WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. MAY
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Baldwin–Kennedy meeting on race relations in the US (24. May 1963)

Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. (24. May 1967)

FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. (24. May 1968)

The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union. (24. May 1970)

The London to Washington, D.C., Concorde service begins. (24. May 1976)

The Judgement of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine. (24. May 1976)

Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. (24. May 1981)

Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. (24. May 1982)

Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted. (24. May 1988)

Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel. (24. May 1991)

The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests. (24. May 1992)

Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia. (24. May 1993)

Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison. (24. May 1994)

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. (24. May 1999)

Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. (24. May 2000)

Mountain climbing: Temba Tsheri, a 15-year-old Sherpa, becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. (24. May 2001)

The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel kills 23 and injures over 200. (24. May 2001)

Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. (24. May 2002)