May 24 is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years). There are 221 days remaining.
- 1876 — Hilda Nilsson is born.
- 1893 — Fritz Erbe and Dorothee Buntrock died.
- 1911 — Monte Merz is born.
- 1917 — Herman Billik died.
- 1930 — Peter Kürten is apprehended.
- 1948 — Francisco García Escalero is born.
- 1950 — Lorenzo Gilyard is born.
- 1963 — Matthew Steven Johnson is born.
- 1969 — Frank Gust is born.
- 1973 — Pedro Rodrigues Filho is apprehended.
- 1989 — Stephen McCoy died.
- 1990 — Christa Naujoks is murdered by Beate Schmidt.
- 1991 — Tony Hughes is murdered by Jeffrey Dahmer.
- 1992 — Tony Lee Walker is apprehended.
- 1992 — Leslie Allen Williams is apprehended.
- 1995 — Roger St. John died.
- 2003 — Datrell Woods is murdered by Ronald Dominique.
- 2003 — Chen Yongfeng is apprehended.
- 2007 — Dmitry Voronenko is apprehended.
- 2010 — Stephen Griffiths is apprehended.
- 2010 — Serhiy Steblyakov is apprehended.
- 2022 — Douglas Thomas is apprehended.