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24 May 2019 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 May 2019 was a Friday.
- ARIA No. 1
- The ARIA No. 1 was “I Don't Care” by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber.
- Top Film of 2019
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 2019
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2019 was the Toyota HiLux.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 24 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 May 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 May 2019 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 24 May
- 1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
- 2000 Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
- 2002 Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
- 2014 A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
- 2019 Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party, effective as of June 7.
Famous people born on 24 May
- Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
- Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)
- Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman (born 1945)
- Alfred Molina, English actor (born 1953)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2019 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 5 January – A far-right political rally held in Melbourne, marked by scuffles with police and counter-protesters, is attended by Independent Senator Fraser Anning, who admits to using tax-payer funded travel to attend the event.
- 4 February – The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry final report is tabled in Parliament. The report makes 76 recommendations.
- 23 March – The Liberal-National Coalition government led by Gladys Berejiklian wins the 2019 New South Wales state election and returns to office with a reduced majority.
Life in Australia in 2019
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$1.40
Loaf of Bread
$3.70
Average House
$580,000
Weekly Wage
$1,640.00
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