May 24th, 1962

Born on May 24th, 1962

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What happened on May 24th, 1962?

May 24th, 1962

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury

May 24th, 1962

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury

What else happened on May 24th?

May 24th, 2014

A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.

May 24th, 2006

An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.

May 24th, 1991

The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).

May 24th, 1988

Section 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.

May 24th, 1970

On 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.

May 24th, 1963

United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.

May 24th, 1956

The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.

May 24th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces captured the Israeli community of Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.

May 24th, 1941

Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait.

May 24th, 1930

English aviator Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.

May 24th, 1913

Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia married Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover; the occasion was one of the last great social events of European royalty before World War I began.

May 24th, 1883

New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.

May 24th, 1830

The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 24th

Born on May 24th, 1962

61

Ben Monder

American jazz guitar player

*May 24th, 1962, New York City

61

Massimo Mauro

Italian footballer (1962-)

*May 24th, 1962, Catanzaro

61

Charles Rettinghaus

German actor and dubbing actor

*May 24th, 1962, Remagen

50

Héctor Camacho

Puerto Rican boxer

*May 24th, 1962, Bayamón †November 24th, 2012, San Juan

61

Dave Moody

American musician

*May 24th, 1962, Fayetteville

61

Arthur Berkut

Russian singer

*May 24th, 1962, Kharkiv

41

Gene Anthony Ray

Actor, dancer, choreographer (1962-2003)

*May 24th, 1962, Harlem †November 14th, 2003, New York City

61

Ralf Wilhelms

German footballer (born 1962)

*May 24th, 1962, Sinzig

61

Jean-Jacques Bouya

Congolese politician

*May 24th, 1962, Tchikapika

61

Hu Jiaqi

Chinese writer

*May 24th, 1962, Yueyang

61

Peter J. Brady

American labor leader, Vermont politician

*May 24th, 1962, Brooklyn

61

Juan José Urruti

Argentine footballer

*May 24th, 1962, Rosario

61

Danny Crainie

Scottish footballer (born 1962)

*May 24th, 1962, Kilsyth

61

Marina Ivanova-Kharlamova

Soviet-Russian female sprinter

*May 24th, 1962, Mikhaylovka

61

Georgy Tenadze

Judoka

*May 24th, 1962, Poti

61

Štefan Füle

Czech diplomat

*May 24th, 1962, Sokolov

61

Petra Döll

German hydrologist

*May 24th, 1962, Hof

61

Luíza Brunet

Brazilian model (born 1962)

*May 24th, 1962, Itaporã

60

Kenton Edelin

American basketball player

*May 24th, 1962, Heidelberg †December 24th, 2022

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51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

24

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Norwegian actor

*May 24th, 1999, Oslo

58

Chris Jogis

Estonian-American badminton player

*May 24th, 1965, Palo Alto

58

John C. Reilly

American actor (born 1965)

*May 24th, 1965, Chicago

82

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

80

Pedro González González

American actor (1925-2006)

*May 24th, 1925, Aguilares †February 6th, 2006, Culver City

49

Bertrand Gallet

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1974, Lille

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

64

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

54

Jacob Rees-Mogg

British politician

*May 24th, 1969, Hammersmith

49

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

60

Michael Chabon

American novelist, short story writer, essayist

*May 24th, 1963, Washington, D.C.

63

Kristin Scott Thomas

British-French actress

*May 24th, 1960, Redruth

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

*May 24th, 1936, Mühlhausen †July 29th, 2019, Nieder-Olm

35

Ondřej Kopřiva

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1988, Hradec Králové

68

Mai Zetterling

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

*May 24th, 1925, Västerås †March 17th, 1994, London

60

Valerie Taylor

African American computer scientist

*May 24th, 1963, Chicago

32

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

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62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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Public holidays on May 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saints Cyril and Methodius Day , Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24.) which are celebrated on May 24th.

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Born on May 24th, 1962
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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