TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Sunday, 24 May 2026
2006
''An Inconvenient Truth'', a documentary film about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming, is released.
2004
Communications in North Korea: North Korea bans mobile phones.
2002
Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
2001
The Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel, kills 23 and injures over 200 in Israel's worst-ever civil disaster.
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.
1994
Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
1992
The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
1991
Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
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