Historical Events In May - 24

1989 AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona

1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice

1989 NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager & coach Phil Esposito

1989 Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack

1990 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game

1990 Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1

1992 Jay Leno makes his Tonight Show debut as permanent host, succeeding Johnny Carson

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 kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey

1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash

1996 "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released

1997 Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan

1948 The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West

1956 2,500th anniversary of the death of Buddha celebrated in India

1941 The birth of Bob Dylan, American singer/songwriter

1969 The birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader

2005 Death of Vivian Liberto, ex-wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934)

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

2007 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.

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