/ 24 May 2024

24 May 2024

10.00am (AEST) – Former US military pilot Daniel Duggan will face a hearing to determine if he is eligible for extradition to the US – Sydney

10.00 (AEST) – Victorian Nationals State Conference 2024 (until 25 May) – Bendigo

12.30 (AEST) – Athletics: Australia’s marathon squad for the Paris Olympics to be named at the MCG in Melbourne

4.00pm (AEST) – The case of X challenging a take-down order by the eSafety Commissioner over graphic content relating to the Wakely terror attack is in NCAT for directions – Melbourne

5.15pm (AEST) – Men’s Soccer: A League All Stars v Newcastle – Melbourne, or watch on 10 Play – then back it up with the women at

8.05pm (AEST) – Women’s Soccer: A League All Stars v Arsenal – Melbourne, or watch on 10 Play 

Sydney’s Vivid Festival lights up the city (on until 15 June) 

Independence Day in Eritrea

World Schizophrenia Awareness Day

National Coffee Day in Brazil

International Tiara Day 

Birthdays for Bob Dylan (1941), Priscilla Presley (1945),  Roger Deakins (1949)

Anniversary of:

  • the birthdays of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686) and Queen Victoria (1819)
  • Samuel Morse tapping out “What hath God wrought” in the world’s first telegraph message (1844)
  • Amy Johnson becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (1930)
  • American management consultant Marilyn Loden first coining the term “glass ceiling” to describe invisible career barriers for women (1978)
  • the death of rock and roll queen Tina Turner (2023)

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