May 31st, 1974

Born on May 31st, 1974

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, 1974

49

Kenan Doğulu

Turkish singer

*May 31st, 1974, Istanbul

49

Chris Dawes

Jamaican footballer

*May 31st, 1974, Kingston

49

Hiroiki Ariyoshi

Japanese comedian and singer

*May 31st, 1974, Aki district

49

Giulio Falcone

Italian football player

*May 31st, 1974, Atri

49

Guy Nardulli

American actor and producer (born 1974)

*May 31st, 1974, Chicago

49

Ara Celi

Actress

*May 31st, 1974, El Paso

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

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

48

Merle Dandridge

American actress and singer

*May 31st, 1975, Okinawa Prefecture

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

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

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

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

37

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

53

Paolo Sorrentino

Italian film director and screenwriter

*May 31st, 1970, Naples

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

51

Archie Panjabi

British actress

*May 31st, 1972, Edgware

48

Mac Suzuki

Baseball player

*May 31st, 1975, Kobe

52

Diana Damrau

German soprano opera singer

*May 31st, 1971, Günzburg

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Born on May 31st, 1974
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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