May 31st, 1966

Born on May 31st, 1966

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1966

57

Jessica Monroe

Canadian rower

*May 31st, 1966, Palo Alto

57

Frank Goosen

German cabaret artist

*May 31st, 1966, Bochum

57

Johnny Diesel

Australian musician

*May 31st, 1966, Fall River

57

Jean-Claude Ricquebourg

French actor

*May 31st, 1966, Paris

57

Alfonso Menéndez

Spanish archer (1966-)

*May 31st, 1966, Avilés

57

Roshan Mahanama

Sri Lankan cricketer

*May 31st, 1966, Colombo

57

Adam Smethurst

British actor

*May 31st, 1966, Watford

57

Nick Scotti

American actor

*May 31st, 1966, Queens

57

Jaroslav Svoboda

Czech clarinettist, guitarist, artist and singer

*May 31st, 1966, Kolín

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 31st?

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

60

Viktor Orbán

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

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

56

Sandrine Bonnaire

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*May 31st, 1967, Gannat

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

66

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

61

Dina Boluarte

President of Peru since 2022

*May 31st, 1962, Chalhuanca

58

Isabell Zacharias

German politician

*May 31st, 1965, Husum

48

Merle Dandridge

American actress and singer

*May 31st, 1975, Okinawa Prefecture

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

53

Paolo Sorrentino

Italian film director and screenwriter

*May 31st, 1970, Naples

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

*May 31st, 1984, Berlin †May 22nd, 2018

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

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

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

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

37

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

44

Tanja Mairhofer

Austrian actress and television presenter

*May 31st, 1979, Johannesburg

Same year
Born in 1966

57

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

57

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

57

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

57

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

57

Lutz Heilmann

German politician

*September 7th, 1966, Zittau

58

Thomas Doll

German association football player and manager

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

58

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

58

Catrin Striebeck

German actress

*April 18th, 1966, Vienna

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

57

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

58

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

58

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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