US President Joe Biden withdraws from 2024 presidential race

Former US President Joe Biden announced on social media that he is ending his bid for the 2024 presidential election, citing concerns over his age and mental fitness. The decision follows intense pressure from within his own party.

Other notable historical entries for the date include a 2011 European Court of Human Rights ruling protecting whistle‑blowers, the 2021 opening of Berlin’s Humboldt Forum after delays, the 1951 assassination of Jordan’s King Abdullah, the failed 1944 Stauffenberg bomb plot against Adolf Hitler, the 1936 Montreux Convention granting Turkey control of the Dardanelles and Bosporus, and Finland’s 1906 enactment of women’s suffrage. The calendar also lists birthdays of figures such as Charlotte Gainsbourg, Robin Williams and others.