Page 10: Historical Events In May - 24

1992  Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79   

1993  eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war.   

1993  Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement   

1993  Kurd rebellion results in the deaths of 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey   

1993  Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66   

1994  Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash   

1994  Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48   

1995  Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79   

1996  "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released.   

1996  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83   

1997  Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan   

1997  edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost and Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74.   

2006  East Timor's Foreign Minister Horta officially requests military assistance from the governments of Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Portugal   

2013  rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador.   

2014  yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, is detained by army after a military coup.   

2017  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   

2018  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.   

2018  uS President Donald Trump cancels summit with North and South Korea because of hostile statements from North Korea.   

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

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

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

2018  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   

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   

2020  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 46000-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   

2020  a "once in a decade" storm batters 3000 kilometres (1900 mi) of the coast of Western Australia.   

2020  egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardons 3157 prisoners to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and, two days later, President of Zambia Edgar Lungu pardons nearly 3000 inmates to commemorate Africa Freedom Day.   

2021  deposed Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in court against charges laid by the military government.   

2021  a coup d'état in Mali removes interim President Bah Ndaw and the acting Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, from power and restores military rule leading to the country being suspended from the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union, as well as France suspending its military operations in the country.[103][104].   

2023  former US Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman 's poem, “The Hill We Climb” is placed on a restricted reading list at Bob Graham Education Center, Miami Lakes, amid increasing censorship across Florida.   

2023  Canada and Saudi Arabia agree to restore full diplomatic relations after a breakdown in relations in 2018 over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

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  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on May - 24.   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 24.   

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  On this day in history death of ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396)   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on May - 24.   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.