May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years). 221 days remain until the end of the year.
Observances
Aldersgate Day/Wesley Day (Methodism)
Three percent of the population will experience psychosis. One in 100 people will be diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)
Bermuda Day (Bermuda), celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend.
Commonwealth Day (Belize)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993.
On this day in 1991, Eritrean People's Liberation Front forces moved into the capital Asmara, reinstating independence, following a 30-year war against the Ethiopian military regime.
Lubiri Memorial Day (Buganda)
Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day (Bulgaria)
Saints Cyril and Methodius, Slavonic Enlighteners' Day (North Macedonia)
Cyril and Methodius had been saints since the 9th century, and the commemoration of their saint's day had been celebrated in Bulgaria since the 12th century
Victoria Day; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. (Canada), and its related observance:
National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes (Quebec)
Brother’s Day (US)
Don’t Fry Day (US)
