Event:
The Tokyo Electric Power Company claims three Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors partially melted down during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
More Notable Events on May 24:
1986 Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel
1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International
1951 Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants
1944 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark
1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland
