Holidays May 24, 2024: name days, signs

Today, May 24, is World Video Game Day and World Aviation Day. There are 221 days before the New Year.

May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 221 days left in the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• European Parks Day.

• Tiara’s day.

• Day of Slavic Literature and Culture.

• Aviation Technology Day.

• World Video Game Day.

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What happened on May 24

• 1276 – Magnus Ladulos is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.

• 1626 – Peter Minuit buys Manhattan.

• 1683 – The Ashmolean Museum opens in Oxford, England.

• 1798 – The Society of United Irishmen begins a rebellion to overthrow British rule and create an independent Irish Republic.

• 1822 – Ecuador gains independence from Spain.

• 1844 – The first Morse code telegram is sent from Washington to Baltimore.

• 1873 – Patrick Francis Gealey becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.

• 1936 – FC Shakhtar is created.

• 1940 – at the First Congress of American Ukrainians in Washington, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America was created.

• 1940 – Igor Sikorsky made the first successful flight in a single-rotor helicopter.

• 1956 – the first Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, where 14 representatives from seven European countries took part.

• 2003 – Ukraine debuted at the 48th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Riga, Alexander Ponomarev took 14th place with the song “Asta la Vista”.

• 2023 – The OCU Council of Bishops approves the transition to the New Julian church calendar from September 2023.

Who was born on May 24

• 1964 – Oleg Skrypka, Ukrainian musician.

• 1973 – Ruslana Lyzhychko, Ukrainian singer, public figure, winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul.

• 1992 – Stanislav Voloshchenko, Ukrainian researcher of Cyrillic early printed publications, historian.

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Whose birthday is today?: Ivan, Nikita, Semyon, Stepan (Stefan), Anton, Fedor, Elena, Pavlina, Antonina.

Folk signs and traditions for May 24

• Many mosquitoes flying – a sign of severe drought in July.

• Birds fly low – expect heavy rain.

• Clear day – for a fruitful summer.

• There are many birds seen in the sky – the weather will be beautiful.

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