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What happend on 31. May in History
In our data base we found 323 events happened on 31. May:
• 1076: Waltheof of Northumbria, Anglo-Danish nobleman (b. 1050) [category: Deaths]
• 1162: Géza II of Hungary (b. 1130) [category: Deaths]
• 1223: Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River – Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans. [category: Events]
• 1246: Isabella of Angoulême (b. 1188) [category: Deaths]
• 1279_bc: Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. [category: Events]
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• 455: Petronius Maximus, Roman emperor [category: Deaths]
• 455: Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. [category: Events]
• 526: A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000. [category: Events]
• 1349: Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell, English politician (b. 1297) [category: Deaths]
• 1408: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) [category: Deaths]
• 1410: Martin of Aragon (b. 1356) [category: Deaths]
• 1443: Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, English mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) [category: Births]
• 1469: Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521) [category: Births]
• 1495: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (b. 1415) [category: Deaths]
• 1535: Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607) [category: Births]
• 1557: Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) [category: Births]
• 1558: Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505) [category: Deaths]
• 1567: Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1578: King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris. [category: Events]
• 1578: Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London. [category: Events]
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• 1594: Tintoretto, Italian painter (b. 1518) [category: Deaths]
• 1613: John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1640: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Polish king (d. 1673) [category: Births]
• 1641: Patriarch Dositheos II of Jerusalem, Greek theologian (d. 1707) [category: Births]
• 1656: Marin Marais, French composer (d. 1728) [category: Births]
• 1669: Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary. [category: Events]
• 1678: The Godiva procession through Coventry begins. [category: Events]
• 1680: Joachim Neander, German theologian, writer, and educator (b. 1650) [category: Deaths]
• 1732: Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (d. 1812) [category: Births]
• 1740: Frederick William I of Prussia (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1747: Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1753: Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and statesman (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1754: Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1773: Ludwig Tieck, German writer (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1790: Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca. [category: Events]
• 1790: The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790. [category: Events]
• 1795: French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed. [category: Events]
• 1799: Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1805: French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock [category: Events]
• 1809: Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. [category: Events]
• 1818: John Albion Andrew, American politician (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1819: Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1831: Samuel Bentham, English mechanical engineer (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1837: Joseph Grimaldi, English actor and comedian, created the clown (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1846: Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1847: William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish shipbuilder and businessman (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1847: Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780) [category: Deaths]
• 1848: Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer and academic (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1854: The civil death procedure is abolished in France. [category: Events]
• 1857: Pope Pius XI (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1859: The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time. [category: Events]
• 1860: Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) – Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1863: Francis Younghusband, English army officer, explorer, and writer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade. [category: Events]
• 1866: In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1872: W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1879: Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1879: New York, New York's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. [category: Events]
• 1882: Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1883: Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1884: Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria [category: Events]
• 1885: Alois Hudal, Austrian bishop (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1887: Saint-John Perse, French diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1889: Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1892: Erich Neumann, German Nazi politician (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1892: Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1892: Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1892: Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1894: Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1898: Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1901: Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1902: Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1902: Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1905: Florence Desmond, English actress and comedian (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1908: Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1908: Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1908: Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French-Canadian poet (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Art Coulter, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1909: Aurore Gagnon, French-Canadian child abuse victim (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1909: The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1910: Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Creation of the Union of South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1911: Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1911: President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1911: The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched. [category: Events]
• 1912: Alfred Deller, English singer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1914: Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1916: Bernard Lewis, English-American historian [category: Births]
• 1916: Bert Haanstra, Dutch director (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive. [category: Events]
• 1919: Robie Macauley, American novelist and critic (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1921: Alida Valli, Italian actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1921: Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher. [category: Events]
• 1922: Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1923: Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect. [category: Events]
• 1927: The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles. [category: Events]
• 1929: The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released. [category: Events]
• 1930: Clint Eastwood, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1931: John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1931: Shirley Verrett, American soprano (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1931: Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French-Canadian cardinal (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Willy Stöwer, German artist (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician, composer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1932: Jay Miner, American integrated circuit designer, (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1933: Henry B. Eyring, American educational administrator, author, and religious leader [category: Births]
• 1934: Jim Hutton, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1935: Jim Bolger, New Zealand politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand [category: Births]
• 1935: A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead. [category: Events]
• 1938: John Prescott, Welsh politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1938: Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Peter, Paul and Mary) [category: Births]
• 1939: Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author [category: Births]
• 1940: Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1941: Louis J. Ignarro, American pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1941: A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives. [category: Events]
• 1941: Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia. [category: Events]
• 1943: Joe Namath, American football player and actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Sharon Gless, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Bernard Goldberg, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1945: Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire [category: Births]
• 1945: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1945: Odilo Globocnik, Austrian SS officer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Steve Bucknor, Jamaican cricketer [category: Births]
• 1946: Ted Baehr, American publisher and critic [category: Births]
• 1947: Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and composer (The Marmalade) [category: Births]
• 1948: Duncan Hunter, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1948: Lynda Bellingham, Canadian-English actress and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1949: Nancy Shade, American soprano and actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Tom Berenger, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Gregory Harrison, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and writer, founder of DiC Entertainment [category: Births]
• 1952: Isikia Savua, Fijian diplomat (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1952: Karl Bartos, German singer and musician (Kraftwerk and Electronic) [category: Births]
• 1953: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1954: Antonis Benakis, Greek politician and art collector (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Bruce Adolphe, American composer, scholar, author, and pianist [category: Births]
• 1955: Susie Essman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dragon) [category: Births]
• 1956: Fritz Hilpert, German musician (Kraftwerk) [category: Births]
• 1957: Jim Craig, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1957: Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Stefanos Sarafis, Greek army officer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian, and writer [category: Births]
• 1960: Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1960: Peter Winterbottom, English Rugby player [category: Births]
• 1960: Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Justin Madden, Australian footballer and politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Lea Thompson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society. [category: Events]
• 1961: The Union of South Africa becomes the Republic of South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1962: Corey Hart, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1962: Sebastian Koch, German actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi official (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel. [category: Events]
• 1962: The West Indies Federation dissolves. [category: Events]
• 1963: Hugh Dillon, Canadian singer, producer, and actor (Headstones) [category: Births]
• 1963: Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Wesley Willis, American singer and keyboardist (Wesley Willis Fiasco) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1964: Darryl McDaniels, American rapper and producer (Run-D.M.C.) [category: Births]
• 1964: Leonard Asper, Canadian businessman and lawyer [category: Births]
• 1964: Scotti Hill, American guitarist and songwriter (Skid Row) [category: Births]
• 1964: Yukio Edano, Japanese politician [category: Births]
• 1965: Brooke Shields, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1965: Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Jeremy Hotz, Canadian comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Nick Scotti, American actor, model, and singer [category: Births]
• 1967: Kenny Lofton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Vampiro, Canadian-Mexican wrestler [category: Births]
• 1967: Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist, and arranger (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: John Connolly, Irish author [category: Births]
• 1969: Mindi Abair, American singer, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1970: Terry Sawchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed. [category: Events]
• 1971: Diana Damrau, German soprano [category: Births]
• 1971: In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. [category: Events]
• 1972: Antti Niemi, Finnish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Archie Panjabi, English actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Dave Roberts, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Frode Estil, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1972: Karl Geary, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Sarah Murdoch, Australian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Walter Freeman, American physician and neurologist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Dominique Van Roost, Belgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1973: The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1974: Adrian Tomine, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1974: Chad Campbell, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1974: Sean Kent, American comedian, actor, and writer [category: Births]
• 1974: Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian boxer [category: Births]
• 1975: Yiasoumis Yiasoumi, Greek-Cypriot footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Colin Farrell, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Matt Harpring, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Tonka Tomicic, Chilean model and television host, Miss World Chile 1995 [category: Births]
• 1976: Jacques Monod, French biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1977: Eric Christian Olsen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete [category: Births]
• 1977: Joel Ross, English disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1977: June Sarpong, English television host [category: Births]
• 1977: Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Scott Klopfenstein, American singer-songwriter and musician (Reel Big Fish, The Littlest Man Band, The Scholars, and Nuckle Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1977: Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-Greek volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1977: William Castle, American director (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed. [category: Events]
• 1978: József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Jean-François Gillet, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Andy Hurley, American drummer (Fall Out Boy, The Damned Things, Project Rocket, and Racetraitor) [category: Births]
• 1980: Craig Bolton, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jake Peavy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Yoon Mi-rae, American-Korean singer and rapper (Uptown) [category: Births]
• 1981: Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century. [category: Events]
• 1982: Jonathan Tucker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: David Hernandez, American singer-songwriter and model [category: Births]
• 1983: Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Reggie Yates, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1983: Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Andrew Bailey, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jason Smith, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Nate Robinson, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Ian Vougioukas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Navene Koperweis, American musician, producer, and composer (Animals as Leaders, Animosity, and The Faceless) [category: Births]
• 1985: Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead. [category: Events]
• 1986: Melissa McIntyre, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1986: Waka Flocka Flame, American rapper (1017 Brick Squad) [category: Births]
• 1986: James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Jane Frank, American artist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Curtis Williams, American actor and rapper [category: Births]
• 1987: Meredith Hagner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Nagi Yanagi, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Shaun Fleming, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: John Abraham, Indian director (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Hope Partlow, American singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Lisa Bund, German singer [category: Births]
• 1988: T.J. Tauvao, Australian singer (Random) [category: Births]
• 1989: Bas Dost, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Marco Reus, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1989: Tanner Mayes, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1991: Azealia Banks, American rapper and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1991: Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission. [category: Events]
• 1992: Walter Neugebauer, Croatian writer and illustrator (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Francis Lynch, American politician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Herva Nelli, Italian soprano (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Timothy Leary, American psychologist and writer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Charles Van Acker, Belgian race car driver (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Tito Puente, American musician and producer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Arlene Francis, American actress (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Robert Quine, American guitarist (Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Material) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat [category: Events]
• 2006: Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Miguel Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Ryan Bennett, American sportscaster (b. 1970) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Danny La Rue, Irish-English actor and singer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: George Tiller, American physician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Millvina Dean, English survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and writer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Rubén Juárez, Argentine singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: William A. Fraker, American cinematographer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: In international waters, armed Shayetet 13 commandos, intending to force the flotilla to anchor at the Ashdod port, boarded ships trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, resulting in 9 civilian deaths. [category: Events]
• 2011: Adolfas Mekas, Lithuanian-American director (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Andy Robustelli, American football player (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Conrado Estrella, Sr., Filipino politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Derek Hodge, U.S. Virgin Islander politician and lawyer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ezzatollah Sahabi, Iranian scholar, humanitarian, activist, and politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Grant Sullivan, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Hans Keilson, German-Dutch novelist, poet, and psychoanalyst (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Hugh Stewart, English editor and producer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jennifer Worth, English nurse and author (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: John Martin, English admiral (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Jonas Bevacqua, American fashion designer, co-founded Lifted Research Group (b. 1977) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Keith Irvine, Scottish-American interior designer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Pauline Betz, American tennis player (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Philip Rose, American director and producer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Ram Man Trishit, Nepali songwriter (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sølvi Wang, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Farid Habib, Lebanese politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mark Midler, Russian fencer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Orlando Woolridge, American basketball player (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Randall B. Kester, American attorney and judge (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (Brunei) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Castile La Mancha Day (Castile–La Mancha) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hermias [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Petronella [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World No Tobacco Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]