Public Holidays on May 24

• 🌍 Pentecost (Austria, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden)
• 🌍 Buddha's Birthday (South Korea)
• 🌍 Eerste Pinksterdag (Netherlands)
• 🌍 Første pinsedag (Norway)
• 🌍 Helluntaipäivä (Finland)
• 🌍 Pingstdagen; Söndag (Sweden)
• 🌍 Pinksteren (Belgium)
• 🌍 Pinsedag (Denmark)
• 🌍 Pünkösd (Hungary)
• 🌍 Zielone Świątki (Poland)
• 🌍 佛誕 (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 부처님오신날 (South Korea)

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Religious Observances on May 24

• Christian: Pentecost

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On This Day in History — May 24

• 2014 — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
• 2014 — At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.
• 2002 — Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
• 2000 — Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
• 1999 — The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
• 1994 — Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

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Notable Births on May 24

• 1991 — Aled Davies, Welsh discus thrower
• 1991 — Cody Eakin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 — Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 — Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
• 1988 — Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1988 — Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant

Notable Deaths on May 24

• 2015 — Dean Carroll, English rugby player (b. 1962)
• 2015 — Kenneth Jacobs, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
• 2015 — Tanith Lee, English author (b. 1947)
• 2014 — David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 2014 — Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (b. 1969)
• 2014 — Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1927)

Sports on May 24

• WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks @ Las Vegas Aces — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Toronto FC @ Chicago Fire FC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: New York City FC @ Nashville SC — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Red Bull New York @ Sporting Kansas City — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: FC Dallas @ Colorado Rapids — 01:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: San Jose Earthquakes @ Portland Timbers — 01:30 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 25

• 🇺🇸 Memorial Day
• 🌍 Whit Monday (Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway)
• 🌍 Pfingstmontag (Austria, Germany)
• 🌍 Anden pinsedag (Denmark)
• 🌍 Andre pinsedag (Norway)
• 🌍 Buddha's Birthday (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 Día de la Revolución de Mayo (Argentina)
• 🌍 Lundi de Pentecôte (France)
• 🌍 May Revolution (Argentina)
• 🌍 Pinkstermaandag (Belgium)
• 🌍 Pünkösdhétfő (Hungary)
• 🌍 Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)
• 🌍 Tweede Pinksterdag (Netherlands)
• 🌍 佛誕（補假） (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 부처님오신날 대체 휴일 (South Korea)

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Religious Observances on May 25

• Islamic: Hajj

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On This Day in History — May 25

• 2013 — Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
• 2013 — A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
• 2012 — The SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station.
• 2011 — Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty-five-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
• 2009 — North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.
• 2008 — NASA's Phoenix lander lands in Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.

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Notable Births on May 25

• 1996 — David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player
• 1994 — Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Aly Raisman, American gymnast
• 1993 — James Porter, English cricketer
• 1990 — Bo Dallas, American wrestler
• 1990 — Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on May 25

• 2015 — George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (b. 1949)
• 2015 — Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (b. 1924)
• 2014 — David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 2014 — Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)
• 2014 — Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923)
• 2014 — Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913)

Sports on May 25

• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Vegas Golden Knights — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Seattle Sounders FC @ LAFC — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates — 17:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles — 17:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox — 18:10 UTC Scheduled

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