1819
May 24, Victoria Alexandrine, Queen Victoria (d.1901) was born in London. Her reign (1836-1901) restored dignity to the British crown. She had nine children. "Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves."

1986
May 24, The Union Jack was flown in Israel for the first time in 38 years as Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister to visit the Jewish state.

1999
May 24, In India Sonia Gandhi decided to withdraw her resignation as president of the Congress Party.

2002
May 24, US Olympic Committee president Sandra Baldwin resigned, a day after she admitted lying about her academic credentials.

2003
May 24, British actress Rachel Kempson, matriarch of the Redgrave acting dynasty, died in Millbrook, N.Y., four days short of her 93rd birthday.

2007
May 24, Britain's Court of Appeal upheld a $95 million award to the ex-wife of insurance tycoon John Charman (54), the largest judgment ever in a contested divorce in England and Wales. Jenny Bailey (45), a female councilor who was born a man and fathered two children, was sworn in as Britain's first transsexual mayor. Bailey, a Liberal Democrat, became the civic leader of the Cambridge City Council.

2010
May 24, In Trinidad and Tobago attorney Kamla Persad-Bissessar (59) was elected as the first female prime minister. Preliminary elections results indicated that Persad-Bissessar and her five-party People's Partnership coalition won 29 of 41 seats in parliament.

2011
May 24, President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama were welcomed to Buckingham Palace in grand royal style by Queen Elizabeth II as they began their official state visit to Britain.

2011
May 24, Reclusive American copper heiress Huguette Clark (104) died and left most of her $400 million fortune to charity, and nurse Hadassah Peri, who was randomly assigned to care for her 20 years ago. Clark was the daughter of Montana Sen. William Clark, who was once the second-richest man in the country. In 2013 a court fight over her estate reached a tentative deal giving about $30.5 million to her distant relatives. Nurse Peri would have to return $5 million and a valuable doll collection.

2011
May 24, In Colombia‘s Congress approved legislation to of offer compensation to some 4 million people who have suffered in its armed conflicts. A Colombian judge issued an arrest order for the former head of the secret police over her alleged involvement in a domestic spying scandal. Former domestic intelligence chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who says she is innocent. She has been living in exile in Panama since November 2010 and that country has said it will maintain her asylum.

2012
May 24, In Cambodia prison sentences were imposed on 13 women who protested evictions from their land without adequate compensation. Their old houses were demolished by developers in 2010.

2013
May 24, Nigeria's military said it has rescued 3 women and 6 children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after a May 7 attack on a police barracks in Bama. A woman and 2 children remained missing.

the most creative set of people I have ever met were here on ñairaland. YOU guys are fucking awesome
zombies included,who knows,they might repent after reading this.