May 24th, 2001

Born on May 24th, 2001

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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, 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, 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.

May 24th, 1798

The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the country.

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

Born on May 24th, 2001

22

Danila Prokhin

Russian footballer

*May 24th, 2001, Kirishi

22

Simon Holmström

Swedish ice hockey player

*May 24th, 2001, Tranås

22

Darren Espanto

Filipino-Canadian singer (born 2001)

*May 24th, 2001, Calgary

22

Brayan Ceballos

Colombian footballer

*May 24th, 2001, Cali

22

Louis Poznanski

Football player

*May 24th, 2001, Bremen

22

Hassan Nazeem

Maldivian football player

*May 24th, 2001, Malé

22

Noa Tsurushima

Japanese actress

*May 24th, 2001, Kōchi Prefecture

22

Natálie Mlýnková

Czech ice hockey player

*May 24th, 2001, Zlín

22

Strahinja Pavlović

Serbian footballer

*May 24th, 2001, Šabac

22

Niels Hahn

Austrian association football player (2001-)

*May 24th, 2001, Wiener Neustadt

22

Giorgos Fekkas

Greek footballer

*May 24th, 2001, Athens

22

Kevin Ackermann

Swedish association football player

*May 24th, 2001, Sweden

22

Azriel Gonzalez

American soccer player

*May 24th, 2001, Las Vegas

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24

Tarjei Sandvik Moe

Norwegian actor

*May 24th, 1999, Oslo

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

29

Verdet Kessler

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1994, Adelaide

32

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1991, Kuala Lumpur

35

Ondřej Kopřiva

Badminton player

*May 24th, 1988, Hradec Králové

82

Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

*May 24th, 1941, Duluth

29

Emily Temple-Wood

American Wikipedia editor and physician

*May 24th, 1994, Chicago

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

58

Chris Jogis

Estonian-American badminton player

*May 24th, 1965, Palo Alto

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

49

Magnus Manske

German biochemist and MediaWiki developer

*May 24th, 1974, Cologne

58

John C. Reilly

American actor (born 1965)

*May 24th, 1965, Chicago

68

Mai Zetterling

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

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

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

83

Werner von Moltke

Olympic athlete (1936-2019)

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

35

Tony Gallopin

French road bicycle racer

*May 24th, 1988, Dourdan

27

Aschraf El Mahdioui

Dutch association football player

*May 24th, 1996, Amsterdam

54

Jacob Rees-Mogg

British politician

*May 24th, 1969, Hammersmith

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22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

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Public holidays on May 24th

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Born on May 24th, 2001
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

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