May 24th, 1985

Born on May 24th, 1985

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

May 24th, 1883

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

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

Born on May 24th, 1985

41

Juan Toja

Colombian association football player

*May 24th, 1985, Bogotá

41

Vasyl Kobin

Ukrainian footballer

*May 24th, 1985, Strabychovo

41

Hassan Bittar

Lebanese footballer

*May 24th, 1985, Tyre

41

Fábio Lopes

Brazilian association football player

*May 24th, 1985, São Luís

41

Adam Khan

British racing driver

*May 24th, 1985, Bridlington

41

Ryan Blakney

American baseball umpire

*May 24th, 1985, Wenatchee

41

Sebastian Döhrer

German cyclist

*May 24th, 1985, Suhl

41

Kasie Hunt

American journalist

*May 24th, 1985, Wayne

41

Aaron Payas

Gibraltarian footballer (born 1985)

*May 24th, 1985, Gibraltar

41

Nana Meriwether

American athlete and beauty pageant titleholder

*May 24th, 1985, Pretoria

Same year
Born in 1985

41

Virgil Soeroredjo

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1985, Paramaribo

40

Annalisa

Italian singer-songwriter

*August 5th, 1985, Savona

33

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

*August 15th, 1985, Crenshaw †March 31st, 2019, Los Angeles

41

Luciana Abreu

Portuguese singer, actress and television host

*May 25th, 1985, Porto

40

Maria Kristin Yulianti

Indonesian badminton player

*June 25th, 1985, Tuban

41

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

40

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

41

Koen Ridder

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1985, Haarlem

41

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

41

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

40

Mitchel Wongsodikromo

Badminton player

*August 26th, 1985, Paramaribo

41

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

41

Coby

Serbian rapper, singer and producer

*April 11th, 1985, Belgrade

41

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese association football player

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

*March 5th, 1985, Chicago †November 17th, 2021, Memphis

40

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

41

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

41

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

*March 1st, 1985, Munich

41

Lukas Podolski

German association football player (born 1985)

*June 4th, 1985, Gliwice

40

Luka Modrić

Croatian association football player (born 1985)

*September 9th, 1985, Zadar

Birthdays of famous people

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on May 24th, 1985
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1985 is a normal year and no leap year.

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