Talk:May 24

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May 24: Aldersgate Day (Methodism) Eric XIV of Sweden 1567 – The mentally ill King Eric XIV of Sweden (pictured) and his guards murdered five incarcerated nobles, including some members of the influential Sture family. 1689 – The Act of Toleration became law, granting freedom of worship to English nonconformists under certain circumstances, but deliberately excluding Catholics. 1798 – The Irish Rebellion of 1798 began, with battles beginning in County Kildare and fighting later spreading across the country. 1963 – United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations. 2014 – A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people. Robert Hues (d. 1632) Philip Pearlstein (b. 1924) Magnus Manske (b. 1974) Stormé DeLarverie (d. 2014) More anniversaries: May 23 May 24 May 25 Archive By email List of days of the year About

"1276 – Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral." This doesn't sound right. From the Uppsala Cathedral page: "The construction of the cathedral began in 1287".

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.70.172.130 (talk) 16:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - I've been going thru the calander with a book I have "On this day in Rock n Roll History" so I've seen alot of days and this one has far too many births (and deaths) to be normal but some are recognizably real - like Roseanne Cash etc... But I didn't feel qualified to be the one to wipe out whatever I don't recognize. JvaGoddess

On the contrary, you seem to be the one perfectly suited to the task- you know more than me, anyway!!! All I know is events that have happened in Australia's history, not much else! I'm only 17!

Maybe we can get Larry Sanger to weigh in on this one (hint hint)- JvaGoddess

It appears someone copied a load of entries from http://www.dailyalmanacs.com/almanac2/may/0524.html Which is probably a violation of copyright... -- SJK

In that case then maybe we should delete the page and start again...

Nope, I just checked. The Daily Almanacs page states "History is free- use the info on the page however you want". So it's fine. But maybe we should add a reference as to who all these people are? -Mark

Looking at [this page], it seems that Samane might be record holder for heaviest baby (10.2 kg or 22 lbs 8 oz). --Zundark, 2002 Feb 17