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On this day — May 24

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2022

Milestone

A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde

Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.

2019

Disaster

Twenty-two students die in a fire in Surat (India).

2019

Milestone

Under pressure over her handling of Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.

2014

Disaster

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey

injuring 324 people.

2014

Milestone

At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.

2002

Politics

Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.

2000

Sport

Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

1999

Politics

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague

Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.

1995

Milestone

While attempting to return to Leeds Bradford Airport in the United Kingdom

Knight Air Flight 816 crashes in Dunkeswick, North Yorkshire, killing all 12 people on board.

1994

Milestone

Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993

each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.

1993

Politics

Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

1993

Milestone

Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.

1992

Milestone

The last Thai dictator

General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.

1992

Milestone

The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac

Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.

1991

Milestone

Israel conducts Operation Solomon

evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.