On this day: 24 May

Selected events and births on 24 May, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1683 – Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum, the world's first university museum, opened. Read more: University of Oxford Ashmolean Museum
• 1738 – At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist movement. Read more: Moravian Church Aldersgate John Wesley
• 1830 – The nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale. Read more: Nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb Sarah Josepha Hale
• 1883 – New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. Read more: Brooklyn Bridge List of longest suspension bridge spans
• 1930 – English aviator Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Read more: Amy Johnson Darwin, Northern Territory
• 1956 – The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland. Read more: Eurovision Song Contest 1956 Eurovision Song Contest Lugano
• 1962 – Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. Read more: Project Mercury Scott Carpenter Mercury-Atlas 7
• 1963 – United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations. Read more: Robert F. Kennedy Baldwin–Kennedy meeting James Baldwin
• 1970 – On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth. Read more: Kola Peninsula Kola Superdeep Borehole Borehole
• 2006 – An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released. Read more: An Inconvenient Truth Climate change Environmental movement

Born on this day

• 1941 – Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Bob Dylan Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1942 – Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese lawyer and politician, Japanese Minister of Home Affairs Read more: Ichirō Ozawa Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan)
• 1945 – Richard Ottaway, English lieutenant and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Read more: Richard Ottaway Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• 1946 – Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey Read more: Tansu Çiller Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1956 – Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales Read more: Dominic Grieve Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1959 – Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales Read more: Barry O'Farrell Premier of New South Wales
• 1974 – Magnus Manske, German biochemist and computer programmer, developed MediaWiki Read more: Magnus Manske MediaWiki
• 1994 – Emily Temple Wood, American 2016 Wikipedian of the Year award Read more: Emily Temple-Wood Wikimedian of the Year
• 1996 – Shu Uchida, Japanese voice actress Read more: Shu Uchida
• 1999 – Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Norwegian actor Read more: Tarjei Sandvik Moe
• 2001 – Emily Austin, journalist and social media influencer Read more: Emily Austin
• 2002 – Saim Ayub, Pakistani cricketer Read more: Saim Ayub

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / May 24 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.