Talk:May 24

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May 24: Independence Day in Eritrea; Saints Cyril and Methodius Day in Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia

1883 – New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world, was opened.
1930 – English aviatrix Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to successfully fly from England to Australia.
1948 – Arab–Israeli War: After five days of fighting, Egyptian forces finally captured the Israeli kibbutz Yad Mordechai after the defenders had abandoned it.
1960 – Cordón Caulle in the Andes of Ranco Province, Chile, began to erupt, less than two days after the Valdivia earthquake struck the region.
1976 – In a wine competition in Paris, French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones (bottle of winning vintage pictured).

More anniversaries: May 23 – May 24 – May 25

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"1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral." This doesn't sound right. From the Uppsala Cathedral page: "The construction of the cathedral began in 1287".

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.70.172.130 (talk) 16:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Yeah - I've been going thru the calander with a book I have "On this day in Rock n Roll History" so I've seen alot of days and this one has far too many births (and deaths) to be normal but some are recognizably real - like Roseanne Cash etc... But I didn't feel qualified to be the one to wipe out whatever I don't recognize. JvaGoddess

On the contrary, you seem to be the one perfectly suited to the task- you know more than me, anyway!!! All I know is events that have happened in Australia's history, not much else! I'm only 17!

Maybe we can get Larry Sanger to weigh in on this one (hint hint)- JvaGoddess

It appears someone copied a load of entries from http://www.dailyalmanacs.com/almanac2/may/0524.html Which is probably a violation of copyright... -- SJK

In that case then maybe we should delete the page and start again...

Nope, I just checked. The Daily Almanacs page states "History is free- use the info on the page however you want". So it's fine. But maybe we should add a reference as to who all these people are? -Mark

Looking at [this page], it seems that Samane might be record holder for heaviest baby (10.2 kg or 22 lbs 8 oz). --Zundark, 2002 Feb 17

[edit] Nicolaus Copernicus

Please use [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], mathematician and astronomer, and remove claims of nationality. -- Matthead Discuß 14:45, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Please don't make unilateral declarations which go against standard policy and practice. Your undiscussed--and unjustified, really--change has been reverted.

[edit] Hundred Years War

According to the BBC website's 'On This Day' section ([1]) for May 24, it says 'The Hundred Years War between England and France begins when France confiscates Gascony from Edward III'. Is this incorrect, or is it missing from this page for some reason. If neither, can I add it? - Highfields (talk, contribs) 19:35, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't know the facts, but we generally don't trust any 'On This Day' type sources as definitive (hence the comments "Do not trust this year in history websites for accurate date information."). In order to add the event here, it would have to be supported in full by an existing Wikipedia article anyway. So, no, it can't be added. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 20:46, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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