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May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years). There are 214 days remaining.
Events
1500-1899
1578 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, destined to mine fool's gold at Frobisher Bay, which is used to pave streets in London.
1779 - 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.
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 800 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the English.
1884 - John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes.
1889 - Johnstown Flood: Over 2200 people die in the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1900-1999
1902 - Second Boer War: The last Afrikaner resistance forces sign a peace treaty with the 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 Senators, is declared ratified.
1916 - World War I: The Battle of Jutland.
1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: More than 300 were killed in a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
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
1942 - The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army.
1961 - Creation of the Republic of South Africa.
1962 - The West Indies Federation dissolves
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 occurred. Forty-one tornadoes occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. Seventy-six dead.
1997 - The Confederation Bridge opens.
2000-2099
2002 - May 31 through June 30 - 17th Football World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
2003 - 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 ten million account balances.
Births
1000-1899
1048 - Omar Khayyam, 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)
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)
1892 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus paitner (d. 1968)
1894 - Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
1898 - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d. 1993)
1900-1999
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 of Monaco
1926 - James Krüss, 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, drummer ("Led Zeppelin") (d. 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
1984 - Jason Smith, Australian actor
1986 - Cecilie Stokkedal, guitar player ("The Air Band")
Deaths
400-1899
455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor
455 - Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor (killed by a mob)
1246 - Queen consort Isabella of Angouleme
1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1358)
1680 - Joachim Neander, clergyman
1740 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia
1747 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
1799 - Pierre Lemonnier, astronomer
1809 - Joseph Haydn, composer
1809 - Jean Lannes, French Marshal of Empire
1831 - Samuel Bentham, mechanical engineer
1846 - Philip Marheineke, German Protestant divine
1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, writer
1900-1999
1910 - Elizabeth Blackwell, first female physician in the United States
1957 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
1960 - Walther Funk, Nazi leader
1962 - Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official
1977 - William Castle, American director
1983 - Jack Dempsey, American boxer
1996 - Paul Peter Piech, artist
1996 - Timothy Leary, American LSD advocate
2000-2099
2000 - Tito Puente, musician
2000 - Johnnie Taylor, vocalist
2004 - Robert Quine, punk rock guitarist (b. 1942)
Holidays and observances
Feast day of Mary, Mediatrix of all Graces
The Godiva procession
World No Tobacco day
Syaday (Discordianism) (5th day of the season of Confusion, honors Apostle Sri Syadasti)
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