è successo un 24 Maggio

1883 : Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge


On 24 May 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan to Brooklyn was open to traffic. 13 years had been needed for its construction. Upon its opening, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world.

1941 : HMS Hood sunk by Bismarck


On May 24 1941, the pride of the British fleet and its largest cruiser, HMS Hood, was sunk by the most modern German battleships, the Bismarck, in the North East of Iceland. All the crew members of the ship were killed, except 3 of them. The Bismarck was torpedoed and sunk by the British fleet three days later.

1943 : Josef Mengele arrives at Auschwitz


On May 24, 1943, Dr. Josef Mengele arrived at the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was first assigned to the Gypsy camp before joining the camp, when this camp was liquidated, the main infirmary in Birkenau. During his stay, he practiced the most horrible experiences on prisoners and selected, according to his own pleasure, thousands of people for the gas chamber. Despite a manhunt, he escaped any punishment after the war and never showed any remorse for his actions.

1964 : 320 died at a football match


On 24 May 1964, at the end of a Peru-Argentina soccer match, qualifying for the Olympics, a goal disallowed by the referee caused a riot followed by a panic. 320 people died suffocated or crushed and more than 800 others were injured.

Novità del giorno : 24 Maggio

Independence Day in Ecuador
May 24 is Independence Day in Ecuador, which commemorates the Battle of Pichincha on 22 May 1822.
This battle took place on the slopes of the Pichincha Volcano between troops of the Great Colombia of General Antonio José de Sucre and Spanish forces, 3500 m above sea. The Spanish troops were defeated and retreated to Quito where they surrended the next day, which marked the beginning of the creation of an Ecuadorian State.
National Day in Eritrea
May 24 is National Day in Eritrea, which commemorates the country's independence against Ethiopia voted on May 24, 1991 after 30 years of war between the Eritrean separatists and the central government of Ethiopia and which was recognized internationally on May 24, 1993.
Saints Cyril and Methodius Day
On May 24 we celebrated Slavic literature in Russia, Bulgaria and Macedonia, in honor of two Orthodox saints, Cyril and Methodius, Greek missionaries from the 9th century who invented the Glagolitic alphabet, which enabled the translation of religious texts in Slavic languages . The Cyrillic alphabet is also attributed to Cyril and was transcribed by one of Methodius's students.

Citazione del giorno : 24 Maggio

George Steiner, écrivain franco-anglo-américain
We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning.

Compleanni : 24 Maggio

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Fisico olandese-polacco, inventore del termometro a mercurio e una scala di temperatura (1686)
Jean-Paul Marat, Rivoluzionario francese (1743)
Victoria, Regina del Regno Unito (1819)
Suzanne Lenglen, Tennista francese (1899)
Suzanne Lenglen, Tennista francese (1899)
Lilli Palmer, Attrice tedesca (1914)
Michael Lonsdale, Attore francese (1931)
Bob Dylan, Cantante americano (1941)
Patti LaBelle, Cantante americana (1944)
Dominique Lavanant, Attrice francese (1944)
Priscilla Presley, Attrice americana (1945)
Alfred Molina, Attore inglese americano (1953)
Kristin Scott Thomas, Attrice inglese (1960)
Guy Fletcher, Musicista inglese (Dire Straits) (1960)
Eric Cantona, Calciatore e attore francese (1966)
Eric Close, Attore americano (1967)
Marc Gagnon, Pattinatore di velocità short track canadese (1975)

Ci hanno lasciato un 24 Maggio

Nicolaus Copernicus, Astronomo polacco (1543)
Samuel Palmer, Pittore inglese (1881)
Jacques Feyder, Regista belga (1948)
Duke Ellington, Compositore e pianista jazz americano (1974)
Harold Wilson, Primo ministro del Regno Unito (1964-1970, 1974-1976) (1995)
Edward Mulhare, Attore irlandese (1997)
Claude Piéplu, Attore francese (2006)
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