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| May 24th, 2015 (May 24 2015) | Birth | Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander (died in 19) | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| May 24th, 2008 (May 24 2008) | Event | Emperor s Cup of SumoFirst European to win itKaloyan Mahlyanov | |
| May 24th, 2008 (May 24 2008) | Event | New Bengaluru International Airport opens in Bangalore, India. It replaced the old HAL Bangalore International Airport. | |
| May 24th, 2008 (May 24 2008) | Death | Dick Martin American comedian (born in 1922) | |
| May 24th, 2007 (May 24 2007) | Death | Bill Johnston, Australian cricket player (born in 1922) | |
| May 24th, 2006 (May 24 2006) | Death | Henry Bumstead, American art director (born in 1915) | |
| May 24th, 2006 (May 24 2006) | Death | Michal Zyczkowski, Polish technician (born in 1930) | |
| May 24th, 2005 (May 24 2005) | Death | Carl Amery, German writer (born in 1922) | |
| May 24th, 2005 (May 24 2005) | Death | Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (born in 1913) | |
| May 24th, 2005 (May 24 2005) | Death | Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (born in 1934) | Johnny Cash Quotes |
| May 24th, 2004 (May 24 2004) | Event | Communications in North Korea: North Korea bans mobile phones. | |
| May 24th, 2004 (May 24 2004) | Death | Henry Ries, American photographer (born in 1917) | |
| May 24th, 2004 (May 24 2004) | Death | Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (born in 1913) | |
| May 24th, 2004 (May 24 2004) | Death | Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (born in 1900) | |
| May 24th, 2003 (May 24 2003) | Death | Rachel Kempson, English actress (born in 1910) | |
| May 24th, 2002 (May 24 2002) | Event | Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. | |
| May 24th, 2002 (May 24 2002) | Death | Wallace Markfield, American writer (born in 1926) | |
| May 24th, 2001 (May 24 2001) | Event | Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. | |
| May 24th, 2001 (May 24 2001) | Event | The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200 in Israel s worst-ever civil disaster. | |
| May 24th, 2001 (May 24 2001) | Event | The Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Senator James Jeffords of Vermont abandons the Republican Party and declares himself an independent. | |
| May 24th, 2000 (May 24 2000) | Event | Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. | |
| May 24th, 2000 (May 24 2000) | Death | Kurt Schork, American reporter (born in 1947) | |
| May 24th, 1999 (May 24 1999) | Event | Venezuela enters the Antarctic Treaty System. | |
| May 24th, 1999 (May 24 1999) | Death | Owen Hart, Professional Wrestler (b.1965) | Owen Hart Quotes |
| May 24th, 1997 (May 24 1997) | Death | Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (born in 1923) | |
| May 24th, 1995 (May 24 1995) | Birth | Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein | |
| May 24th, 1995 (May 24 1995) | Death | Harold Wilson, British politician (born in 1916) | |
| May 24th, 1994 (May 24 1994) | Event | Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison. | |
| May 24th, 1993 (May 24 1993) | Event | Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia. | |
| May 24th, 1992 (May 24 1992) | Event | The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests. | Gene Ray Quotes |
| May 24th, 1992 (May 24 1992) | Birth | Travis T. Flory, American Actor | |
| May 24th, 1992 (May 24 1992) | Death | Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese racing driver (born in 1956) | |
| May 24th, 1991 (May 24 1991) | Event | Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel. | Solomon Quotes |
| May 24th, 1991 (May 24 1991) | Birth | Erika Umeda, Japanese singer | |
| May 24th, 1991 (May 24 1991) | Death | Gene Clark, American singer and songwriter (The Byrds) (born in 1944) | |
| May 24th, 1991 (May 24 1991) | Death | Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (born in 1912) | |
| May 24th, 1990 (May 24 1990) | Event | A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both. | |
| May 24th, 1990 (May 24 1990) | Birth | Joey Logano, NASCAR Driver | |
| May 24th, 1990 (May 24 1990) | Birth | Luke Temple, American Concert pianist | |
| May 24th, 1989 (May 24 1989) | Event | Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, is awarded a six-figure sum in damages after winning a libel action against Private Eye. | |
| May 24th, 1989 (May 24 1989) | Birth | Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (died in 2005) | |
| May 24th, 1988 (May 24 1988) | Event | Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom. | |
| May 24th, 1988 (May 24 1988) | Birth | Billy Gilman, American singer | |
| May 24th, 1987 (May 24 1987) | Birth | Dominika Kasprzycka, Polish singer | |
| May 24th, 1987 (May 24 1987) | Birth | Guillaume Latendresse, French-Canadian hockey player | |
| May 24th, 1986 (May 24 1986) | Birth | Jordan Metcalfe, English actor | |
| May 24th, 1985 (May 24 1985) | Birth | Tim Bridgman, British racing driver | |
| May 24th, 1984 (May 24 1984) | Birth | Sarah Hagan, American actress | |
| May 24th, 1984 (May 24 1984) | Birth | Brodney Pool, American football player | |
| May 24th, 1984 (May 24 1984) | Death | Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (born in 1914) | Vince McMahon Quotes |
| May 24th, 1982 (May 24 1982) | Event | Liberation of Khorramshahr, Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran-Iraq War. | |
| May 24th, 1982 (May 24 1982) | Birth | Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player | |
| May 24th, 1982 (May 24 1982) | Birth | DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player | |
| May 24th, 1981 (May 24 1981) | Birth | Marketa Janska, Czech model and Playboy Playmate | |
| May 24th, 1980 (May 24 1980) | Event | The International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran. The hostages would not be freed until the following January. | |
| May 24th, 1980 (May 24 1980) | Birth | Cecilia Cheung, Hong Kong actress and singer | |
| May 24th, 1979 (May 24 1979) | Birth | Tracy McGrady, American basketball player | |
| May 24th, 1979 (May 24 1979) | Birth | Frank Mir, American UFC fighter | |
| May 24th, 1978 (May 24 1978) | Birth | Brian Ching, American soccer player | |
| May 24th, 1978 (May 24 1978) | Birth | Bryan Greenberg, American actor | |
| May 24th, 1978 (May 24 1978) | Birth | Brad Penny, American baseball player | |
| May 24th, 1978 (May 24 1978) | Birth | Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player | |
| May 24th, 1977 (May 24 1977) | Birth | Kym Valentine. Australian actress | |
| May 24th, 1976 (May 24 1976) | Event | The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins. | |
| May 24th, 1976 (May 24 1976) | Birth | Alessandro Cortini, Italian musician | |
| May 24th, 1976 (May 24 1976) | Birth | Catherine Cox, Australian netballer | |
| May 24th, 1976 (May 24 1976) | Birth | Bob Maesen, Belgian flatwater canoer | |
| May 24th, 1975 (May 24 1975) | Birth | Marc Gagnon, Canadian short track speed skater | |
| May 24th, 1975 (May 24 1975) | Birth | Maria Lawson, British Singer | |
| May 24th, 1975 (May 24 1975) | Birth | Yannis Goumas, Greek footballer | Yanni Quotes |
| May 24th, 1974 (May 24 1974) | Birth | Will Sasso, Canadian actor and comedian | |
| May 24th, 1974 (May 24 1974) | Birth | Masahide Kobayashi, Japanese baseball player | |
| May 24th, 1974 (May 24 1974) | Death | Duke Ellington, American composer and musician (born in 1899) | Duke Ellington Quotes |
| May 24th, 1973 (May 24 1973) | Event | Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the Lords. | |
| May 24th, 1973 (May 24 1973) | Birth | Bartolo Colon, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 24th, 1973 (May 24 1973) | Birth | Dermot O Leary, English television presenter | |
| May 24th, 1973 (May 24 1973) | Birth | Ruslana, Ukrainian singer | |
| May 24th, 1972 (May 24 1972) | Birth | Greg Berlanti, American television writer and producer | |
| May 24th, 1971 (May 24 1971) | Birth | Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) | |
| May 24th, 1970 (May 24 1970) | Event | The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union. | |
| May 24th, 1970 (May 24 1970) | Birth | Tommy Page, American singer | |
| May 24th, 1969 (May 24 1969) | Birth | Rich Robinson, American musician (Black Crowes) | |
| May 24th, 1969 (May 24 1969) | Death | Willy Ley, German-born rocket scientist (born in 1906) | |
| May 24th, 1968 (May 24 1968) | Event | FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. | |
| May 24th, 1968 (May 24 1968) | Birth | Mo Willems, American author and screenwriter | |
| May 24th, 1967 (May 24 1967) | Birth | Carlos Hernandez, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| May 24th, 1967 (May 24 1967) | Birth | Steve McDonald, American bassist (Redd Kross) | |
| May 24th, 1966 (May 24 1966) | Birth | Eric Cantona, French footballer | Eric Cantona Quotes |
| May 24th, 1966 (May 24 1966) | Birth | Ricky Craven, American NASCAR driver | |
| May 24th, 1965 (May 24 1965) | Birth | John C. Reilly, American actor | |
| May 24th, 1965 (May 24 1965) | Birth | Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese anime director | |
| May 24th, 1964 (May 24 1964) | Birth | Adrian Moorhouse, British swimmer | |
| May 24th, 1964 (May 24 1964) | Birth | Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 24th, 1963 (May 24 1963) | Birth | Ivan Capelli, Italian racing driver | |
| May 24th, 1963 (May 24 1963) | Birth | Michael Chabon, American author | |
| May 24th, 1963 (May 24 1963) | Birth | Joe Dumars, American basketball player | |
| May 24th, 1963 (May 24 1963) | Birth | Kathy Leander, Swiss singer | |
| May 24th, 1963 (May 24 1963) | Birth | Rich Rodriguez, American football coach | |
| May 24th, 1963 (May 24 1963) | Death | Elmore James, American musician (born in 1918) | |
| May 24th, 1962 (May 24 1962) | Event | Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. | |
| May 24th, 1962 (May 24 1962) | Birth | Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (died in 2003) | Gene Ray Quotes |
| May 24th, 1961 (May 24 1961) | Event | American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. | |
| May 24th, 1961 (May 24 1961) | Event | Cyprus enters the Council of Europe. | |
| May 24th, 1960 (May 24 1960) | Birth | Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress | |
| May 24th, 1960 (May 24 1960) | Birth | Guy Fletcher, British keyboardist (Dire Straits) | |
| May 24th, 1959 (May 24 1959) | Birth | Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish hockey player (died in 1985) | |
| May 24th, 1959 (May 24 1959) | Death | John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (born in 1888) | |
| May 24th, 1958 (May 24 1958) | Event | United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service. | |
| May 24th, 1956 (May 24 1956) | Event | Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha s Parinibbana. | |
| May 24th, 1956 (May 24 1956) | Birth | Michael Jackson, Northern Irish clergyman | Michael Jackson Quotes |
| May 24th, 1955 (May 24 1955) | Birth | Rosanne Cash, American singer | |
| May 24th, 1953 (May 24 1953) | Birth | Alfred Molina, London-born Spanish-Italian actor | |
| May 24th, 1950 (May 24 1950) | Birth | Larry Seidlin, American judge | |
| May 24th, 1950 (May 24 1950) | Death | Archibald Wavell, British general (born in 1883) | |
| May 24th, 1949 (May 24 1949) | Event | The Soviet Union ends the 11-month Berlin Blockade. | |
| May 24th, 1949 (May 24 1949) | Birth | Jim Broadbent, English actor | |
| May 24th, 1949 (May 24 1949) | Death | Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (born in 1873) | |
| May 24th, 1948 (May 24 1948) | Death | Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (born in 1885) | |
| May 24th, 1947 (May 24 1947) | Birth | Martin Winterkorn, German automotive executive | |
| May 24th, 1947 (May 24 1947) | Death | C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (born in 1878) | |
| May 24th, 1946 (May 24 1946) | Birth | Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Russian-born Polish athlete | |
| May 24th, 1945 (May 24 1945) | Birth | Priscilla Presley, American actress | |
| May 24th, 1945 (May 24 1945) | Death | Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (born in 1892) | |
| May 24th, 1944 (May 24 1944) | Birth | Patti LaBelle, American singer | |
| May 24th, 1943 (May 24 1943) | Event | Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Auschwitz concentration camp. | Josef Mengele Quotes |
| May 24th, 1943 (May 24 1943) | Birth | Gary Burghoff, American actor | |
| May 24th, 1941 (May 24 1941) | Event | World War II: In the North Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood killing all but three crewmen on what was the pride of the Royal Navy. | |
| May 24th, 1941 (May 24 1941) | Birth | Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter | Bob Dylan Quotes |
| May 24th, 1941 (May 24 1941) | Birth | George Lakoff, American linguist and political activist | |
| May 24th, 1941 (May 24 1941) | Death | Lancelot Holland, British admiral, died in sinking of the HMS Hood (51) (born in 1887) | |
| May 24th, 1940 (May 24 1940) | Event | Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight. | |
| May 24th, 1940 (May 24 1940) | Birth | Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1996) | Joseph Brodsky Quotes |
| May 24th, 1938 (May 24 1938) | Birth | Tommy Chong, Canadian-born actor and comedian | |
| May 24th, 1938 (May 24 1938) | Birth | David Viscott, American psychiatrist (died in 1996) | |
| May 24th, 1936 (May 24 1936) | Birth | Harold Budd, American musician | |
| May 24th, 1935 (May 24 1935) | Birth | Joan Micklin Silver, American director | |
| May 24th, 1934 (May 24 1934) | Birth | Jane Byrne, American politician | |
| May 24th, 1934 (May 24 1934) | Birth | Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist | |
| May 24th, 1932 (May 24 1932) | Birth | Arnold Wesker, English dramatist | |
| May 24th, 1931 (May 24 1931) | Birth | Michael Lonsdale, French actor | |
| May 24th, 1930 (May 24 1930) | Event | Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). | |
| May 24th, 1930 (May 24 1930) | Birth | Hans-Martin Linde, German conductor | |
| May 24th, 1928 (May 24 1928) | Birth | William Trevor, Irish writer | |
| May 24th, 1926 (May 24 1926) | Birth | Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor | |
| May 24th, 1925 (May 24 1925) | Birth | Mai Zetterling, Swedish-born entertainer (died in 1994) | |
| May 24th, 1923 (May 24 1923) | Birth | Siobhan McKenna, Irish actress (died in 1986) | |
| May 24th, 1921 (May 24 1921) | Event | The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens. | |
| May 24th, 1919 (May 24 1919) | Death | Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (born in 1870) | |
| May 24th, 1916 (May 24 1916) | Birth | Roden Cutler, Australian diplomat (died in 2002) | |
| May 24th, 1915 (May 24 1915) | Event | World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. | |
| May 24th, 1914 (May 24 1914) | Birth | Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (died in 1986) | |
| May 24th, 1914 (May 24 1914) | Birth | Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian baritone (died in 2007) | |
| May 24th, 1911 (May 24 1911) | Birth | Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking (died in 2007) | |
| May 24th, 1909 (May 24 1909) | Birth | Wilbur Mills, American politician (died in 1992) | |
| May 24th, 1905 (May 24 1905) | Birth | Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1984) | |
| May 24th, 1901 (May 24 1901) | Event | Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales. | |
| May 24th, 1901 (May 24 1901) | Birth | Jose Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (died in 1968) | |
| May 24th, 1900 (May 24 1900) | Event | Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State. | |
| May 24th, 1900 (May 24 1900) | Birth | Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (died in 1954) | |
| May 24th, 1900 (May 24 1900) | Birth | Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (died in 1984) | |
| May 24th, 1899 (May 24 1899) | Birth | Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (died in 1938) | |
| May 24th, 1899 (May 24 1899) | Birth | Henri Michaux, French poet (died in 1984) | |
| May 24th, 1895 (May 24 1895) | Event | Henry Irving becomes the first personage from the theatre to be knighted. | |
| May 24th, 1895 (May 24 1895) | Birth | Samuel Irving Newhouse, American publisher (died in 1979) | |
| May 24th, 1891 (May 24 1891) | Birth | William F. Albright, American archeologist and Biblical scholar (died in 1971) | |
| May 24th, 1887 (May 24 1887) | Birth | Edward "Mick" Mannock, Irish WWI flying ace (died in 1918) | |
| May 24th, 1886 (May 24 1886) | Birth | Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (died in 1979) | |
| May 24th, 1885 (May 24 1885) | Birth | Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist (died in 1948). | |
| May 24th, 1883 (May 24 1883) | Event | The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. | |
| May 24th, 1883 (May 24 1883) | Death | Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (born in 1808) | |
| May 24th, 1881 (May 24 1881) | Event | Turkey cedes Thessaly and Arta back to Greece. | |
| May 24th, 1881 (May 24 1881) | Death | Samuel Palmer, English artist (born in 1805) | |
| May 24th, 1879 (May 24 1879) | Birth | H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese s and founder (died in 1956) | |
| May 24th, 1879 (May 24 1879) | Death | William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist and publisher (born in 1805) | William Lloyd Garrison Quotes |
| May 24th, 1878 (May 24 1878) | Birth | Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American engineer (died in 1972) | |
| May 24th, 1876 (May 24 1876) | Death | Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (born in 1843) | |
| May 24th, 1872 (May 24 1872) | Death | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (born in 1794) | |
| May 24th, 1870 (May 24 1870) | Birth | Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (died in 1938) | |
| May 24th, 1870 (May 24 1870) | Birth | Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (died in 1950) | Jan Christiaan Smuts Quotes |
| May 24th, 1868 (May 24 1868) | Birth | Charles E. Taylor, First aircraft maintenance professional (died in 1956) | |
| May 24th, 1863 (May 24 1863) | Birth | George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (died in 1938) | |
| May 24th, 1861 (May 24 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia. | |
| May 24th, 1861 (May 24 1861) | Death | Elmer E. Ellsworth, American Civil War officer (born in 1837) | |
| May 24th, 1856 (May 24 1856) | Event | John Brown and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas. | |
| May 24th, 1855 (May 24 1855) | Birth | Arthur Wing Pinero, English playwright (died in 1934) | |
| May 24th, 1854 (May 24 1854) | Birth | John Riley Banister, American law officer and cowboy (died in 1918) | |
| May 24th, 1846 (May 24 1846) | Event | Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. | Zachary Taylor Quotes |
| May 24th, 1844 (May 24 1844) | Event | Samuel F. B. Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a Bible quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland. | |
| May 24th, 1843 (May 24 1843) | Death | Sylvestre Francois Lacroix, French mathematician (born in 1765) | |
| May 24th, 1836 (May 24 1836) | Birth | Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (died in 1925) | |
| May 24th, 1832 (May 24 1832) | Event | The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference. | |
| May 24th, 1830 (May 24 1830) | Event | "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published. | |
| May 24th, 1830 (May 24 1830) | Event | The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road between Baltimore, Maryland and Ellicott s Mills, Maryland. | |
| May 24th, 1830 (May 24 1830) | Birth | Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (died in 1897) | |
| May 24th, 1822 (May 24 1822) | Event | Battle of Pichincha: Antonio Jose de Sucre secures the independence of the Presidency of Quito. | |
| May 24th, 1819 (May 24 1819) | Birth | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (died in 1901) | |
| May 24th, 1816 (May 24 1816) | Birth | Emanuel Leutze, German-born painter (died in 1868) | |
| May 24th, 1810 (May 24 1810) | Birth | Charles Clark, Governor of Mississippi (died in 1877) | |
| May 24th, 1810 (May 24 1810) | Birth | Abraham Geiger, German rabbi and scholar (died in 1874) | Abraham Quotes |
| May 24th, 1806 (May 24 1806) | Death | John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (born in 1723) | |
| May 24th, 1803 (May 24 1803) | Birth | Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (died in 1866) | |
| May 24th, 1798 (May 24 1798) | Event | Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins. | |
| May 24th, 1794 (May 24 1794) | Birth | William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (died in 1866) | William Whewell Quotes |
| May 24th, 1792 (May 24 1792) | Death | George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (born in 1718) | |
| May 24th, 1749 (May 24 1749) | Death | Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman | |
| May 24th, 1743 (May 24 1743) | Birth | Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (died in 1793) | Jean-Paul Marat Quotes |
| May 24th, 1738 (May 24 1738) | Event | John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day. | John Wesley Quotes |
| May 24th, 1734 (May 24 1734) | Death | Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (born in 1660) | |
| May 24th, 1725 (May 24 1725) | Death | Jonathan Wild, English criminal (born in 1682) | |
| May 24th, 1689 (May 24 1689) | Event | The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded. | |
| May 24th, 1689 (May 24 1689) | Birth | Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (died in 1769) | |
| May 24th, 1686 (May 24 1686) | Birth | Gabriel Fahrenheit, inventor and thermometer maker (died in 1736) | |
| May 24th, 1671 (May 24 1671) | Birth | Gian Gastone de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died in 1737) | |
| May 24th, 1627 (May 24 1627) | Death | Luis de Gongora, Spanish poet (born in 1561) | |
| May 24th, 1626 (May 24 1626) | Event | Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. | |
| May 24th, 1621 (May 24 1621) | Event | The Protestant Union is formally dissolved. | |
| May 24th, 1616 (May 24 1616) | Birth | John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (died in 1682) | |
| May 24th, 1612 (May 24 1612) | Death | Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman (born in 1563) | |
| May 24th, 1595 (May 24 1595) | Event | Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. | |
| May 24th, 1544 (May 24 1544) | Birth | William Gilbert, English natural philosopher (died in 1603) | Philo Quotes |
| May 24th, 1543 (May 24 1543) | Death | Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer (born in 1473) | Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes |
| May 24th, 1522 (May 24 1522) | Birth | John Jewel, English bishop (died in 1571) | |
| May 24th, 1494 (May 24 1494) | Birth | Pontormo, Italian painter (died in 1557) | |
| May 24th, 1487 (May 24 1487) | Event | Lambert Simnel is crowned as "King Edward VI" at Dublin, Ireland. | |
| May 24th, 1456 (May 24 1456) | Death | Ambroise de Lore, French military commander (born in 1396) | |
| May 24th, 1425 (May 24 1425) | Death | Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (born in 1362) | |
| May 24th, 1408 (May 24 1408) | Death | Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (born in 1335) | |
| May 24th, 1351 (May 24 1351) | Death | Abu al-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Morocco (born in circa 1297) | |
| May 24th, 1276 (May 24 1276) | Event | Magnus Ladulas is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. | |
| May 24th, 1218 (May 24 1218) | Event | The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. | |
| May 24th, 1153 (May 24 1153) | Death | King David I of Scotland (born in 1084) | |
