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What happened in history on this day: May 24?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 24 in ...
- 1985 - An executive staff meeting is held at Apple Computer. John Sculley confronts Steve Jobs over rumors of a takeover while Sculley would be away in China. Jobs says Sculley should leave the company, but most of the senior staff support Sculley staying.
- 1993 - The Spring Comdex and Windows World conferences are held in Atlanta, Georgia, over four days.
- 1993 - At the COMDEX show, Microsoft formally launches the Windows NT operating system. Initial version is 3.1. Price is US$495, or US$295 as an upgrade from a previous Windows operating system. The software comprises over 4 million lines of code.
- 1999 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Mobile AMD-K6-III-P processor, in speeds of 350, 366, and 380 MHz. Prices are US$249, US$316, and US$349 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - Intel releases the 933 MHz Pentium III processor. It features 256 kB of Level 2 on-chip cache. Price is US$794 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2007 - Dell announces it will start selling its personal computers in retail stores, beginning with two models in Wal-Mart stores. Also, Dell begins offering systems pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux 7.
- 1968 - A resolution of US Congress recognizes Walt Disney for promoting conservation and international friendship with a Congressional gold medal.
- 1991 - Disney releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken to theaters in the US. The film is based on the book A Girl and Five Brave Horses by Sonora Webster Carver.
- 2007 - The film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End opens in Moscow, Russia.
- 1998 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 1998 Corvette is official pace car, driven by Parnelli Jones.
- 2001 - The National Corvette Museum hosts the Corvette Forum Cruise-In over four days. Attendance is over 2100.
- 2003 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lakeville, Connecticut, the Mohegan Sun Presents the Lime Rock Park Grand Prix Weekend races are held, round three of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed World Challenge GT series.
- Finishing 4th is the 3R Racing #73 Corvette Z06, driven by Phil McClure.
- Finishing 7th is the Tiger Racing #99 Corvette, driven by Thomas Oates.
- Finishing 11th is the Popeyes #52 Corvette Z06, driven by Henry Gilbert.
- Finishing 12th is the Metric Chemical #35 Corvette Z06, driven by David Farmer.
- Finishing 14th is the Black Dog Racing #25 Corvette, driven by Tony Gaples.
- Finishing 17th is the Courtesy Chevrolet #5 Corvette Z06, driven by Don Campbell.
- Finishing 18th is the Rathmann Chevy #16 Corvette Z06, driven by Jim Rathmann.
- 2007 - At the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, the Coca-Cola 600 race is held, round four of the SPEED GT Championship series.
- Finishing 7th is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette driven by Tony Gaples.
- Finishing 8th is the Whelen Engineering #31 Corvette, driven by Sonny Whelen.
- Finishing 12th is the #32 Corvette driven by Ed Braswell.
- Finishing 13th is the LG Motorsports #87 Corvette driven by Doug Peterson.
- Finishing 15th is the #28 Corvette, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- In 17th place, but not finishing the race, is the Blackdog Racing #12 Corvette driven by Brian Kubinski.
- In 19th place, but not finishing the race, is the Whelen Engineering #30 Corvette driven by Eric Curran.
- 1940 - King Léopold of Belgium informs four Government ministers he would stay with the Army in Belgium, capitulating to the Germans if necessary.
- 1940 - Royal Canadian Navy destroyers Restigouche, St. Laurent, Skeena, and Fraser head to the United Kingdom to aid the Royal Navy.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler orders Walther von Brauchitsch, army commander in chief, to halt the panzers along the Bassée Canal, specifically to remain at medium artillery range from Dunkirk.
- 1940 - German Army Group A Commander Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt begins issuing orders for his panzer tank divisions to halt their advance in France, due to losses and maintenance problems.
- 1940 - The Allied Expeditionary Force withdraws completely from Norway.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 13. The objective is to annihilate French, English, and Belgian forces surrounded in Artois and Flanders. The Air Force is to prevent the escape of English forces across the Channel. The Air Force is authorized to attack England to the fullest when sufficient forces are available.
- 1941 - (0247 hours) Cruiser Suffolk regains sight of the Bismarck.
- 1941 - (0535 hours) British warships Hood and Prince of Wales sight the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.
- 1941 - (0552 hours) The Hood opens fire on the Bismarck.
- 1941 - (about 0552 hours) The Bismarck and Prinz Eugen fire on the Hood. The second shot from the Prinz Eugen hits the upper deck, setting anti-aircraft ammunition on fire.
- 1941 - (0601 hours) The fifth shot from the Bismarck hits the Hood, penetrating the deck to the main ammunition magazine and explodes, destroying the ship. Only three of a crew of 1422 survive.
- 1941 - The Prince of Wales scores a hit on the bow of Bismarck, causing over 1000 tons of fuel forward of the damage to be unavailable.
- 1941 - The Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen hit the Prince of Wales, which then withdraws back to the Norfolk and Suffolk.
- 1941 - (about 1800 hours) The battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen split up, the Prinz Eugen continuing into the North Atlantic, and the Bismarck heading for St.-Nazaire, France, for repairs.
- 1941 - (2200 hours) British carrier Victorious arrives at about 100 miles from Bismarck, in place to launch an air attack.
- 1941 - (2210 hours) Vctorious launches nine Swordfish biplanes to attempt to torpedo the Bismarck.
- 1941 - (about 2400 hours) Eight Swordfish biplanes from the Victorious attack the Bismarck with torpedoes, scoring one hit amidships, but doing little damage.
- 1943 - Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy Karl Dönitz withdraws submarines from the North Atlantic, due to heavy losses.
- 1976 - The Solomon Islands issues four postage stamps depicting World War II themes.
- 1989 - In Nice, France, French police arrest Paul Touvier. He was charged in 1973 with crimes against humanity in connection with deportation of Jews from France to German death camps, and persecution of Resistance leaders. Touvier was head of intelligence for a pro-Nazi militia in Lyons during the war.
- 2005 - Sierra Leone issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 2005 - Sierra Leone issues ten postage stamps entitled "The Route to Victory", depicting World War II battles.
- 1972 - Magnavox and Sanders Associates hold an open house at the Airport Marina in Burlingame, California, to introduce the Odyssey video game console. Nolan Bushnell attends and plays the game.
- 1991 - TriStar Pictures releases the film Hudson Hawk to theaters in the USA. A character says "Will you play Nintendo with me?". A crime family in New Jersey is known as "the Mario Brothers".
- 1993 - Sega of America announces it will introduce, in August, a rating system for its video games: GA (general audience), MA-13 (mature, minimum age 13), and MA-17 (mature, minimum age 17).
- 2011 - Codemasters releases the Dirt 3 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 1911 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1911-dated quarter dollars.
- 1965 - At a Congressional House Subcommittee on the Committee on Appropriations hearing, U.S. Mint Director Eva B. Adams says the silver dollar coins being struck are trial pieces, and that legislative approval had not yet been given for production of coins for official release.
- 1965 - President Lyndon Johnson orders a halt to striking of silver dollars.
- 1965 - The Denver Mint ceases striking 1964-dated Peace dollars, with a total of 316,076 trial strikes.
- 1877 - 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45.5.
- 1878 - CA Parker (Harvard) wins first American bike race, at Beacon Park, Boston.
- 1879 - 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5.
- 1900 - 34th Belmont Stakes: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21.25.
- 1902 - Cleveland Bronchos' Bill Bradley is first American League player to hit a homerun in four consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918.
- 1905 - 39th Belmont Stakes: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08.
- 1918 - Cleveland Indians beat New York Yankees 3-2 in 19 innings.
- 1926 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 metres (8:25.4).
- 1929 - Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings.
- 1930 - Babe Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week.
- 1930 - Donald Bradman scores 252 Australia versus Surrey, 290 minutes, 29 fours.
- 1935 - First major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Cincinnati Reds 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1).
- 1936 - Tony Lazerri makes two grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching first 7 times safely, New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Athletics 25-2.
- 1940 - First night game at New York's Polo Grounds (New York Giants 8, Boston Bees 1).
- 1940 - First night game at Saint Louis Sportsman Park (Cleveland Indians 3, Saint Louis Browns 2).
- 1946 - Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as New York Yankees' manager.
- 1964 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
- 1964 - Longest homerun (471 feet) in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins).
- 1964 - Panic in Lima, Peru soccer stadium; 300 killed.
- 1967 - AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals.
- 1970 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational.
- 1972 - Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona, Spain.
- 1979 - Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar.
- 1980 - Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2.
- 1981 - Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1981 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, and wins a controversial Indianapolis 500 race.
- 1984 - The Detroit Tigers tie a major league mark set by the 1916 New York Giants in defeating the California Angels 5-1 for their 17th consecutive road victory.
- 1986 - NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1.
- 1987 - 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes.
- 1987 - Al Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 race for a fourth time, the second driver to do so, after A.J. Foyt in 1977.
- 1988 - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals.
- 1989 - AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona, Spain.
- 1989 - NHL's New York Rangers fire general manager and coach Phil Esposito.
- 1989 - New York Yankees' pitcher Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his first run of the season.
- 1990 - The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Boston Bruins in the 1990 NHL Finals for their fifth Stanley Cup.
- 1992 - Al Unser Junior wins Indianapolis 500.
- 1992 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1992 - Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score one in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game.
- 1992 - Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament.
- 1995 - AFC Ajax beats AC Milan 1-0 to win the Champions League.
- 1998 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the Indianapolis 500 race is held. Eddie Cheever Junior wins with an average speed of 145.155 mph. A 1998 Corvette is official pace car, driven by Parnelli Jones.
- 2009 - In Italy, round 6 of the FIA World Rally Championship is won by Jari-Matti Latvala.
- 2009 - In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 90th running of the Indianapolis 500 race is held. Winner is Helio Castroneves of Team Penske.
- 2009 - In Monte Carlo, Monaco, round 6 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Jenson Button.
- 2022 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL Western Conference 2nd Round, game 4: Edmonton Oilers beats Calgary Flames by score 5-3, leading series 3-1.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 2nd Round, game 4: New York Rangers defeats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-1, series tied 2-2.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats New York Mets by score 13-12.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Seattle Mariners by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats San Diego Padres by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Kansas City Royals by score 8-6.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Texas Rangers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Cleveland Guardians by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Chicago White Sox by score 16-3.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Detroit Tigers by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Washington Nationals by score 9-4.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Baltimore Orioles by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Miami Marlins by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Cincinnati Reds by score 11-4.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 2-1.
- 1954 - First rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico, USA.
- 1961 - Explorer 12 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1962 - M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit.
- 1975 - Soyuz 18B carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4.
- 1997 - Telstar-5 Proton launch, successful.
- 2019 - Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX launches 60 communications satellites into low Earth orbit.
- 1818 - US General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, capital of Spanish West Florida.
- 1830 - First passenger rail service in US (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland).
- 1844 - Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message "What Hath God Wrought?" from US Capitol to his assistant Alfred Vail in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1846 - General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey in Mexican War.
- 1856 - A group of men led by slavery abolishionist John Brown hack to death five pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas, USA.
- 1861 - Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), is shot to death at age 23.
- 1861 - Alexandria, Virginia, occupied by Federal troops.
- 1861 - Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war".
- 1866 - Berkeley, California, is named for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne.
- 1883 - In New York State, the Brooklyn Bridge opens over the East River, connecting New York and Brooklyn. Construction took 14 years, cost $15 million, and caused 27 deaths. With a span of 1595 feet, the Brooklyn Bridge is the largest suspension bridge ever built to date.
- 1884 - Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party form People's Party in the US.
- 1890 - Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma, Washington, USA.
- 1899 - First auto repair shop opens (Boston, Massachusetts, USA).
- 1926 - A US law forbids use of "United States", "Federal", or "Reserve" in the name of a bank. Existing banks using these names are allowed to keep their names.
- 1931 - First air-conditioned train installed - B&O Railroad.
- 1951 - Racial segregation in Washington DC restaurants ruled illegal.
- 1951 - US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests).
- 1954 - First rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico, USA.
- 1954 - IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour.
- 1957 - Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan.
- 1959 - First house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania).
- 1961 - 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
- 1961 - Explorer 12 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1962 - M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into earth orbit.
- 1963 - First Lockheed A-12 to crash, US Central Intelligence Agency pilot Ken Collins ejects safely.
- 1964 - 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win.
- 1965 - US Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional.
- 1966 - Mame opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1508 performances.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1976 - First commercial SuperSonicTransport flight to North America (Concorde to Washington DC).
- 1980 - The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran.
- 1983 - US Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminate against students.
- 1993 - At the COMDEX show, Microsoft formally launches the Windows NT operating system. Initial version is 3.1. Price is US$495, or US$295 as an upgrade from a previous Windows operating system. The software comprises over 4 million lines of code.
- 2022 - In Uvalde, Texas, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos shoots his grandmother, then enters Robb Elementary School, shoots and kills 19 students, injuring another 17.
Other history:
- 1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan (New York area) from Indians for trinkets, valued at 60 guilders ($24).
- 1844 - Samual Morse taps out the first telegraph message: "What hath God wrought".
- 1954 - IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour.
- 2007 - General election in the Republic of Ireland. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fáil party win a majority of seats for the third election in a row.
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