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Overview of the events of 2024 in Oklahoma

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January 19 – The Professional Bull Riders event began the 19th through the 20th at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
February 8 – Sixteen-year-old non-binary Oklahoma student Nex Benedict dies after an incident stemming from repeated bullying due to their gender identity in their high school. This results in backlash towards Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction who has defended Oklahoma's anti-LGBT policies, and calls to investigate Nex's death as a hate crime.
July 10 – State superintendent Ryan Walters announced the creation of a new social studies A-list executive review committee board which would include notable conservative figures such as Dennis Prager, founder of PragerU, and Kevin Roberts, major co-author of Project 2025.
July 31 – The Osage Nation made history, becoming the first tribal nation to release their own census, covering the year 2023.
August 2 – Two students at OSU were drugged while on a trip to Cancun, with what is believed to be fentanyl.
August 3 – The U.S. Women's Amateur golf tournament began in Tulsa.
August 7 – Mayor of the City of Edmond, Darrell Davis, announced he wouldn't run for mayor again in 2025, after completing 2 terms.

"Here are 100 things to look forward to in Tulsa in 2024". Tulsa World. December 30, 2023.
Suter, Tara (February 23, 2024). "Torres calls for federal investigation into Nex Benedict's death". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 23, 2024.
Goodman, J. David; Sandoval, Edgar (February 23, 2024). "After Nonbinary Student's Death, Schools Chief Defends Restrictive Gender Policies". The New York Times. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
Billson, Chantelle (February 24, 2024). "Oklahoma education chief claims Nex Benedict's death being 'exploited' by 'radical leftists'". PinkNews. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
Ring, Trudy (February 23, 2024). "Oklahoma's Ryan Walters: Just two genders, as God intended". The Advocate. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
Humphrey, Spencer (July 10, 2024). "Walters chooses Project 2025 co-author, other conservative activists to draft social studies curriculum for Oklahoma public schools". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on July 17, 2024.
Douglass, Braff (July 31, 2024). "'A beginning, and a good one': Osage Nation completes first-ever census". KJRH. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024.
Thompson, Mecca (August 7, 2024). "Oklahoma students allegedly drugged on vacation in Cancun". KFOR. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024.
Wallace, JOsh (August 7, 2024). "Edmond mayor announces he will not seek reelection next year". KOCO. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024.

v t e Years in Oklahoma
20th century	1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e History of Oklahoma
Prior to 19th century	Cooper Bison Kill (11th millennium BCE) Spiro Mounds (9th–15th century CE)
19th century	Louisiana Purchase Arkansas Territory (1819−1824) Comanche–Mexico Wars (1821–1870s) Cutthroat Gap Massacre (1833) Indian Removal Indian Territory (1834–1907) Antelope Hills Expedition (1858) Civil War (1861–1865) Washita Massacre (1868) Oklahoma Territory (1890–1907) Land runs (1890s)
20th century	State of Sequoyah (1905) State of Oklahoma (1907) Crazy Snake Rebellion (1909) Green Corn Rebellion (1917) Osage Indian murders (1920s) Tulsa race massacre (1921) Dust Bowl (1930s) Red River Bridge War (1931) Oklahoma City bombing (1995)
21st century	OU Bombing (2005)

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