May 31st, 1997

Born on May 31st, 1997

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, 1997

26

Inês Murta

Portuguese tennis player

*May 31st, 1997, Faro

26

CupcakKe

American rapper

*May 31st, 1997, Chicago

26

John Penisini

American football player (born 1997)

*May 31st, 1997, California

26

Daniel Jesús Martín Gil

Spanish footballer

*May 31st, 1997, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

26

Anastasios Chatzigiovanis

Greek association football player

*May 31st, 1997, Mytilene

26

Father

My father

*May 31st, 1997, Barcelona

26

Marharyta Fjafilawa

Belarusian pool player, born 1997

*May 31st, 1997, Minsk

26

Jeong Se-woon

South Korean singer

*May 31st, 1997, Masan

26

Alexis André Jr.

Moroccan and French footballer

*May 31st, 1997, Mulhouse

26

Naz Çağla Irmak

Turkish actress

*May 31st, 1997, Ankara

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

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

27

Joachim Andersen

Danish association football player

*May 31st, 1996, Frederiksberg

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

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

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

37

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

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

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

27

Brandon Smith

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*May 31st, 1996, Waiheke Island

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

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

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

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

29

Gísli Eyjólfsson

Icelandic association football player

*May 31st, 1994, Kópavogsbær

27

Woodie Smalls

Belgian hiphop artist

*May 31st, 1996, Sint-Niklaas

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

28

Janina Fautz

German actress

*May 31st, 1995, Mannheim

22

Iga Świątek

Polish tennis player

*May 31st, 2001, Warsaw

48

Merle Dandridge

American actress and singer

*May 31st, 1975, Okinawa Prefecture

Same year
Born in 1997

26

Zara Larsson

Swedish singer and songwriter

*December 16th, 1997, Solna Municipality

27

Zheng Siwei

Chinese badminton player

*February 26th, 1997, Wenzhou

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

27

Victor Leksell

Swedish singer

*April 4th, 1997, Torslanda

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

26

Dechapol Puavaranukroh

Thai badminton player

*May 20th, 1997, Chonburi

27

Li Yinhui

Chinese badminton player

*March 11th, 1997, Wuhan

27

Princesa Alba

Chilean singer

*February 16th, 1997, Santiago

26

Leony

German pop singer

*June 25th, 1997, Chammünster

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

27

Chloë Grace Moretz

American actress (born 1997)

*February 10th, 1997, Atlanta

27

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

26

Raye

British singer and songwriter

*October 24th, 1997, Tooting

27

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

26

Dardan

German rapper

*October 2nd, 1997, Stuttgart

26

Apache 207

German rapper

*October 23rd, 1997, Ludwigshafen

26

Charles Leclerc

Monegasque racing driver

*October 16th, 1997, Monte Carlo

26

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

26

Fabian Reese

German association football player

*November 29th, 1997, Kiel

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Born on May 31st, 1997
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1997 is a normal year and no leap year.

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