May 24th, 1981

Born on May 24th, 1981

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What happened on May 24th, 1981?

May 24th, 1981

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime_Roldós_Aguilera

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, 1986

A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.

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, 1962

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

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, 2022

An 18-year old gunman shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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.

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

Born on May 24th, 1981

45

Andy Lee

Australian comedian

*May 24th, 1981, Melbourne

45

David Fray

French pianist

*May 24th, 1981, Tarbes

45

Lusapho April

South African distance runner

*May 24th, 1981, Uitenhage

45

Aarya Babbar

Indian actor

*May 24th, 1981, Mumbai

45

Linda Liao

Taiwanese singer and television personality

*May 24th, 1981, Taiwan

45

Dennis Sørensen

Danish footballer (born 1981)

*May 24th, 1981, Copenhagen

45

Kenan Bajramović

Bosnian basketball player

*May 24th, 1981, Zenica

45

Viktor Ruban

Archer

*May 24th, 1981, Kharkiv

45

Penny Taylor

Basketball player

*May 24th, 1981, Melbourne

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44

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

44

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung

45

Satoko Suetsuna

Japanese badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Ōita

45

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

45

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

44

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

45

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

44

Linda Sundblad

Swedish singer, actress and model

*July 5th, 1981, Lidköping

45

Tamta

Georgian-born Greek singer

*January 10th, 1981, Tbilisi

44

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

44

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

45

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

44

Beyoncé

American singer

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

44

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

45

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

44

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

44

Serena Williams

American tennis player

*September 26th, 1981, Saginaw

44

Britney Spears

American pop singer

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

44

Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

44

Adriana Lima

Brazilian model

*June 12th, 1981, Salvador

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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