Page 10: Historical Events In May - 24
Sunday, 15 June 2025
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 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 on this day in history.
1991 On May - 24 gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1992 Jay Leno makes his Tonight Show debut as permanent host, succeeding Johnny Carson on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history 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 On this day in history jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
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 May - 24.
1995 On May - 24 harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79
1996 On this day in history "Spy Hard" starring Leslie Nielsen is released
1996 On May - 24 alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83
1997 On May - 24 actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan
1997 On May - 24 edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & 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 on May - 24.
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 on this day in history.
2013 Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador on May - 24.
2014 Yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, is detained by army after a military coup on May - 24.
2017 UEFA Europa League won by Manchester United 2-0 against Ajax in Stockholm on this day in history.
2018 On May - 24 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 on this day in history.
2018 On May - 24 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 on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
2018 On May - 24 bangladeshi police reported to have shot 52 suspected drug traffickers in anti-narcotics crackdown in 10 days
2018 On this day in history 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 May - 24.
2020 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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.
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