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What Happened on May 31st This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.
2017	A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.
2016	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch the Manbij offensive, in order to capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[15][16][17]
2013	The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
2013	A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes near El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities (including three storm chasers) and over 150 injuries.
2010	Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.
2008	Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7 m/s) 9.72 seconds
2005	Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
2003	Air France retires its fleet of Concorde aircraft.
1991	Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission.
1985	United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
1977	The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
1973	The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
1973	Indian Airlines Flight 440 crashes near Indira Gandhi International Airport, killing 48.
1971	In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
1970	The 7.9 Mw  Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
1962	The West Indies Federation dissolves.
1961	The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
1961	In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
1955	The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation "at all deliberate speed."
1951	The Uniform Code of Military Justice takes effect as the legal system of the United States Armed Forces.
1947	Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
1942	World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
1941	Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
1935	A 7.7 Mw  earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
1924	Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children.
1921	The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
1916	World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
1911	The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1911	The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
1910	The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
1909	The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
1902	Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
1889	Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
1884	The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria.
1879	Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
1864	American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
1862	American Civil War: Peninsula Campaign: Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston and G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1859	The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
1813	In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
1805	French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock, Martinique.
1795	French Revolution: The Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
1790	Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1790	The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
1775	American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
1669	Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
1610	The pageant London's Love to Prince Henry on the River Thames celebrates the creation of Prince Henry as Prince of Wales.
1578	King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France.
1293	Mongol invasion of Java was a punitive expedition against King Kertanegara of Singhasari, who had refused to pay tribute to the Yuan and maimed one of its ministers. However, it ended with failure for the Mongols. Regarded as establish City of Surabaya[1]
1223	Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans.
455	Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.

Famous People Born on May 31

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Year	Name
1965	Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer
1885	Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1967)
1921	Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2006)
1879	Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952)
1945	Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1939	Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author
1933	Henry B. Eyring, American religious leader, educator, and author
1955	Susie Essman, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
1950	Gregory Harrison, American actor
1972	Frode Estil, Norwegian skier

Famous People Deaths On May 31

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Date	Name
2012	Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (b. 1919)
1960	Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
1408	Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1358)
960	Fujiwara no Morosuke, Japanese statesman (b. 909)
1910	Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
1846	Philip Marheineke, German pastor and philosopher (b. 1780)
1809	Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1732)
1326	Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley (b. 1271)
1970	Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2014	Marilyn Beck, American journalist (b. 1928)