Page 10: Historical Events In May - 24

1990  On this day in history andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game   

1990  On May - 24 stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1   

1990  On this day in history stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1   

1991  Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49 on May - 24.   

1992  Jay Leno makes his Tonight Show debut as permanent host, succeeding Johnny Carson on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 24 joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79   

1993  On May - 24 eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war   

1993  On May - 24 kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement   

1993  On May - 24 kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey   

1993  Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 on May - 24.   

1994  Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash on May - 24.   

1994  Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79   

1996  "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan   

1997  On this day in history edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74   

2006  On this day in history east Timor's Foreign Minister Horta officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal.   

2007  On May - 24 general election in the Republic of Ireland. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fáil party win a majority of seats for the third election in a row.   

2013  On May - 24 rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador   

2014  On May - 24 yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, is detained by army after a military coup   

2017  On May - 24 uEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm   

2018  Record US fentanyl seizure of 120lbs (54kg) confirmed by police in Nebraska in April, enough to kill 26 million people, one of largest drug busts in US history on this day in history.   

2018  On May - 24 actor Morgan Freeman accused of sexual harassment by several women in CNN report   

2018  At least 14 children reported mauled to death by wild dogs near Khairabad, India after closure of slaughterhouses on May - 24.   

2018  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea   

2018  On May - 24 uS President Trump posthumously pardons boxer Jack Johnson for racially orientated criminal conviction - transporting a white woman across state lines   

2018  On this day in history world's largest cat-proof fence (44km) completed at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary, central Australia to protest endangered species   

2018  On May - 24 bangladeshi police reported to have shot 52 suspected drug traffickers in anti-narcotics crackdown in 10 days   

2018  On May - 24 uS President Trump signs into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act easing financial regulations and reducing oversight for banks   

2018  Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the Punggye-ri nuclear test site have been destroyed by the North Korean government in a move to reduce regional tensions on this day in history.   

2019  A prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela, leaves 29 prisoners dead and 19 guards injured.May 26 - Amazonas prison massacres: More than 50 prisoners are killed in a series of riots at four different prisons in Amazonas, Brazil on this day in history.   

2020  On May - 24 british PM Boris Johnson refuses to sack his senior aide Dominic Cummings, after it is revealed he broke the country's lockdown rules to drive across the country   

2020  Mining corporation Rio Tinto admits to blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in the Pilbara area of Western Australia. The firm later issues an apology to the two Aboriginal peoples who are the traditional owners of the site on this day in history.   

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1522  On May - 24 birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on May - 24.   

1153  On May - 24 david I, King of Scotland, dies   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

1425  On May - 24 death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on May - 24.   

1543  On this day in history nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on May - 24.