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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 24
- 200th: 1824 - Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Jane Byrne; American politician (Mayor-Democrat-Chicago).
- 90th: 1934 - Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Patti LaBelle [Holt] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (LaBelle - "Lady Marmalade").
- 80th: 1944 - Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti-fascists.
- 80th: 1944 - Icelandic voters sever all ties with Denmark.
- 70th: 1954 - First rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico, USA.
- 70th: 1954 - German airline Lufthansa forms.
- 70th: 1954 - IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour.
- 60th: 1964 - 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win.
- 60th: 1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Adrian Moorhouse; British 100 metre breaststroker (Olympics-gold-1988).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Elizabeth McColgan; British running star (world record 5 km indoor).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Pat Verbeek in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; NHL forward (Team Canada, New York Rangers).
- 60th: 1964 - Longest homerun (471 feet) in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins).
- 60th: 1964 - Panic in Lima, Peru soccer stadium; 300 killed.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ace Custis; NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Marcus Coleman; free safety (New York Jets).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Maria Alejandra Vento in Caracas, Venezuela; tennis star (1995 Futures-Braz).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Natalie Neaton in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA; soccer forward (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - NBC-TV airs the last Dean Martin Show after a nine-year run.
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Edward Kennedy Ellington AKA Duke Ellington at age 75 of lung cancer; jazz bandleader and composer (50 years, "Mood Indigo", "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", "Satin Doll").
- 40th: 1984 - The Detroit Tigers tie a major league mark set by the 1916 New York Giants in defeating the California Angels 5-1 for their 17th consecutive road victory.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Vincent J. McMahon, professional wrestling promoter WWF (born 1914).
- 30th: 1994 - Birth of Cayden Boyd; actress (Crossing Jordan, Century City).
- 30th: 1994 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at age 48.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of King Ganam at age 78 in Carlsbad, California, USA; Canadian fiddler, western musician (Country Hoedown CBC TV show (1956-1959), host of The King Ganam Show (1961)).
- 25th: 1999 - NBC airs the final episode of TV show Mad About You.
- 15th: 2009 - In Italy, round 6 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Jari-Matti Latvala.
- 15th: 2009 - Mongolia's opposition party leader of the Democratic Party and two-time former prime minister, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, wins the presidential election.
- 15th: 2009 - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hits southern Macedonia near the Greek border.
- 15th: 2009 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 race is held. Winner is Helio Castroneves of Team Penske.
- 15th: 2009 - In Monte Carlo, Monaco, round 6 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 5th: 2019 - Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX launches 60 communications satellites into low Earth orbit.
- 5th: 2019 - A prison riot in Acarigua, Venezuela, leaves 29 prisoners dead and 19 guards injured.
- 5th: 2019 - British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7.
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