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May 15, 2024

On May 15, 2024, prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and critically injured while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová. The year's #1 song was "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims. Moo Deng, Moo Deng, Moo Deng would arrive in the same year.

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2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.

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On May 15, 2024

  1. 2024 Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and critically injured while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová.

    Head of government of Slovakia

    The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic, commonly referred to in Slovakia as Predseda vlády or informally as Premiér, is the head of the government of the Slovak Republic. Officially, the officeholder is the third-highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the president of the Republic (appointer) and chairman of the National Council; in practice, the appointee is the country's leading political figure.

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Died on May 15, 2024

Kamla Beniwal Indian politician (1927–2024)

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