May 31st, 1945

Born on May 31st, 1945

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 181 days, exactly on October 23rd, 2024, people who were born on May 31st, 1945 will be 29,000 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, 1945

78

Laurent Gbagbo

4th President of Ivory Coast

*May 31st, 1945, Gagnoa

51

Raúl Gómez Jattin

Colombian poet (1945-1997)

*May 31st, 1945, Cartagena de Indias †May 22nd, 1997, Cartagena de Indias

37

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

German filmmaker, playwright and actor (1945-1982)

*May 31st, 1945, Bad Wörishofen †June 10th, 1982, Munich

71

Henri Emmanuelli

French politician (1945-2017)

*May 31st, 1945, Eaux-Bonnes †March 21st, 2017, Bayonne

78

Bernard Goldberg

American journalist

*May 31st, 1945, New York City

69

Pepe Eliaschev

Argentine journalist and writer

*May 31st, 1945, Buenos Aires †November 18th, 2014, Buenos Aires

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Who's birthday is on May 31st?

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

76

Gabriele Hinzmann

East German discus thrower

*May 31st, 1947, Schwerin

60

Viktor Orbán

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

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

75

Svetlana Aleksievich

Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer

*May 31st, 1948, Ivano-Frankivsk

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

88

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

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

77

Soizic Corne

Journalist , radio and TV host, producer and painter

*May 31st, 1946, Quimperlé

45

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

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

66

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

76

Bernd Krause

German rower

*May 31st, 1947, Bremerhaven

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

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

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

82

William Nordhaus

American economist

*May 31st, 1941, Albuquerque

74

Tom Berenger

American actor (born 1949)

*May 31st, 1949, Chicago

80

Sharon Gless

American actress

*May 31st, 1943, Los Angeles

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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