📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 - May 24

*📜 Events:*

* 1607 — 100 English settlers land in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.

* 1822 — Battle of Pichincha: Antonio José de Sucre secures the independence of the Royal Audience of Quito.

* 1866 — Paraguayan War: Battle of Tuiuti between the Paraguayan army and the Triple Alliance forces.

* 1883 — The Brooklyn Bridge in New York opens to traffic after 14 years of construction.

* 1941 — The battleship HMS Hood is sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait by the German battleship Bismarck.

* 1956 — The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.

* 2024 — A landslide occurs in Papua New Guinea, causing over 2,000 deaths.

*🌟 Births:*

* 1686 — Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and engineer (d. 1736).

* 1819 — Victory for the United Kingdom (d. 1901).

* 1941 — Bob Dylan, American musician, writer, and songwriter.

* 1945 — Priscilla Presley, American actress.

* 1962 — Luiza Brunet, Brazilian actress, model, and businesswoman.

* 1966 — Helena Ranaldi, Brazilian actress.

* 2001 — Matheus Cunha, Brazilian footballer.

*🕊 Deaths:*

* 1543 — Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1473).

* 1974 — Duke Ellington, American musician (b. 1899).

* 1995 — Harold Wilson, British politician (b. 1916).

* 2010 — Paul Gray, American musician (b. 1972).

* 2011 — Abdias do Nascimento, Brazilian poet, actor, visual artist, professor, politician, and activist (b. 1914).

* 2023 — Tina Turner, American singer (b. 1939).

* 2025 — Wilson Aragão, Brazilian singer (b. 1950).

*📍 Holidays and Recurring Events:*

*International:*

* European Day of Natural Parks

* Aeronautical Mechanic Day

* World Schizophrenia Day

* Pan Visibility Day

*Brazil:*

* National Corn Day

* National Coffee Day

* Infantry Day

* Telegrapher Day

* Data Entry Clerk Day

* College Entrance Exam Day

* Warm Heart Day

* São Paulo — Barista Day

* Municipal Holiday for Our Lady Help of Christians, patroness of the cities of Colorado (PR), Goiânia (GO), and Bagé (RS).

* Anniversary of the municipality of Cambuí, Minas Gerais.

* Anniversary of the municipality of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais.

* Anniversary of the municipality of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais.

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