Editing May 24 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[919]] &ndash; The nobles of [[Franconia]] and [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]] elect [[Henry the Fowler]] at the [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] in [[Fritzlar]] as king of the [[East Francia|East Frankish Kingdom]].
*[[1218]] &ndash; The [[Fifth Crusade]] leaves [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] for [[Egypt]].
*[[1276]] &ndash; [[Magnus Ladulås]] is crowned [[King of Sweden]] in [[Uppsala Cathedral]].
*[[1487]] &ndash; The ten-year-old [[Lambert Simnel]] is crowned in [[Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin]], Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten [[Henry VII of England|King Henry VII]]'s reign.
*[[1567]] &ndash; [[Erik XIV of Sweden]] and his guards [[Sture Murders|murder]] five incarcerated Swedish nobles.
*[[1595]] &ndash; ''[[Nomenclator (nomenclature)|Nomenclator]]'' of [[Leiden University Library]] appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], the first permanent English colony in [[North America]], is founded.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=46|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> 
*[[1621]] &ndash; The [[Protestant Union]] is formally dissolved.
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Peter Minuit]] buys [[Manhattan]].
*[[1667]] &ndash; The [[French Royal Army (1652–1830)|French Royal Army]] crosses the border into the [[Spanish Netherlands]], starting the [[War of Devolution]] opposing [[Kingdom of France|France]] to the [[Spanish Empire]] and the [[Triple Alliance (1668)|Triple Alliance]].
*[[1683]] &ndash; The [[Ashmolean Museum]] in [[Oxford]], England, opens as the world's first university museum.
*[[1689]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of England|English Parliament]] passes the [[Act of Toleration 1689|Act of Toleration]] protecting [[Protestantism|dissenting Protestants]] but excluding [[Roman Catholics]].
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[John Wesley]] is [[Born again (Christianity)|converted]], essentially launching the [[Methodism|Methodist movement]]; the day is celebrated annually by [[Methodists]] as [[Aldersgate Day]] and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
*[[1798]] &ndash; The [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]] led by the [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishmen]] against British rule begins.
*[[1813]] &ndash; South American independence leader [[Simón Bolívar]] enters [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], leading the invasion of [[Venezuela]], and is proclaimed ''El Libertador'' ("The Liberator").
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pichincha]]: [[Antonio José de Sucre]] secures the independence of the [[Presidency of Quito]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; The [[First Kingdom of Greece]] is declared in the [[London Conference of 1832|London Conference]].
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morse]] sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a [[Bible|biblical]] quotation, [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 23:23) from a committee room in the [[United States Capitol]] to his assistant, [[Alfred Vail]], in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], to inaugurate a commercial [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] line between Baltimore and Washington D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/collections/samuel-morse-papers/articles-and-essays/invention-of-the-telegraph |title=Invention of the Telegraph |website=Library of Congress |access-date=January 8, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] and his men [[Pottawatomie massacre|kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops occupy [[Alexandria, Virginia]], with Colonel [[Elmer E. Ellsworth]] becoming the first Union officer to be killed during the war.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Death of Colonel Ellsworth|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-death-of-colonel-ellsworth-878695/|author=Edwards, Owen|website=smithsonianmag.com|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|date=April 2011|access-date=May 24, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Patrick Francis Healy]] becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.<ref name="july31">{{Cite web|title=Today in History - July 31|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-31/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628080321/https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-31/|archive-date=June 28, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; The [[Brooklyn Bridge]] in [[New York City]] is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: The United Kingdom annexes the [[Orange Free State]].

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] declares war on [[Austria-Hungary]], joining the conflict on the side of [[Allies of World War I|the Allies]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[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]] &ndash; The first [[night game]] in [[Major League Baseball]] history is played in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] beating the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] 2–1 at [[Crosley Field]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Igor Sikorsky]] performs the first successful single-rotor [[helicopter]] flight.
*1940 &ndash; Acting on the orders of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]], [[NKVD]] agent [[Iosif Grigulevich]] orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary [[Leon Trotsky]] in [[Coyoacán]], Mexico.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Battle of the Atlantic]]: In the [[Battle of the Denmark Strait]], the [[German battleship Bismarck|German battleship ''Bismarck'']] sinks the pride of the [[Royal Navy]], {{HMS|Hood}}, killing all but three crewmen.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Börse Berlin]] building burns down after being hit in an air raid during [[World War II]].<ref>Götz Eckardt (ed.) And others: '' Fates of German monuments in the Second World War ''. Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, Berlin 1978, vol. 1, p. 45</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/21-amazing-aerial-shots-of-bombed-out-berlin-after-thewar.html|title=Must See : 21 Amazing Aerial Shots of Bombed Out Berlin Shortly After The War.....|date=January 26, 2016|website=warhistoryonline}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Congress of Përmet]] occurs which establishes a provisional government in [[Albania]] in areas under [[National Liberation Movement (Albania)|partisan]] control, the first independent Albanian government since [[Italian invasion of Albania|1939]]. In honor of this the [[Coat of arms of Albania|national emblem of Albania]] inscribed this date from 1946 until 1992.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Washburn |first=John |date=1972 |title=The People's Republic of Albania: Shall We Now Enter An Era Of Negotiation With It After Twenty-Five Years Of Confrontation ? |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40704797 |journal=The International Lawyer |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=722–723 |jstor=40704797 }}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|Arab–Israeli War]]: Egypt [[Battle of Yad Mordechai|captures]] the Israeli [[kibbutz]] of [[Yad Mordechai]], but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
*[[1956]] &ndash; The first [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in [[Lugano]], Switzerland.<ref name="CBOD">{{cite book |last1=Fergusson |first1=Rosalind |title=Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar |date=2004 |publisher=[[Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]] |isbn=0550100830 |pages=254–255}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[United Press International]] is formed through a merger of the [[United Press]] and the [[International News Service]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; Following the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake]], the largest ever recorded earthquake, [[Puyehue-Cordón Caulle#1960 eruption|Cordón Caulle begins to erupt]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[American civil rights movement]]: [[Freedom Riders]] are arrested in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Project Mercury]]: American [[astronaut]] [[Scott Carpenter]] orbits the Earth three times in the ''[[Aurora 7]]'' [[space capsule]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Egypt]] imposes a blockade and siege of the [[Red Sea]] coast of [[Israel]].
*  1967   &ndash; [[Belle de Jour (film)|Belle de Jour]], directed by [[Luis Buñuel]], is released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Revue de presse de « Belle de jour » (Luis Buñuel, 1966) – La Cinémathèque française |url=https://www.cinematheque.fr/article/1562.html |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=www.cinematheque.fr}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Judgment of Paris (wine)|Judgment of Paris]] takes place in France, launching [[California]] as a worldwide force in the production of quality [[wine]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; Ecuadorian president [[Jaime Roldós Aguilera]], his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the [[Battle of Pichincha]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Liberation of Khorramshahr]]: [[Iran]]ians recapture of the port city of [[Khorramshahr]] from the [[Iraqis]] during the [[Iran–Iraq War]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Section 28]] of the United Kingdom's [[Local Government Act 1988]], a controversial amendment stating that a [[Local government in England|local authority]] cannot intentionally promote [[homosexuality]], is enacted.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Israel]] conducts [[Operation Solomon]], evacuating [[Ethiopia]]n Jews to Israel.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The last [[Thailand|Thai]] dictator, General [[Suchinda Kraprayoon]], resigns following pro-democracy protests.
*  1992   &ndash; The ethnic cleansing in [[Kozarac]], Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Eritrea]] gains its independence from [[Ethiopia]].<ref name="CBOD"/>
*  1993   &ndash; 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.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/a-25-anos-asesinato-del-cardenal-posadas-sigue-en-la-impunidad/1240906|title=A 25 años, asasinato del Cardinal Posadas sigue en la impunidad|newspaper=Excelsior|date=24 May 2018|location=Mexico City|language=es|trans-title=25 years later, assassination of Cardinal Posadas still unresolved}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; Four men are convicted of [[1993 World Trade Center bombing|bombing the World Trade Center in New York]] in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
*[[1995]] &ndash; While attempting to return to [[Leeds Bradford Airport]] in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Knight Air Flight 816]] crashes in [[Dunkeswick]], [[North Yorkshire]], killing all 12 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante G-OEAA Leeds/Bradford Airport (LBA)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950524-0|last=Ranter|first=Harro |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] in [[The Hague]], Netherlands indicts [[Slobodan Milošević]] and four others for [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]] committed in [[Kosovo]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; Israeli troops withdraw from [[southern Lebanon]] after 22 years of occupation.
*[[2002]] &ndash; Russia and the United States sign the [[Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty|Moscow Treaty]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; A 6.4 magnitude [[2014 Aegean Sea earthquake|earthquake]] occurs in the [[Aegean Sea]] between [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]], injuring 324 people.
*  2014   &ndash; At least three people are killed in a [[Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting|shooting]] at Brussels' [[Jewish Museum of Belgium]].
*[[2019]] &ndash; Twenty-two students die in a [[2019 Surat fire|fire]] in [[Surat]] ([[India]]).<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/gujarat-surat-coaching-centre-fire-casualties-injured-fire-department-live-updates-1533860-2019-05-24|title=Surat fire: 22 killed in coaching centre blaze, horrific visuals show kids falling off burning building|date=May 26, 2019 |magazine=India Today}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; Under pressure over her handling of [[Brexit]], British Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] announces her resignation as Leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], effective as of June 7.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heather |first1=Stewart |title=Theresa May announces she will resign on 7 June |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/24/theresa-may-steps-down-resigns-tory-leader-conservative-brexit |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=17 August 2024 |date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; A [[Uvalde school shooting|mass shooting]] occurs at Robb Elementary School in [[Uvalde, Texas]], United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.<ref name="ksat">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/05/24/active-shooter-reported-at-uvalde-elementary-school-district-says/|title=15 killed in shooting at Uvalde elementary school; gunman dead, Gov. Abbott says|last1=Ibañez |first1=Rebecca |last2=Salinas|first2=David |date=May 24, 2022|website=KSAT}}</ref>
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