May 24

Events .
 * 1844 - formally opened America's first telegraph line by transmitted the message, "What hath God wrought!" from the U.S. Supreme Court room Washington D.C.
 * 1862 - Field telegraph is used for the first time in U.S. warfare
 * 2004 - : North Korea bans mobile phones

Births
 * 1886 –, French conductor and composer (d. 1979)
 * 1930 –, German conductor
 * 1934 –, English choir-trainer and organist
 * 1936 –, American musician
 * 1937 –, American musician
 * 1941 –, American singer and songwriter
 * 1944 –, American singer
 * 1955 –, American singer
 * 1955 –, American musician
 * 1960 –, British keyboardist (Dire Straits)
 * 1963 –, Swiss singer
 * 1967 –, American bassist (Redd Kross)
 * 1969 –, American musician (Black Crowes)
 * 1970 –, American singer
 * 1975 –, British Singer
 * 1976 –, Italian musician
 * 1980 –, Hong Kong actress and singer
 * 1988 –, American singer

Deaths

 * 1963 –, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (b. 1918)
 * 1974 –, American composer and musician (b. 1899)
 * 1991 –, American singer and songwriter (The Byrds) (b. 1944)
 * 2009 –, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Wilco) (b. 1963)
 * 2010 –, German operatic lyric soprano (b. 1926)
 * 2010 –, Czech composer, musician, performer, and singer (b. 1965)
 * 2010 –, American bassist (Slipknot) (b. 1972)