May 31st, 1981

Born on May 31st, 1981

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What happened on May 31st, 1981?

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinhalese_people

What else 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, 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, 1981

42

Daniele Bonera

Italian association football player

*May 31st, 1981, Brescia

42

Marlies Schild

Former Austrian Alpine skier

*May 31st, 1981, Admont

42

Jake Peavy

American baseball player

*May 31st, 1981, Mobile

42

Mikael Antonsson

Swedish footballer

*May 31st, 1981, Karlskrona

42

Yoon Mi-rae

American-born South Korean rapper and singer

*May 31st, 1981, Portland

42

Simon Pearce

German actor

*May 31st, 1981, Munich

42

Alan Navarro

Music (born 1981)

*May 31st, 1981, Liverpool

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

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

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

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

60

Viktor Orbán

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

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

37

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

48

Merle Dandridge

American actress and singer

*May 31st, 1975, Okinawa Prefecture

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

27

Joachim Andersen

Danish association football player

*May 31st, 1996, Frederiksberg

44

Tanja Mairhofer

Austrian actress and television presenter

*May 31st, 1979, Johannesburg

41

Ahmed Chawki

Moroccan rapper

*May 31st, 1982, Tétouan

39

Nate Robinson

American basketball player

*May 31st, 1984, Seattle

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

41

Tony Dize

American singer

*May 31st, 1982, Boston

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

66

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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