About May 24
May 24, 2025 is the 144th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 269 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 24
- 1218 –The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
- 1487 –The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII’s reign.
- 1595 –Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
- 1738 –John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
- 1832 –The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference.
- 1846 –Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
- 1883 –The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
- 1901 –Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
- 1941 –World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks the then pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen.
- 1956 –Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha’s Parinibbāna.
- 1956 –The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland
- 1958 –United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
- 1961 –Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
- 1973 –Earl Jellicoe resigns as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords.
- 1976 –The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
- 1982 –Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
- 1988 –The fourth game of the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals between the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins had to end in a tie because of a power failure. The Oilers went on to win the Stanley Cup with a 6-3 victory in game 5.
- 1991 –Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
- 2000 –Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
- 2001 –The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200
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