Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
May 24
| 1543 | Nicolaus Copernicus publishes proof of a sun-centered solar system. He dies just after publication. | |
| 1607 | Captain Christopher Newport and 105 followers found the colony of Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the coast of Virginia. | |
| 1610 | Sir Thomas Gates institutes "laws divine moral and marshal, " a harsh civil code for Jamestown. | |
| 1624 | After years of unprofitable operation, Virginia's charter is revoked and it becomes a royal colony. | |
| 1689 | English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are specifically excluded from exemption. | |
| 1738 | The Methodist Church is established. | |
| 1764 | Boston lawyer James Otis denounces "taxation without representation," calling for the colonies to unite in opposition to Britain's new tax measures. | |
| 1798 | Believing that a French invasion of Ireland is imminent, Irish nationalists rise up against the British occupation. | |
| 1844 | Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message. | |
| 1846 | General Zachary Taylor captures Monterey. | |
| 1861 | General Benjamin Butler declares slaves to be the contraband of war. | |
| 1863 | Bushwackers led by Captain William Marchbanks attack a Federal militia party in Nevada, Missouri. | |
| 1878 | The first American bicycle race is held in Boston. | |
| 1930 | Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly from England to Australia. | |
| 1941 | The British battleship Hood is sunk by the German battleship Bismarck. There are only three survivors. | |
| 1951 | Willie Mays begins playing for the New York Giants. | |
| 1961 | Civil rights activists are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi. | |
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Born on May 24 |
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| 1544 | William Gilbert, English physician and scientist. | |
| 1743 | Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary. | |
| 1819 | Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1836-1901). | |
| 1878 | Lillian Moller Gilbreth, pioneer in time-motion studies. | |
| 1895 | Samuel I. Newhouse, American publisher. | |
| 1903 | Arthur Vineberg, Canadian heart surgeon. | |
| 1905 | Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist (And Quiet Flows the Don). | |
| 1928 | William Trevor, Irish short story writer and novelist (The Old Boys, The Boarding House). | |
| 1941 | Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman), singer and songwriter. | |
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