May 24: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 24th marks the 144th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 145th in case of leap years). There are 221 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include Bob Dylan (1941), Laure Sainclair (1972) and Eric Cantona (1966).
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Holidays

Aldersgate Day (Methodism).
Canada: Victoria Day, on this date or the Monday before it. In Quebec, it is known as National Patriotes Day (JournTe nationale des patriotes). The holiday is often referred to as "May Two-Four," -- a "two-four" being slang for a case of beer with 24 bottles or cans.
Bermuda: Bermuda Day.
Eritrea: National Day.
Macedonia: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day celebrated as Macedonian Script and Culture Day.
Saints Donatianus and Rogatianus
Saint Amadl
Saint Suzanna
Mary, Help of the Christians
Saint Sarah is celebrated in Camargue, France by the Roma or Gypsies.
Bulgaria: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day celebrated as Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Script Day.
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Events

2019 Iran-United States relations : President Donald Trump orders 1,500 troops to the Persian Gulf and several Patriot missile launchers as tensions rise between Iran and the United States.
2018 Mississauga Restaurant Bombing: 15 people were injured when two suspects set off an improvised explosive device in a Mississauga restaurant. The suspects fled immediately. (Reuters),
2017 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing: British police have arrested six suspects in the ongoing investigation into Monday's fatal explosion. One of them was a 23-year old man. He was taken into custody on Tuesday. (ABC News), (Reuters) (Reuters2) The Libyan Counter Terrorism Forces have taken into custody the father Ramadan Abedi and Hashem Abedi of Salman Abedi's suspected bomber.
2016 Jammu and Kashmir insurgency: Jaish-e-Mohammed operations Chief is killed in a gun fight with police
2015 Afghanistan War (2001-present: At least 10 Afghan police officers were killed in an attack by Taliban on checkpoints in Helmand Province.
2014 Al-Qaeda insurgency: At least 27 people were killed in an al Qaeda raid on Seyoun, Hadramout province.
2013 Afghanistan War: Afghan security forces fight Taliban insurgents at central Kabul. A policeman from Afghanistan and a soldier from Nepal are among the many insurgents who were killed.
2012 Ten people are killed in a drone attack by the United States in Pakistan's North Waziristan area.
2011 In southern Tunisia, clashes break out between Libyan refugees fleeing civil war in Libya.
2010 Trinidad and Tobago holds general elections, with the United National Congress winning and Kamla Persad–Bissessar becoming the first female Prime Minister. (CaribbeanWorldNews),
2009 Helio Castroneves, a Brazilian driver, wins the 93rd Indianapolis 500 in automobile racing.
2008 Three people were killed and three others injured in a helicopter accident on Santa Catalina Island near Two Harbors, California.
2007 The United States House of Representatives approves the $US100 billion bill to finance the US war effort against Iraq and Afghanistan. There is no timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
2006 The United Kingdom government announces plans for overhauling the pension system
2005 Conflict in Iraq: A spate of bombings has left at least five Iraqis dead and seven US soldiers wounded.
2004 North Korea bans mobile phones in communications
2003 Lafayette Parish police release details about a suspect in the Baton Rouge Serial Killer investigation.
2002 The Moscow Treaty is signed by Russia and the United States.
2001 Mountain climbing: Sherpa Temba, 15, becomes the youngest person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
2000 After 22 years of occupation, Israeli troops have withdrawn from southern Lebanon.
1998 Indianapolis 500 race
1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
1996 Spy Hard, starring Leslie Nielsen is released
1995 AFC Ajax wins the UEFA Champions League at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna by defeating A.C. Milan 0–1 by a goal of Patrick Kluivert. This was the third consecutive win of Ajax over Milan that season, ranking Ajax in the fourth place on the list of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners.
1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash
1993 Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement
1992 Pat Bradley wins J C Penney / LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament
1991 Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
1990 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
1989 Indiana Jones & Last Crusade premieres
1988 Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe.
1987 Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1986 Reginald Huffstetler treds water for 985 hours.
1985 View to a Kill premieres in US
1984 Wiz opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 13 performances
1983 US Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminate against students.
1982 Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran : Iraq War.
1981 Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release US hostages
1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar.
1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect.
1977 USSR President Podgorny resigns.
1976 Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16 fighter jet.
1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1973 Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
1972 Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona, Spain.
1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panam� Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard.
1970 Peter Queen quits rock music group Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult.
1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1967 AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals.
1966 Mame opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1508 performances.
1965 US Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional.
1964 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win.
1963 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely
1962 M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit.
1961 American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for ''disturbing the peace'' after disembarking from their bus.
1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England.
1958 New Girl in Town closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 432 performances
1957 Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan.
1956 Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbana.
1954 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
1951 Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants
1950 Maritime Administration (under Department of Commerce).
1948 Arab : Israeli War: Egypt finally 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.
1946 Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as New York Yankees' manager.
1944 Icelandic voters sever all ties with Denmark.
1943 U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje
1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive
1940 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park
1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party.
1935 Swedish Princess Ingrid marries Danish crown Prince Frederik
1934 Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia.
1931 First air-conditioned train installed - B&O Railroad.
1930 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands
1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings.
1928 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again
1927 Britain severs diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union because of revelations of espionage and underground agitation.
1926 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 metres (8:25.4).
1924 The Immigration Act of 1924 was signed into law in the United States, including the Asian Exclusion Act.
1923 The Irish Civil War ends.
1922 Russian-Italian trade agreement signed.
1921 British Legion is formed.
1920 Venustiano Carranza is buried in Mexico City all of his mourning allies are arrested. Adolfo de la Huerta is elected provisional president.
1918 Cleveland beats New York Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning.
1916 US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker.
1915 Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations.
1914 PFC Levski Sofia is founded at 1st men's school in Sofia (today 22nd gymnasium)
1911 Mexican Revolution: Government troops fire at anti-Diaz demonstrators in Mexico City, killing about 200 (officials claim only 40).
1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter.
1908 Belgium Catholic socialist / liberal parliamentary election
1905 39th Belmont Stakes: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08.
1903 The Paris-Madrid race begins, during which at least eight people are killed.
1902 Empire Day first celebrated in Britain.
1901 Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
1900 Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
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