Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson passed away on May 24, 1995, at the age of 79 in London, leaving behind a complex legacy that shaped the political landscape of the United Kingdom.

Lori Ann Auker, a 19-year-old pet shop worker, disappears from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Iran Rebuffs World Court’s Plea for Hostage Release in 1980 In a decisive rejection of international calls, Iran announced its refusal to heed the World Court in The Hague's request to release American hostages held for over four months.

In 1976, a new era in aviation dawned as Britain and France jointly inaugurated the trans-Atlantic Concorde supersonic transport service to Washington, D.

On May 24, 1974, the world of music mourned the loss of a towering figure in jazz, as American composer and bandleader Duke Ellington passed away at the age of 75 in New York City.

On May 24, 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter made history as the second American to orbit the Earth, following John Glenn's pioneering mission in 1962.

In a landmark series of rulings in 1937, the U.

The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on May 24, 1935 in Major League Baseball’s first-ever night game, played courtesy of recently installed lights at Crosley Field in Cincinnati.

On May 24, 1917, driven by the spectacular success of the German U-boat submarines and their attacks on Allied and neutral ships at sea, the British Royal Navy introduces a newly created convoy system, whereby all merchant ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean would travel in groups under the protection of the British navy.

London's present Westminster Bridge was opened on this day, bringing to an end years of conflict which even involved the payment of a big bribe to the King.