Historical Events Happened In May - 24

1961  On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS  Share it »

1961  Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.  Share it »

1961  On this day in history u S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade  Share it »

1962  On this day in history m Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit  Share it »

1963  The first Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely on this day in history.  Share it »

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on this day in history.  Share it »

1964  18th Tony Awards Luther & Hello Dolly win on this day in history.  Share it »

1964  On this day in history beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan  Share it »

1964  Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 on this day in history.  Share it »

1964  18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win on this day in history.  Share it »

1965  On this day in history supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional  Share it »

1966  On this day in history "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances  Share it »

1968  Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days on this day in history.  Share it »

1968  Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession on this day in history.  Share it »

1968  On this day in history president De Gaulle proposes referendum & students set fire to Paris bourse  Share it »

1968  The Gateway Arch, located in St Louis, Missouri, is dedicated on this day in history.  Share it »

1968  On this day in history bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75  Share it »

1969  On this day in history beatles' "Get Back" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks  Share it »

1969  On this day in history the birth of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader  Share it »

1969  On this day in history mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48  Share it »

1970  On this day in history peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult  Share it »

1971  On this day in history a commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard  Share it »

1972  On this day in history glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona  Share it »

1972  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  Share it »

1972  On this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88  Share it »

1974  Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.  Share it »

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on this day in history.  Share it »

1975  On this day in history dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain some F-16's  Share it »

1975  On this day in history soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4  Share it »

1976  Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  Share it »

1976  The first commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC) on this day in history.  Share it »

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on this day in history.  Share it »

1977  On this day in history uSSR President Podgorny resigns  Share it »

1978  Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  Share it »

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer  Share it »

1616  John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter  Share it »

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist  Share it »

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)  Share it »

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.  Share it »

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.  Share it »

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.  Share it »

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