
May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ==Events== *1578 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine pyrite, 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) in Charlotte, North Carolina adopt the Mecklenburg declaration of independence urging the Colonial America 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 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. 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 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, 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: More than 300 are killed in a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. *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: The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England *1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army. *1961 - Creation of the South Africa. *1962 - The West Indies Federation dissolves *1972 - AFC Ajax Wins the Europecup 1 (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. *1997 - Canada's Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick. *2002 - The 17th Football World Cup 2002, co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, begins with a 1-0 upset of France national football team by Senegal national football team. The tournament ends on June 30, with Brazil national football team winning a record fifth World Cup title. *2003 - The final flight of an Air France Concorde takes place. *2003 - 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 published today that he is the anonymous source Deep Throat (Watergate) in the Watergate scandal. The Washington Post would confirm this on June_1. Felt was at the time (1972) the number two man at the FBI. ==Births== *1048 - Omar Khayyam, Persian Empiren 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) *1656 - Marin Marais, French composer and viol player. *1750 - Karl August of Hardenberg, statesman and reformer (d. 1822) *1753 - Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionist (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) *1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939) *1860 - Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942) *1872 - Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944) *1883 - Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish president (d. 1942) *1887 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (d. 1975) *1892 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus paitner (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) *1912 - Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979) *1922 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992) *1923 - Prince Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005) *1926 - James Kruss, author (d. 1997) *1929 - Menahem Golan, producer *1930 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, producer *1931 - Shirley Verrett, American soprano *1932 - Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994) *1938 - Johnny PayCheck, American country music 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 *1943 - Sharon Gless, American actress *1943 - Joe Namath, American football star *1945 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director (d. 1982) *1948 - John Bonham, British musician, drummer with Led Zeppelin (d. September 25, 1980) *1949 - Tom Berenger, actor *1950 - Gregory Harrison, actor *1960 - Chris Elliott, comedian *1961 - Lea Thompson, actress *1962 - Corey Hart, singer/songwriter *1963 - Wesley Willis, musician *1965 - Brooke Shields, American model and actress *1976 - Colin Farrell, actor *1980 - Emanuel Ceciu, comedian *1984 - Jason Smith (actor), Australia actor ==Deaths== * 1246 - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England * 1349 - Thomas Wake * 1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1358) * 1495 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) * 1680 - Joachim Neander, 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 of Empire (b. 1769) * 1831 - Samuel Bentham, mechanical engineer (b. 1757) * 1832 - Evariste Galois, mathematician (b. 1811) * 1846 - Philip Marheineke, German Protestant divine (b. 1780) * 1847 - Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scientist (b. 1780) * 1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, writer (b. 1805) * 1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first female physician in the United States (b. 1821) * 1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878) * 1960 - Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890) * 1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (b. 1906) * 1977 - William Castle, American director (b. 1914) * 1983 - Jack Dempsey, American boxing (b. 1895) * 1996 - Paul Peter Piech, artist (b. 1920) * 1996 - Timothy Leary, American LSD advocate (b. 1920) * 2000 - Tito Puente, musician (b. 1923) * 2000 - Johnnie Taylor, vocalist (b. 1938) * 2004 - Robert Quine, punk rock guitarist (b. 1942) ==Holidays and observances== *Feast day of Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces *The Godiva procession *World No Tobacco day *Discordian calendar (Discordianism) (5th day of the season of Confusion, honors Apostle Sri Syadasti) == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31 BBC: On This Day] ---- May 30 - June 1 - April 30 - June 30 - historical anniversaries ang:31 Þrimilcemónaþ li:31 mei ml:മേയ് 31 simple:May 31 th:31 พฤษภาคม
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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, as the last day of May. ==Events== *1578 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine pyrite, 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) in Charlotte, North Carolina adopt the Mecklenburg declaration of independence urging the Colonial America 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 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. 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 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, 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: More than 300 are killed in a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. *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: The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England *1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army. *1961 - Creation of the South Africa. *1962 - The West Indies Federation dissolves *1972 - AFC Ajax Wins the Europecup 1 (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. *1997 - Canada's Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick. *2002 - The 17th Football World Cup 2002, co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, begins with a 1-0 upset of France national football team by Senegal national football team. The tournament ends on June 30, with Brazil national football team winning a record fifth World Cup title. *2003 - The final flight of an Air France Concorde takes place. *2003 - 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 published today that he is the anonymous source Deep Throat (Watergate) in the Watergate scandal. The Washington Post would confirm this on June_1. Felt was at the time (1972) the number two man at the FBI. ==Births== *1048 - Omar Khayyam, Persian Empiren 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) *1656 - Marin Marais, French composer and viol player. *1750 - Karl August of Hardenberg, statesman and reformer (d. 1822) *1753 - Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionist (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) *1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939) *1860 - Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942) *1872 - Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944) *1883 - Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish president (d. 1942) *1887 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (d. 1975) *1892 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus paitner (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) *1912 - Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979) *1922 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992) *1923 - Prince Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005) *1926 - James Kruss, author (d. 1997) *1929 - Menahem Golan, producer *1930 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, producer *1931 - Shirley Verrett, American soprano *1932 - Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994) *1938 - Johnny PayCheck, American country music 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 *1943 - Sharon Gless, American actress *1943 - Joe Namath, American football star *1945 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director (d. 1982) *1948 - John Bonham, British musician, drummer with Led Zeppelin (d. September 25, 1980) *1949 - Tom Berenger, actor *1950 - Gregory Harrison, actor *1960 - Chris Elliott, comedian *1961 - Lea Thompson, actress *1962 - Corey Hart, singer/songwriter *1963 - Wesley Willis, musician *1965 - Brooke Shields, American model and actress *1976 - Colin Farrell, actor *1980 - Emanuel Ceciu, comedian *1984 - Jason Smith (actor), Australia actor ==Deaths== * 1246 - Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England * 1349 - Thomas Wake * 1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1358) * 1495 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) * 1680 - Joachim Neander, 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 of Empire (b. 1769) * 1831 - Samuel Bentham, mechanical engineer (b. 1757) * 1832 - Evariste Galois, mathematician (b. 1811) * 1846 - Philip Marheineke, German Protestant divine (b. 1780) * 1847 - Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor, social reformer, educator, author, and scientist (b. 1780) * 1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, writer (b. 1805) * 1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first female physician in the United States (b. 1821) * 1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878) * 1960 - Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890) * 1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official (b. 1906) * 1977 - William Castle, American director (b. 1914) * 1983 - Jack Dempsey, American boxing (b. 1895) * 1996 - Paul Peter Piech, artist (b. 1920) * 1996 - Timothy Leary, American LSD advocate (b. 1920) * 2000 - Tito Puente, musician (b. 1923) * 2000 - Johnnie Taylor, vocalist (b. 1938) * 2004 - Robert Quine, punk rock guitarist (b. 1942) ==Holidays and observances== *Feast day of Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces *The Godiva procession *World No Tobacco day *Discordian calendar (Discordianism) (5th day of the season of Confusion, honors Apostle Sri Syadasti) == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31 BBC: On This Day] ---- May 30 - June 1 - April 30 - June 30 - historical anniversaries ang:31 Þrimilcemónaþ li:31 mei ml:മേയ് 31 simple:May 31 th:31 พฤษภาคม
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