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May 31
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'''
May 31''' is the 151st day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (152nd in
leap years), with 214 days remaining.
Events
*
1279 BC -
Ramesses II becomes
Pharaoh of
Egypt.
*
1578 -
Martin Frobisher sails from
Harwich,
England to
Frobisher Bay,
Canada, eventually to mine
pyrite fool's gold, used to pave streets in
London.
*
1669 - Citing poor eyesight,
Samuel Pepys records the last event in his
diary.
*
1678 - The
Godiva procession through
Coventry begins.
*
1759 - The
Province of Pennsylvania bans all
theater productions.
*
1775 -
Patriot (American Revolution) Patriots in
Charlotte, North Carolina adopt the
Mecklenburg declaration of independence Mecklenburg Resolutions urging the
Colonial America American Colonies to declare independence from
Great Britain.
*
1790 -
Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the
Strait of Juan de Fuca.
*
1862 -
American Civil War: The
Battle of Seven Pines.
*
1864 - American Civil War: The
Battle of Cold Harbor begins.
*
1866 - In the
Fenian_Raids Fenian Invasion of Canada,
John O'Neill leads 850
Fenian raiders across the
Niagara River at
Buffalo, New York/
Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free
Ireland from the
United Kingdom English. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
*
1884 -
John Harvey Kellogg patents
corn flakes.
*
1889 -
Johnstown Flood: Over 2200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of
Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
*
1902 -
Second Boer War: The last
Afrikaner resistance forces sign a peace treaty with the
United Kingdom British at
Pretoria, ending the war, and ensuring British control of
South Africa.
*
1910 - Creation of the
Union of South Africa.
*
1913 - The
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing direct election of
United States Senate United States Senators, is declared ratified.
*
1916 -
World War I: The German and British navies clash in the
Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war.
*
1921 -
Tulsa Race Riot: A
civil unrest in
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
USA, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
*1921 - Comedian
Buster Keaton marries actress Natalie Talmadge.
*
1924 - The
Soviet Union signs an agreement with the
Peking government, referring to
Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the
Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect
*
1927 - The last
Ford Model T rolls off the
assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
*
1942 -
World War II:
Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of
attack on Sydney Harbour attacks on Sydney,
Australia; the ''
Luftwaffe'' bombs
Coventry,
England
*
1952 -
Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the
United States Army.
*
1961 - Creation of the
South Africa Republic of South Africa.
*
1962 - The
West Indies Federation dissolves
*
1969 -
John Lennon and
Yoko Ono record
Give Peace a Chance, the first single recorded by a solo
Beatles Beatle, from their hotel bed.
*
1970 - The
1970 Ancash earthquake Ancash earthquake causes a
landslide that buries the town of
Yungay,
Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
*
1972 -
AFC Ajax Wins the Europecup 1 (
UEFA Champions League) for the 2nd time in a row, making it their 2nd
*
1974 -
Syria and
Israel sign a disengagement agreement to resolve the
Yom Kippur War
*
1977 - The
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
*
1985 -
The US-Canadian Outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
New York, and
Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
*
1990 - The
pilot episode of
Seinfeld premires
*
1997 -
Canada's
Confederation Bridge opens, linking
Prince Edward Island with mainland
New Brunswick.
*
2002 - The 17th
Football World Cup 2002 Football World Cup, co-hosted by
Japan and
South Korea, begins with a 1-0 upset of
France national football team France by
Senegal national football team Senegal. The tournament ends on
June 30, with
Brazil national football team Brazil winning a record fifth World Cup title.
*2002 - The
United States Secretary of the Navy Secretary of the Navy directed all
United States Navy ships to fly the first naval ensign in honor of those killed in the
September 11, 2001 attacks. The ensign will be flown for the duration of the
War on Terrorism.
*
2003 - The final flight of an
Air France Concorde takes place.
*2003 - 1996 Atlanta Olympic Bomber
Eric Rudolph is captured in
Murphy, North Carolina.
*
2004 - A foul-up during routine software update at the
Royal Bank of Canada leads to a three-day misplacement of 10 million account balances.
*
2005 -
W. Mark Felt admits in the magazine ''
Vanity Fair (magazine) Vanity Fair'' that he is the anonymous source
Deep Throat (Watergate) Deep Throat in the
Watergate scandal.
Births
*
1048 -
Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (d.
1131)
*
1443 -
Margaret Beaufort, mother of
Henry VII of England (d.
1509)
*
1469 - King
Manuel I of Portugal (d.
1521)
*
1535 -
Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d.
1607)
*
1557 -
Feodor I,
Tsar of Russia (d.
1598)
*
1613 -
John George II, Elector of Saxony (d.
1680)
*
1640 -
Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (d.
1673)
*
1656 -
Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (d.
1728)
*
1753 -
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French Revolutionary (d.
1793)
*
1773 -
Ludwig Tieck, German poet and writer (d.
1853)
*
1801 -
Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d.
1887)
*
1819 -
Walt Whitman, American poet (d.
1892)
*
1838 -
Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d.
1900)
*
1852 -
Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (d.
1919)
*
1857 -
Pope Pius XI (d.
1939)
*
1860 -
Walter Sickert, English painter (d.
1942)
*
1863 -
Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d.
1942)
*
1872 -
Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d.
1944)
*
1883 -
Lauri Kristian Relander,
President of Finland (d.
1942)
*
1887 -
Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1975)
*
1892 -
Michel Kikoine, Belarus painter (d.
1968)
*1892 -
Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (d.
1968)
*
1894 -
Fred Allen, American comedian (d.
1956)
*
1898 - Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d.
1993)
*
1908 -
Don Ameche, American actor (d.
1993)
*
1911 -
Maurice Allais, French economist,
Nobel Prize in Economics Nobel Prize laureate
*
1912 -
Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d.
1979)
*
1922 -
Denholm Elliott, English actor (d.
1992)
*
1923 - Prince
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco Rainier III of Monaco (d.
2005)
*
1930 -
Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer
*
1931 -
John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate
*1931 -
Shirley Verrett, American soprano
*
1932 -
Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d.
1994)
*
1935 -
Jim Bolger,
Prime Minister of New Zealand
*
1938 -
Johnny PayCheck, American singer (d.
2003)
*1938 -
John Prescott,
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
*1938 -
Peter Yarrow, American folk singer (
Peter, Paul and Mary)
*
1939 -
Terry Waite, British humanitarian
*
1941 -
Louis J. Ignarro, American pharmacologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*
1943 -
Sharon Gless, American actress
*1943 -
Joe Namath, American football player
*
1945 -
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (d.
1982)
*
1948 -
John Bonham, British musician (
Led Zeppelin) (d.
1980)
*
1949 -
Tom Berenger, American actor
*
1950 -
Gregory Harrison, American actor
*
1957 -
Jim Craig, American hockey player
*
1960 -
Chris Elliott, American comedian
*
1961 -
Lea Thompson, American actress
*
1962 -
Corey Hart, Canadian singer and songwriter
*
1963 -
Wesley Willis, American musician
*1963 -
Jeremy Hotz, Canadian stand-up comedian
*
1965 -
Brooke Shields, American model and actress
*
1967 -
Kenny Lofton, baseball player
*
1972 -
Frode Estil, Norwegian cross-country skier
*
1975 -
Sienna Guillory, English Actress
*
1976 -
Colin Farrell, Irish actor
*
1977 -
Debbie King, English TV Presenter
*1977 -
Scott Klopfenstein, American Vocalist/Guitarist/Keyboardist for
Reel Big Fish and
The Littlest Man Band
*
1980 -
Andrew Hurley, American Drummer for
Fall Out Boy
*
1984 -
Jason Smith (actor) Jason Smith, Australian actor
Deaths
*
1246 -
Isabella of Angouleme, queen of
John of England
*
1349 -
Thomas Wake, English politician (b.
1297)
*
1408 -
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b.
1358)
*
1410 - King
Martin I of Aragon (b.
1356)
*
1495 -
Cecily Neville, mother of
Edward IV of England and
Richard III of England, (b.
1415)
*
1558 -
Philip Hoby, English politician (b.
1505)
*
1594 -
Tintoretto, Italian painter (b.
1518)
*
1680 -
Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b.
1650)
*
1740 - King
Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b.
1688)
*
1747 -
Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b.
1686)
*
1799 -
Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b.
1715)
*
1809 -
Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b.
1732)
*1809 -
Jean Lannes, French marshal (mortally wounded in battle) (b.
1769)
*
1831 -
Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b.
1757)
*
1832 -
Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b.
1811)
*
1846 -
Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b.
1780)
*
1847 -
Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scientist (b.
1780)
*
1848 -
Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b.
1805)
*
1910 -
Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b.
1821)
*
1957 -
Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b.
1878)
*
1960 -
Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b.
1890)
*1960 -
Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (b.
1882)
*
1962 -
Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (b.
1906)
*
1976 -
Jacques Monod, French biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1910)
*
1977 -
William Castle, American director (b.
1914)
*
1978 -
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b.
1925)
*
1983 -
Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b.
1895)
*
1986 -
James Rainwater, American physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1917)
*
1996 -
Timothy Leary, American professor and free-thinker (b.
1920)
*1996 -
Paul Peter Piech, American artist (b.
1920)
*
1997 -
James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b.
1905)
*
2000 -
Tito Puente, American musician (b.
1923)
*2000 -
Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b.
1938)
*
2004 -
Robert Quine, American guitarist (b.
1941)
Holidays and observances
*Feast day of
Blessed Virgin Mary Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces
*The
Godiva procession
*
World No Tobacco Day
*
Discordian calendar Syaday (
Discordianism) (5th day of the season of Confusion, honors Apostle Sri Syadasti)
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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May 30 -
June 1 -
April 30 -
June 30 -
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