What happend on 24th May

23.05
25.05
2001

Wedding hall collapse in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200 in Israel's worst-ever civil disaster.

2001

Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.

2000

Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

1993

Microsoft unveils Windows NT.

1993

Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.

1992

The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.

1991

Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

1990

A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.

1989

Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, is awarded a six-figure sum in damages after winning a libel action against Private Eye.

1988

Section 28 is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom.