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May 31
May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years). There are 214 days remaining.
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Events
1500-1899
1900-1999
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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.
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1910 - Creation of the Union of South Africa.
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1913 - The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing direct election of United States Senators, is declared ratified.
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1916 - World War I: The Battle of Jutland.
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1921 - Tulsa Race Riot: More than 300 were killed in a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
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1921 - Comedian Buster Keaton marries actress Natalie Talmadge.
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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
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1942 - The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England
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1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army.
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1961 - Creation of the Republic of South Africa.
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1962 - The West Indies Federation dissolves
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1974 - Syria and Israel sign a disengagement agreement to resolve the Yom Kippur War
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1977 - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
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1985 - The US-Canadian Outbreak occurred. Forty-one tornadoes occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario. Seventy-six dead.
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1997 - The Confederation Bridge opens.
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Births
1000-1899
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1048 - Omar Khayyam, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher (d. 1131)
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1443 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
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1469 - King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
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1750 - Karl August of Hardenberg , statesman and reformer (d. 1822)
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1753 - Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionist (d. 1793)
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1773 - Ludwig Tieck, German poet and writer (d. 1853)
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1801 - Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d. 1887)
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1819 - Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
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1838 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d. 1900)
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1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
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1860 - Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
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1872 - Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944)
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1883 - Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish president (d. 1942)
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1892 - Michel Kikoine, Belarus paitner (d. 1968)
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1894 - Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
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1898 - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d. 1993)
1900-1999
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1908 - Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
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1912 - Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979)
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1922 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)
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1923 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco
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1926 - James Krüss , author (d. 1997)
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1929 - Menahem Golan , producer
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1930 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, producer
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1931 - Shirley Verrett, American soprano
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1932 - Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994)
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1938 - Johnny PayCheck, American country music singer (d. 2003)
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1938 - John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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1938 - Peter Yarrow, American folk singer ("Peter, Paul and Mary")
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1939 - Terry Waite, British humanitarian
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1943 - Sharon Gless, American actress
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1943 - Joe Namath, American football star
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1945 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director (d. 1982)
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1948 - John Bonham, drummer ("Led Zeppelin") (d. 1980)
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1949 - Tom Berenger, actor
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1950 - Gregory Harrison , actor
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1960 - Chris Elliott, comedian
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1961 - Lea Thompson, actress
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1962 - Corey Hart , singer/songwriter
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1963 - Wesley Willis, musician
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1965 - Brooke Shields, American model and actress
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1976 - Colin Farrell, actor
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1986 - Cecilie Stokkedal , guitar player ("The Air Band ")
Deaths
400-1899
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455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor
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455 - Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor (killed by a mob)
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1246 - Queen consort Isabella of Angouleme
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1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Ashikaga shogun (b. 1358)
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1680 - Joachim Neander, clergyman
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1740 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia
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1747 - Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
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1799 - Pierre Lemonnier, astronomer
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1809 - Joseph Haydn, composer
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1809 - Jean Lannes, French Marshal of Empire
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1831 - Samuel Bentham, mechanical engineer
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1846 - Philip Marheineke, German Protestant divine
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1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, writer
1900-1999
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Holidays and observances
May 30 - June 1 - April 30 - June 30 - listing of all days
Last updated: 02-08-2005 08:40:07
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55
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