A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
May 24: Day of the Week
May 24, 2024 was the 145th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 221 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac 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.
May 24 Historical Event(s)
1595
Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
1621
The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule begins.
1830
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
1956
Conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha’s Parinibbāna.
1960
Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
1980
The International Court of Justice calls for the release of United States embassy hostages in Tehran, Iran. The hostages would not be freed until the following January.
1982
Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
1991
Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
1994
Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
Who were born on May 24?
1794
William Whewell, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1866)
1819
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
1899
Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
1900
Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1900
Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1954)
1914
Lilli Palmer, German-born actress (d. 1986)
1933
Aharon Lichtenstein, French-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva
1934
Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
1934
Jane Byrne, 50th Mayor of Chicago
1944
Patti LaBelle, American R&B singer, songwriter and actress
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