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2024 Dallas Cowboys season

The 2024 Dallas Cowboys season was the franchise's 65th NFL season, Mike McCarthy's fifth as head coach. Dallas finished 7-10, third in the NFC East, missing the playoffs after Dak Prescott's Week 9 hamstring injury; McCarthy departed and Brian Schottenheimer was hired.

2024 Davis Cup

2024 Davis Cup, 112th edition of the ITF men's team tennis championship. Italy beat the Netherlands 2-0 in the Málaga Final 8 final on 24 November 2024 for a second straight title; Sinner clinched over Griekspoor.

2024 Delta Air Lines disruption

The 2024 Delta Air Lines disruption began July 19, 2024, when a faulty CrowdStrike security update crashed Delta's Windows computers, canceling roughly 7,000 flights and affecting 1.3 million customers.

2024 Democratic National Convention

The 2024 Democratic National Convention, held August 19-22 in Chicago at the United Center, nominated Kamala Harris and Tim Walz after Biden's withdrawal, using an electronic roll call on August 1 and averaging 21.8 million TV viewers.

2024 Democratic Party presidential candidates

2024 Democratic presidential candidates: incumbent Joe Biden, challenged by Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson, faced an uncommitted protest vote, then withdrew July 21, 2024; Kamala Harris became the nominee with Tim Walz.

2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries

The 2024 Democratic presidential primaries ran February to June 2024, won by Joe Biden, who withdrew July 21; delegates then nominated Kamala Harris by a 99% virtual roll call vote.

2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection

2024 Democratic vice presidential selection: Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on August 6, 2024, after a two-week vetting led by Eric Holder, over finalists Josh Shapiro and Mark Kelly; ticket later lost to Trump-Vance.

2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt

The 2024 Democratic Republic of Congo coup attempt involved an armed assault on government sites in Kinshasa led by Christian Malanga, who was killed during the action.

2024 Denver Broncos season

2024 Denver Broncos season: Sean Payton's second year; 10-7, third AFC West, first playoff berth since 2015 behind rookie QB Bo Nix (29 TD passes), ending with a 31-7 Wild Card loss to Buffalo.

2024 Detroit Lions season

2024 Detroit Lions season: NFL team's 95th season, also called the Lions' record 15-2 campaign. Detroit won its second straight NFC North title and the NFC's No. 1 seed, then lost the Divisional Round 45-31 to Washington at Ford Field.

2024 Diamond League

2024 Wanda Diamond League: 15th edition of athletics' premier one-day series, 15 meetings from Xiamen (April 20) to the Brussels final (September 13-14), with six world records and 88 national records.

2024 Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden

Donald Trump's October 27, 2024 presidential campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, New York City, nine days before the election; marked by Tony Hinchcliffe's 'floating island of garbage' Puerto Rico joke and comparisons to the 1939 German-American Bund Nazi rally at the same venue.

2024 drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence

October 19, 2024 attack in which a Hezbollah explosive drone from Lebanon struck Benjamin Netanyahu's private Caesarea residence; one of three drones hit, no casualties, Netanyahu and wife absent, claimed by Hezbollah on October 22.

2024 Dutch Grand Prix

2024 Dutch Grand Prix, Formula 1 Heineken Dutch GP, round 15 of the 2024 F1 season at Zandvoort on 25 August 2024; Lando Norris won from pole for McLaren, beating Verstappen by 22.896s, Leclerc third.

2024 EFL Cup final

2024 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) final: Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 after extra time at Wembley, 25 February 2024, Virgil van Dijk heading the 118th-minute winner for Liverpool's record 10th League Cup in Klopp's final season.

2024 Elkhorn tornado

The 2024 Elkhorn tornado was a violent, long-tracked EF-4 tornado that hit the northwest Omaha metro area, including Elkhorn, Bennington, and Blair, on April 26, 2024, damaging nearly 350 homes.

2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Formula 1 round 7 at Imola, 19 May 2024. Max Verstappen won his fifth race of 2024, holding off Lando Norris by 0.725s; Leclerc third; first Imola race since 2022 after the 2023 flood cancellation.

2024 Eskişehir stabbing

Far-right extremist knife attack on August 12, 2024, in which 18-year-old Arda Küçükyetim stabbed five people in the Tepebaşı Mosque tea garden in Eskişehir, Turkey, livestreaming it; manifesto showed accelerationism, Terrorgram ties, and admiration for Tarrant and Breivik.

2024 European heatwaves

The 2024 European heatwaves were a series of severe extreme-heat episodes during Europe's warmest year on record, contributing to an estimated 62,775 heat-related deaths and major wildfires.

2024 European Men's Handball Championship

Men's EHF EURO 2024, held in Germany 10–28 January 2024 with 24 teams; France beat Denmark 33:31 after overtime in Cologne for a fourth title; Sweden took the Paris 2024 quota spot.

2024 European Parliament election

The 2024 European Parliament election, held 6-9 June 2024 across 27 EU states, elected 720 MEPs; the EPP led with 188 seats, far-right parties won 178 seats, and turnout was 50.74%.

2024 European Parliament election in Germany

2024 European Parliament election in Germany (Europawahl 2024), held 9 June 2024: CDU/CSU won 30.0% and 29 of 96 seats, AfD second at 15.9%, turnout 64.7%, BSW entered with 6 seats, SPD and Greens fell sharply.

2024 European Parliament election in Greece

The 2024 European Parliament election in Greece (9 June 2024) elected 21 MEPs. New Democracy won 28.31% and 7 seats, SYRIZA took 14.92%, turnout fell to 41.24%, and three far-right parties gained seats.

2024 European Parliament election in Italy

Italian election of 8-9 June 2024 for 76 European Parliament seats; Fratelli d'Italia won 28.75% and 24 ECR seats, PD took 21, turnout fell to 48.31%, and Lega collapsed from 34% to 9%.

2024 European Parliament election in Spain

The 2024 European Parliament election in Spain (9 June 2024) elected 61 MEPs: PP won 34.21% (22 EPP seats), PSOE 30.19%, Vox 9.63%, newcomer SALF 4.58%; turnout 46.39%, below the EU's 50.74%.

2024 FA Community Shield

2024 FA Community Shield, the English season opener at Wembley on 10 August 2024: Manchester City beat Manchester United 1-1, 7-6 on penalties, with Garnacho and Bernardo Silva scoring and Akanji converting the decisive kick.

2024 FA Cup final

2024 FA Cup final (Emirates FA Cup, 25 May 2024, Wembley): Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-1, Garnacho and Mainoo scoring, Doku replying; United's 13th cup win, first repeat final since 1885.

2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship

The 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship, the series' sixth season, ran 10 rounds and 20 races supporting F1 and F2. Leonardo Fornaroli (Trident) won the drivers' title with 153 points; PREMA Racing took the teams' title.

2024 FIA World Endurance Championship

2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, 12th WEC season: eight rounds, record 19 Hypercars and 18 LMGT3 cars from 14 manufacturers. Porsche won the drivers' title, Toyota the manufacturers', Ferrari Le Mans.

2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (UAE 2024 Dubai), 12th edition, held in Dubai 15-25 February 2024; 16 teams, 32 matches; Brazil beat Italy 6-4 in the final for a record sixth title, with Iran third.