What happened on 24 May?

Look at what happened on this day, 24 May in history. From various achievements and milestones throughout human history to groundbreaking inventions and events that shaped the world we live in today.

Here is a look at some of the most notable events that happened on this day

ON THIS DAY: 24 May

1982 | Liberation of Khorramshahr: During the Iran-Iraq War, the Iranians took back control of the port city from the Iraqis.

1986 | US & Western Europe veto heavier sanctions against South Africa.

1994 | Four men were found guilty of detonating a bomb at the World Trade Centre in New York in 1993; each received a 240-year jail term.

1999 | Slobodan Miloevi and four other people were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated in Kosovo by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, the Netherlands.

2022 | Twenty-one people, including 19 children, were killed in a mass shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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BIRTHDAYS

1935 | South African artist, Frida Blumenberg.

1967 | Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager, Carlos Hernández.

1980 | Australian rugby league player, Anthony Minichiello.

1981 | South African distance runner, Lusapho April.

1988 | Russian ice hockey player, Artem Anisimov.

DEATHS

2002 | American author, Wallace Markfield, 76.

2003 | English actress, Rachel Kempson, 93.

2010 | English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter, Ray Alan, 80.

2011 | American heiress, painter, and philanthropist, Huguette Clark, 105.

SPORTS

2014 | Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League final against Atletico de Madrid at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal on this day.

ENTERTAINMENT

2009 | Former Wilco guitarist Jay Bennett died on this day in his sleep from an accidental overdose of a prescription painkiller at age 45.

AFRICA FACT

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