In History, Today on May 24

The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.

The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Dublin as "King Edward VI" of England, in a Yorkist attempt to threaten Henry VII's reign.

One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.

Peter Minuit, a Dutch colonial governor, is credited with purchasing the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for goods valued at 60 guilders.

The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration, granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists under certain conditions.

John Wesley experiences a spiritual rebirth at a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate Street, London, leading to the Methodist movement.

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.

Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland, reading 'What hath God wrought.'

The Brooklyn Bridge, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, opens to traffic after 14 years of construction.

Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I on the side of the Allies.

Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia, landing in Darwin after a flight of 11,000 miles.

The German battleship Bismarck sinks the British battlecruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, resulting in the loss of 1,415 lives.

The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland, with Switzerland winning the inaugural competition.

Astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule, becoming the second American to orbit the Earth.

The Judgement of Paris wine tasting takes place, where French judges conduct a blind tasting of top-quality wines from France and California, leading to a surprise victory for the American wines.

Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after a 30-year war.

Israel withdraws its forces from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation, marking the end of the South Lebanon conflict.

The United States Senate passes the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, which includes significant tax cuts.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, won a landslide victory in the country's parliamentary elections, which were criticized by opposition groups and international observers for alleged irregularities.

The European Parliament election takes place, with significant gains for Eurosceptic parties across Europe.

British Prime Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, effective June 7, amid Brexit negotiations.