On May 24th
- Events
- 1902 Empire Day, now known as Commonwealth Day, first celebrated on this day after Queen's Victoria's death to celebrate her birthday on this day in 1902.
- 1975 Soyuz 18B is launched.
- Births
- 1945 Priscilla Presley, wife of Elvis.
- 1964 Bobby Lockwood, in Chicago, Illinois, English actor known for his roles as Mick Campbell in House of Anubis and as Rhydian Morris in Wolfblood.
- Deaths
- 1543 Copernicus allegedly sees 1st copy of DE REVOLUTIONIBUS & dies.
- 2008 Robert Arthur Knox, English actor who portrayed the character of Marcus Belby in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, stabbed to death at 18 while intervening in a fight to protect his younger brother.
- Events
- 1689 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants.
- 1902 Empire Day, now known as Commonwealth Day, first celebrated on this day after Queen's Victoria's death to celebrate her birthday on this day in 1902.
- Births
- 1944 Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American singer, songwriter and lead singer for Labelle who released the iconic 1970's disco song Lady Marmalade.
- 1879 H. B. Reese, in York County, Pennsylvania, American inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, (d. 1956).
- Deaths
- 2008 Robert Arthur Knox, English actor who portrayed the character of Marcus Belby in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, stabbed to death at 18 while intervening in a fight to protect his younger brother.
- 2023 Tina Turner [Anna Mae Bullock], American-born and naturalized Swiss singer, dancer, actress and author dies at 83 following a long illness.
- Events
- 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (South Africa).
- 1902 Empire Day, now known as Commonwealth Day, first celebrated on this day after Queen's Victoria's death to celebrate her birthday on this day in 1902.
- Births
- 1964 Bobby Lockwood, in Chicago, Illinois, English actor known for his roles as Mick Campbell in House of Anubis and as Rhydian Morris in Wolfblood.
- 1686 Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, in Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Dutch-German-Polish physicist, inventor of the thermometer and the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736).
- Deaths
- 1997 Edward Mulhare, Irish actor best known for his starring roles in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Knight Rider dies of lung cancer at 74.
- 2023 Tina Turner [Anna Mae Bullock], American-born and naturalized Swiss singer, dancer, actress and author dies at 83 following a long illness.
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