This article reflects on the notable events of 2024!
JANUARY
LGBTQ rights in Estonia
Estonia becomes the 36th country in the world where same-sex couples can marry.
Water on Mars
The European Space Agency probe Mars Express finds huge deposits of dusty ice beneath the equator of Mars, with the discovery being the largest amount of water ice ever found near the planet’s equator.
FEBRUARY
2024 NASCAR cup series
In stock car racing, William Byron wins the 66th Daytona 500. It is team owner Rick Hendrick’s ninth victory in the event.
EFL Cup Final
Liverpool defeat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time at Wembley Stadium to win the 2023–24 EFL Cup.
MARCH
SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 3
SpaceX successfully launches the first Starship rocket, the most powerful rocket ever built, at Starbase in Texas, United States, after two previous failed attempts. The rocket reached an altitude of more than 200 kilometres (120 mi), but was destroyed during re-entry.
APRIL
Gaia BH3
European Space Agency scientists announce the discovery of Gaia BH3, the second-largest known black hole in the Milky Way.
The Tortured poets department
Taylor Swift releases her new album The Tortured Poets Department as a double album. On Spotify, the album breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and Swift becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.
MAY
Formula one world championship 2024
In auto racing, McLaren driver Lando Norris wins his first Formula One race at the Miami Grand Prix
Met Gala’ Garden of Time
The 2024 Met Gala takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with the theme “The Garden of Time”, celebrating the Met’s exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.
AlphaFold 3
Researchers at Google DeepMind announce the development of AlphaFold 3, an AI model that can predict the structures of almost all biological molecules and model the interactions between them.
GPT-4o
OpenAI announces a new model of their generative pretrained transformer (GPT) named GPT-4o, capable of visual and video speech recognition and translation.
JUNE
Scottish Wildcat
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland reports that Scottish wildcat kittens have been born in the Cairngorms National Park, in a “major milestone” for the conservation of the critically endangered population.
JULY
2024 Paris Olympics
The Olympic torch arrives in Paris, France, ten days before the start of this year’s Summer Olympics.
The Crowd strike Incident
Numerous organizations worldwide experience service disruptions due to a faulty CrowdStrike update resulting in blue screens of death on Microsoft Windows computers.
AUGUST
Blue Supermoon
Foreign Relations of Algeria
The BRICS New Development Bank authorizes Algeria as a new bank member.
SEPTEMBER
World’s largest indoor Skiing resort
China opens the world’s largest indoor skiing resort in Pudong, Shanghai, with a 90,000 square metres (970,000 sq ft) skiing area and a total campus area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft).
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OCTOBER
Single use vapes ban
The British government announces that single-use vapes will be banned in England and Wales beginning on 1 June 2025
NOVEMBER
Motogp world championship
In motorcycle racing, Prima Pramac Racing driver Jorge Martín wins the 2024 MotoGP World Championship, becoming the first independent driver to win the title in the MotoGP era