May 31st, 1972

Born on May 31st, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 37 days, exactly on June 7th, 2024, people who were born on May 31st, 1972 will be 19,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, 1972

51

Archie Panjabi

British actress

*May 31st, 1972, Edgware

51

Catherine Bruhier

Canadian actress

*May 31st, 1972, Belize

51

Antti Niemi

Finnish association football player and coach

*May 31st, 1972, Oulu

51

Frode Estil

Norwegian cross-country skier

*May 31st, 1972, Namsos

51

Doris Schretzmayer

Austrian actress

*May 31st, 1972, Vienna

51

Pilar Montenegro

Mexican actor and singer

*May 31st, 1972, Mexico City

51

Dave Roberts

American baseball player and manager

*May 31st, 1972, Naha

51

Sarah Murdoch

Australian model and television presenter

*May 31st, 1972, London

51

Christian McBride

American musician

*May 31st, 1972, Philadelphia

51

Heidi Astrup

Danish handball player

*May 31st, 1972, Viborg

51

Takashi Yamahashi

Japanese association football player

*May 31st, 1972, Sapporo

51

Sara Sidner

American journalist

*May 31st, 1972, Florida

51

Alison Pargeter

British actress

*May 31st, 1972, Oxfordshire

51

Sanna Krepper

Swedish actress

*May 31st, 1972, Lidingö

51

Karl Geary

American actor

*May 31st, 1972, Dublin

41

Devin Gray

American basketball player

*May 31st, 1972, Baltimore †August 17th, 2013, Atlanta

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

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

60

Viktor Orbán

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

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

48

Merle Dandridge

American actress and singer

*May 31st, 1975, Okinawa Prefecture

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

53

Paolo Sorrentino

Italian film director and screenwriter

*May 31st, 1970, Naples

52

Diana Damrau

German soprano opera singer

*May 31st, 1971, Günzburg

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

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

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

37

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

66

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

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

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

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

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

27

Joachim Andersen

Danish association football player

*May 31st, 1996, Frederiksberg

88

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

76

Gabriele Hinzmann

East German discus thrower

*May 31st, 1947, Schwerin

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Born on May 31st, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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