On This Day: 24 May

24 May in Indian history

• 2019Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).India

24 May in world history

• 2014A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.
• 1999The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
• 1995While 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.
• 1988Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.
• 1982Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
• 1970On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.
• 1967Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
• 1962Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
• 1961American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
• 1948Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces captured the Israeli community of Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.
• 1944Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the first independent Albanian government since 1939. In honor of this the national emblem of Albania inscribed this date from 1946 until 1992.
• 1941Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
• 1940Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
• 1935The 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.
• 1844Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from a committee room in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate a commercial telegraph line between Baltimore a
• 1738At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist movement.
• 1567The mentally ill King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some members of the influential Sture family.

Born on 24 May

• 1973Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriterIndia
• 1973Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 2000)
• 1969Mandar Agashe, Indian music director and businessmanIndia
• 1955Rajesh Roshan, Indian composerIndia
• 1944Patti LaBelle, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 15 BCGermanicus, Roman general (died 19)

Died on 24 May

• 2018Gudrun Burwitz, daughter of Margarete Himmler and Heinrich Himmler (born 1929)
• 2014Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (born 1927)
• 2000Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1919)India
• 1950Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (born 1883)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 24 May in history?

2019: Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India). 2014: A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people. 1999: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. 1995: 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.

What happened on 24 May in Indian history?

2019: Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).

Which famous people were born on 24 May?

Shirish Kunder, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (1973); Rodrigo, Argentinian singer-songwriter (died 2000) (1973); Mandar Agashe, Indian music director and businessman (1969); Rajesh Roshan, Indian composer (1955).

Which day is observed on 24 May?

Aldersgate Day/Wesley Day (Methodism); Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador); Bermuda Day (Bermuda), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.; Commonwealth Day (Belize); Independence Day (Eritrea), celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993..