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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldersgate_Day" title="Aldersgate Day">Aldersgate Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodism</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1567" title="1567">1567</a> – The mentally ill King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_XIV_of_Sweden" title="Eric XIV of Sweden">Eric XIV of Sweden</a> and his guards <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sture_murders" title="Sture murders">murdered five incarcerated nobles</a></b>, including some members of the influential <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sture" title="Sture">Sture</a> family.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration_Act_1688" title="Toleration Act 1688">Act of Toleration</a></b> became law, granting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">freedom of worship</a> to English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)" title="Nonconformist (Protestantism)">nonconformists</a> under certain circumstances, but deliberately excluding Catholics.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">Irish Rebellion of 1798</a></b> began, with battles beginning in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a> and fighting later spreading across the country.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – United States Attorney General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Kennedy_meeting" title="Baldwin–Kennedy meeting">met with</a></b> African American author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin" title="James Baldwin">James Baldwin</a> in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – A gunman involved in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_extremism" title="Islamic extremism">Islamic extremism</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Museum_of_Belgium_shooting" title="Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting">opened fire</a></b> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Museum_of_Belgium" title="Jewish Museum of Belgium">Jewish Museum of Belgium</a> in Brussels, killing four people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hues" title="Robert Hues">Robert Hues</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1632); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pearlstein" title="Philip Pearlstein">Philip Pearlstein</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Manske" title="Magnus Manske">Magnus Manske</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1974); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%C3%A9_DeLarverie" title="Stormé DeLarverie">Stormé DeLarverie</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2014)</p>
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