May 31st, 2040

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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

Birthdays and future age on May 31st, 2040

87

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

77

Viktor Orbán

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

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

64

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

99

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

75

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

51

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

110

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

44

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

105

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

44

Joachim Andersen

Danish association football player

*May 31st, 1996, Frederiksberg

54

Robert Gesink

Road bicycle racer

*May 31st, 1986, Varsseveld

83

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

93

Gabriele Hinzmann

East German discus thrower

*May 31st, 1947, Schwerin

65

Merle Dandridge

American actress and singer

*May 31st, 1975, Okinawa Prefecture

95

Laurent Gbagbo

4th President of Ivory Coast

*May 31st, 1945, Gagnoa

92

Svetlana Aleksievich

Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer

*May 31st, 1948, Ivano-Frankivsk

78

Dina Boluarte

President of Peru since 2022

*May 31st, 1962, Chalhuanca

70

Paolo Sorrentino

Italian film director and screenwriter

*May 31st, 1970, Naples

99

William Nordhaus

American economist

*May 31st, 1941, Albuquerque

91

Tom Berenger

American actor (born 1949)

*May 31st, 1949, Chicago

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