May 31st, 1899

Born on May 31st, 1899

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 45,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 380 days, exactly on May 10th, 2025, people who were born on May 31st, 1899 will be 46,000 days old!

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What happened on May 31st?

May 31st, 2013

A tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing 8 people and injuring more than 150.

May 31st, 2009

American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.

May 31st, 1981

An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led to the burning of the Jaffna Library in Sri Lanka.

May 31st, 1941

The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.

May 31st, 1935

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people.

May 31st, 1902

The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.

May 31st, 1879

Gilmore's Garden in New York City was renamed Madison Square Garden, the city's first venue to use that name.

May 31st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith engaged Union forces under George B. McClellan at the Battle of Seven Pines outside Richmond, Virginia.

May 31st, 1775

American Revolution: The Committee of Safety of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adopted the Mecklenburg Resolves, which annulled and vacated all laws originating from the authority of the King or Parliament.

May 31st, 1468

Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana.

May 31st, 1293

Majapahit forces under Raden Wijaya won a major victory in the Mongol invasion of Java, now considered to be the founding date of the Indonesian city of Surabaya.

May 31st, 1223

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Kalka River in present-day Ukraine.

May 31st, 1215

A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captures Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty.

May 31st, 0455

Petronius Maximus, ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arrival of a Vandal force that sacked the city.

May 31st, 2019

A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 31st

Born on May 31st, 1899

69

Madge Blake

Actress (1899-1969)

*May 31st, 1899, Kinsley †February 19th, 1969, Pasadena

87

Rusty Lane

American actor (1899-1986)

*May 31st, 1899, Chicago †October 10th, 1986, Los Angeles

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Who's birthday is on May 31st?

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

95

Norman Vincent Peale

American writer and minister (1898-1993)

*May 31st, 1898, Bowersville †December 24th, 1993, Pawling

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

60

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

88

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

80

Lucile Godbold

American track and field athlete

*May 31st, 1900, Marion County †April 5th, 1981, Columbia

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

89

Frei Otto

German architect (1925-2015)

*May 31st, 1925, Siegmar †March 9th, 2015, Leonberg

61

Fred Allen

American comedian

*May 31st, 1894, Cambridge †March 17th, 1956, New York City

45

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

*May 31st, 1934, Binghamton †June 2nd, 1979, Los Angeles

81

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

72

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

42

Gregor Strasser

German politician, rival of Adolf Hitler inside the Nazi Party (1892-1934)

*May 31st, 1892, Geisenfeld †June 30th, 1934, Berlin

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Born in 1899

76

Gustav Heinemann

German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974

*July 23rd, 1899, Schwelm †July 7th, 1976, Essen

80

Alfred Hitchcock

English filmmaker (1899–1980)

*August 13th, 1899, Leytonstone †April 29th, 1980, Bel Air

61

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum

86

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

57

Humphrey Bogart

American actor (1899–1957)

*December 25th, 1899, New York City †January 14th, 1957, Los Angeles

73

Noël Coward

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer

*December 16th, 1899, Teddington †March 26th, 1973, Firefly Estate

82

Huang Xianfan

Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator (1899-1982)

*November 13th, 1899, Fusui County †January 18th, 1982, Guilin

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

73

Paul-Henri Spaak

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

*January 25th, 1899, Schaerbeek †July 31st, 1972, Braine-l'Alleud

88

Fred Astaire

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

*May 10th, 1899, Omaha †June 22nd, 1987, Los Angeles

52

Edwin L. Marin

American film director

*February 21st, 1899, Jersey City †May 2nd, 1951, Los Angeles

92

Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and British economist

*May 8th, 1899, Vienna †March 23rd, 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau

86

Marcel Arland

French writer

*July 5th, 1899, Varennes-sur-Amance †January 12th, 1986, Saint-Sauveur-sur-École

86

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899-1985)

*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills

56

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956)

*May 10th, 1899, Eferding †March 15th, 1956, Schruns

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

84

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899–1983)

*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center

69

Lucio Fontana

Italian-Argentine sculptor, painter and theorist, Manifiesto blanco, Spatialism (1899-1968)

*February 19th, 1899, Rosario †September 7th, 1968, Comabbio

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

78

Vladimir Nabokov

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

*April 10th, 1899, Saint Petersburg †July 2nd, 1977, Montreux

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1899 is a normal year and no leap year.

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