chiba Lotte Marines. From -, he played for Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians.
He was a memb ...
, Japanese baseball player and coach
* 1974 –
Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki software. It is used on Wikipedia and almost all other Wikimedia websites, including Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata; these sites define a large part of the requirement set for Media ...
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
–
Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian
* 1975 –
Marc Gagnon, Canadian speed skater
* 1975 –
Giannis Goumas
Giannis Goumas ( el, Γιάννης Γκούμας, born 24 May 1975) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who spent his whole senior career at Panathinaikos.
Club career
Born on 24 May 1975 in the village of Ampelonas, ...
, Greek footballer and coach
* 1975 –
Maria Lawson
Maria Lawson (born 24 May 1979) is an English singer. She recorded several singles with Ti.Pi.Cal. Lawson finished in eighth place in the second UK series of television talent show ''The X Factor'' in 2005. She released her debut self-titled ...
, English singer-songwriter
*
1976 –
Alessandro Cortini, Italian-American singer and keyboard player
* 1976 –
Catherine Cox, New Zealand-Australian netball player
* 1976 –
Silje Vige, Norwegian singer
*
1977 –
Jeet Gannguli, Indian score composer, music director and singer
*
1978 –
Elijah Burke, American wrestler
* 1978 –
Johan Holmqvist
Johan Erik Daniel Holmqvist (born May 24, 1978) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender, he most notably played in the National Hockey League and the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
He started his career in the Elit ...
, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1978 –
Brad Penny, American baseball player
* 1978 –
Rose
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...
, French singer, songwriter and composer
*
1979 –
Tracy McGrady
Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr. (born May 24, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player, best known for his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). McGrady is a seven-time NBA All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection, two- ...
, American basketball player
* 1979 –
Kareem McKenzie, American football player
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Jason Babin, American football player
* 1980 –
Anthony Minichiello, Australian rugby league player
*
1981 –
Andy Lee, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
–
Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
* 1982 –
Rian Wallace, American football player
*
1983 –
Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer
* 1983 –
Pedram Javaheri, Iranian-American meteorologist and journalist
* 1983 –
Woo Seung-yeon
Woo Seung-yeon (24 May 1983 – 27 April 2009) was a South Korean model and actress.
Biography Career
Woo began her career as a fashion model in magazine and television commercials, and had appeared in minor roles in the films '' Herb'' (20 ...
, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
*
1984 –
Sarah Hagan, American actress
* 1984 –
Dmitri Kruglov
Dmitri Kruglov (born 24 May 1984) is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a left-back and a winger. He made 115 appearances for the Estonia national team scoring 4 goals.
He is known for his powerful shooting and often takes free k ...
, Estonian footballer
* 1984 –
Masaya Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
*
1985 –
Tim Bridgman, English race car driver
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor
* 1986 –
Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer
*
1987 –
Guillaume Latendresse
Guillaume Latendresse (born May 24, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round, 45th overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, and played i ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1988 –
Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1988 –
Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant
* 1988 –
Billy Gilman, American musician
* 1988 –
Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent
*
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
–
G-Eazy, American rapper
* 1989 –
Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
* 1989 –
Kalin Lucas
Kalin Jay Lucas (born May 24, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for Al-Jahra SC of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League. He played college basketball for Michigan State University.
High school career
Considered a four-star ...
, American basketball player
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Mattias Ekholm
Mattias Hans Ekholm (born 24 May 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 102nd overall, fourth round, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by the Preda ...
, Swedish ice hockey player
*
1991 –
Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
* 1991 –
Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player
*
1992 –
Marcus Bettinelli, English footballer
* 1994 –
Daiya Seto
is a Japanese professional swimmer who specializes in individual medley, butterfly, breaststroke, and freestyle events. He won the gold medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2021 world short course champ ...
, Japanese swimmer
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
–
Emily Nicholl, Scottish netball player
* 1994 –
Emily Temple Wood, American 2016
Wikipedian of the Year award
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
688
__NOTOC__
Year 688 ( DCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 688 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...
–
Ségéne, bishop of Armagh (b. c. 610)
*
1089 –
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
*
1136
Year 1136 ( MCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* Spring – Raymond of Poitiers, son of the late Duke William IX of Aquitaine, arri ...
–
Hugues de Payens
Hugues de Payens or Payns (9 February 1070 – 24 May 1136) was the co-founder and first Grand Master of the Knights Templar. In association with Bernard of Clairvaux, he created the ''Latin Rule'', the code of behavior for the Order.
Name
...
, first
Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1070)
*
1153 –
David I of Scotland
David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim (Modern: ''Daibhidh I mac haoilChaluim''; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Malco ...
(b. 1083)
*
1201 –
Theobald III, Count of Champagne (b. 1179)
*
1351
Year 1351 ( MCCCLI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 14 – Edward III of England institutes the Treason Act 1351, defining ...
–
Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman, Moroccan sultan (b. 1297)
*
1408 –
Taejo of Joseon (b. 1335)
*
1425 –
Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany ( gd, Muireadhach Stiubhart) (136224 May 1425) was a leading Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland, who founded the Stewart dynasty. In 1389, he ...
, Scottish politician (b. 1362)
*
1456 –
Ambroise de Loré Ambroise de Loré (1396, château de Loré, OisseauMay 24, 1446, Paris) was baron of Ivry in Normandy, a French military commander, and comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc. A reforming commisar of trades and police and "Garde de la prévôté de Paris ...
, French commander (b. 1396)
*
1543 –
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulat ...
, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473)
1601–1900
*
1612
Events
January–June
* January 6 – Axel Oxenstierna becomes Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. He persuades the Riksdag of the Estates to grant the Swedish nobility the right and privilege to hold all higher offices of gover ...
–
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician,
Lord High Treasurer
The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State ...
(b. 1563)
*
1627 –
Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
*
1632 –
Robert Hues
Robert Hues (1553 – 24 May 1632) was an English mathematician and geographer. He attended St. Mary Hall at Oxford, and graduated in 1578. Hues became interested in geography and mathematics, and studied navigation at a school set up by Walte ...
, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
*
1665 –
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish
Franciscan
, image = FrancescoCoA PioM.svg
, image_size = 200px
, caption = A cross, Christ's arm and Saint Francis's arm, a universal symbol of the Franciscans
, abbreviation = OFM
, predecessor =
, ...
abbess
An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in an abbey.
Description
In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Copt ...
and
mystic (b. 1602)
*
1734
Events
January– March
* January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia in America.
* February 16 – ...
–
Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
*
1792 –
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th
Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
*
1806
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The French Republican Calendar is abolished.
** The Kingdom of Bavaria is established by Napoleon.
* January 5 – The body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, lies in state in the Painted Hall ...
–
John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician,
Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
*
1843
Events January–March
* January
** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.
** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart ...
–
Sylvestre François Lacroix
Sylvestre François Lacroix (28 April 176524 May 1843) was a French mathematician.
Life
He was born in Paris, and was raised in a poor family who still managed to obtain a good education for their son. Lacroix's path to mathematics started wi ...
, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
*
1848 –
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
*
1861 –
Elmer E. Ellsworth
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a United States Army officer and law clerk who was the first conspicuous casualty and the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War. He was killed while removin ...
, American colonel (b. 1837)
*
1872 –
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
*
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
–
William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
*
1881 –
Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau
Louis-Zéphirin Moreau (1 April 1824 – 24 May 1901) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the fourth Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1875 until his death in 1901. He was also the cofounder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Hya ...
, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
*
1908 –
Old Tom Morris
Thomas Mitchell Morris (16 June 1821 – 24 May 1908), otherwise known as Old Tom Morris, and The Grand Old Man of Golf, was a Scottish golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Fife, the "home of golf" and location of the St Andrews Links, and died ...
, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
*
1915 –
John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
*
1919 –
Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
*
1929 –
Nikolai von Meck
Nikolai Karlovich von Meck (russian: Никола́й Ка́рлович фон Мекк; 28 April 1863 – 24 May 1929) was a Russian Empire engineer and entrepreneur involved in the development of the Russian Empire during the first part of the t ...
, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
*
1939 –
Fanny Searls, American biologist (b. 1851)
*
1941 –
Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
*
1945 –
Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
*
1948 –
Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
*
1949 –
Alexey Shchusev
Alexey Victorovich Shchusev (academic spelling), german: Schtschussew, french: Chtchoussev, pl, Szchusiew. (russian: Алексе́й Ви́кторович Щу́сев; – 24 May 1949) was a Russian and Soviet architect who was successf ...
, Russian architect, designed
Lenin's Mausoleum and
Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
*
1950 –
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded ...
, English field marshal and politician, 43rd
Governor-General of India
The Governor-General of India (1773–1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom and after Indian independence in 1 ...
(b. 1883)
*
1951 –
Thomas N. Heffron
Thomas N. Heffron (June 13, 1872 – May 24, 1951) was a screenwriter, actor, and a director. He was born in Nevada, He worked as an attorney and danced in vaudeville before he began his career in film with Thanhousr in 1911, eventually landing ...
, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
*
1959 –
John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd
United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
(b. 1888)
*
1963 –
Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899)
*
1976 –
Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (b. 1923)
*
1979 –
Ernest Bullock
Sir Ernest Bullock (1890–1979) was an English organist, composer, and teacher. He was organist of Exeter Cathedral from 1917 to 1928 and of Westminster Abbey from 1928 to 1941. In the latter post he was jointly responsible for the music at the ...
, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
*
1981 –
Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
*
1984 –
Vince McMahon Sr.
Vincent James McMahon (July 6, 1914 – May 24, 1984), sometimes referred to as Vince McMahon Sr., was an American professional wrestling promoter. He is best known for running the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, which was later renamed WWWF (Worl ...
, American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded
WWE (b. 1914)
*
1988 –
Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
*
1991 –
Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
*
1992 –
Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
*
1995 –
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
, English academic and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
(b. 1916)
*
1996 –
Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
* 1996 –
Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
–
Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923)
*
2000 –
Kurt Schork, American journalist and scholar (b. 1947)
* 2000 –
Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
*
2002 –
Wallace Markfield, American author (b. 1926)
*
2003 –
Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910)
*
2004 –
Henry Ries, German-American photographer (b. 1917)
* 2004 –
Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
* 2004 –
Edward Wagenknecht
Edward (Charles) Wagenknecht (March 28, 1900 – May 24, 2004) was an American literary critic and teacher who specialized in 19th century American literature. He wrote and edited many books on literature and movies, and taught for many years at v ...
, American critic and educator (b. 1900)
*
2005 –
Carl Amery
Carl Amery (9 April 1922 – 24 May 2005), the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the University of Munich. He was a participant of Gruppe 47. He died in Munich.
Amery ...
, German activist and author (b. 1922)
* 2005 –
Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (b. 1913)
* 2005 –
Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1935)
*
2006 –
Henry Bumstead
Lloyd Henry "Bummy" Bumstead (March 17, 1915 – May 24, 2006) was an American cinematic art director and production designer. In a career that spanned nearly 70 years, Bumstead began as a draftsman in RKO Pictures' art department and later ...
, American art director and production designer (b. 1915)
* 2006 –
Claude Piéplu, French actor (b. 1923)
* 2006 –
Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (b. 1930)
*
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
–
Dick Martin, American actor, comedian, and director (b. 1922)
* 2008 –
Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (b. 1936)
*
2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
–
Jay Bennett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1963)
*
2010 –
Ray Alan
Ray Alan (18 September 1930 – 24 May 2010) was an English ventriloquist and television entertainer from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was associated primarily with the dummies Lord Charles and Ali Kat and later with the puppets Tich and Quac ...
, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
* 2010 –
Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1972)
* 2010 –
Raymond V. Haysbert, American businessman and activist (b. 1920)
* 2010 –
Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1965)
* 2010 –
Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (b. 1926)
*
2011 –
Huguette Clark, American heiress, painter, and philanthropist (b. 1906)
* 2011 –
Hakim Ali Zardari, Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (b. 1930)
*
2012 –
Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch-German
SS officer (b. 1922)
* 2012 –
Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American journalist and author (b. 1948)
* 2012 –
Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (b. 1929)
* 2012 –
Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1925)
* 2012 –
Lee Rich
Lee Rich (December 19, 1918 – May 24, 2012) was an American film and television producer, who won the 1973 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy award for '' The Waltons'' as the producer. He is also known as the co-founder and former chairman ...
, American production manager and producer (b. 1918)
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
–
Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (b. 1929)
* 2013 –
Ron Davies, Welsh footballer (b. 1942)
* 2013 –
Gotthard Graubner
Gotthard Graubner (13 June 1930 – 24 May 2013) was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany.
Graubner studied at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts in Germany, be ...
, German painter (b. 1930)
* 2013 –
Haynes Johnson
Haynes Bonner Johnson (July 9, 1931May 24, 2013) was an American journalist, author, and television analyst. He reported on most of the major news stories of the latter half of the 20th century and was widely regarded as one of the top American po ...
, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
* 2013 –
Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
*
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
–
David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
* 2014 –
Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (b. 1920)
* 2014 –
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (b. 1969)
* 2014 –
Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1927)
* 2014 –
John Vasconcellos, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
*
2015 –
Dean Carroll, English rugby player (b. 1962)
* 2015 –
Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
* 2015 –
Tanith Lee, English author (b. 1947)
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
–
Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of
Margarete Himmler and
Heinrich Himmler (b. 1929)
* 2018 –
John Bain (TotalBiscuit), English gaming commentator and critic (b. 1984)
Holidays and observances
*
Aldersgate Day
Aldersgate Day, or Wesley Day, is an anniversary observed by Methodist Christians on 24 May. It recalls the day in 1738 when Church of England priest John Wesley attended a group meeting in Aldersgate, London, where he received an experience of ...
/
Wesley Day (
Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's b ...
)
*
Battle of Pichincha Day (
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
)
*
Bermuda Day
Bermuda Day is a public holiday in the islands of Bermuda. It is celebrated on the last Friday in May (previously on 24 May or nearest Monday if that fell on a weekend. From 2018, a decision was made to move it permanently to a Friday).
Bermud ...
(
Bermuda
)
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), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.
* Christian
feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context do ...
:
**
Anna Pak Agi (one of The
Korean Martyrs)
**
Donatian and Rogatian
**
Jackson Kemper (
Episcopal Church)
**
Joanna
**
Mary, Help of Christians
**
Sarah (celebrated by the
Romani people
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic Itinerant groups in Europe, itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have Ro ...
of
Camargue)
**
Vincent of Lérins
**
May 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Commonwealth Day (Belize)
*
Independence Day (Eritrea)
The Independence Day of Eritrea is one of the most important public holidays in the country. It is observed on May 24 every year. On this day in 1991, Eritrean People's Liberation Front forces moved into the capital Asmara, reinstating independen ...
, celebrates the independence of
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopi ...
from
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
in 1993.
*
Lubiri Memorial Day (
Buganda
Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 mi ...
)
*
Saints Cyril and Methodius Day
Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".
They are credited w ...
(
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops via ...
, Julian Calendar) and its related observance:
**
Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
)
**
Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
)
*
Victoria Day
Victoria Day (french: Fête de la Reine, lit=Celebration of the Queen) is a federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday preceding May 25. Initially in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday, it has since been celebrated as the off ...
; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. (Canada), and its related observance:
**
National Patriots' Day
National Patriots' Day (french: Journée nationale des Patriotes) is a statutory holiday observed annually in the Canadian province of Quebec, on the Monday preceding 25 May. The holiday was established by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec- in-C ...
or ''Journée nationale des patriotes'' (Quebec)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on May 24
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