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May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years ). There are 214 days remaining.
Events
1500-1899
1900-1999 1902 - Second Boer War : The last Afrikaner resistance forces sign a peace treaty with the British at Pretoria , ending the war, and ensuring British control of South Africa .1910 - Creation of the Union of South Africa .1913 - The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , authorizing direct election of United States Senators , is declared ratified.1916 - World War I : The Battle of Jutland .1921 - Tulsa Race Riot : More than 300 were killed in a race riot in Tulsa , USA .1921 - Comedian Buster Keaton marries actress Natalie Talmadge.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 respect1942 - The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry , England 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army .1961 - Creation of the Republic of South Africa .1962 - The West Indies Federation dissolves1974 - Syria and Israel sign a disengagement agreement to resolve the Yom Kippur War 1977 - The Trans_Alaska Pipeline System is completed.1985 - The US-Canadian Outbreak occurred. Forty-one tornadoes occurred in Ohio , Pennsylvania , New York and Ontario . Seventy-six dead.1997 - The Confederation Bridge opens.
2000_2099
Births
1000-1899 1048 - Omar Khayyam , Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher (d. 1131 )1443 - Margaret Beaufort , mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509 )1469 - King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521 )1656 - Marin Marais , French composer and viol player.1750 - Karl August of Hardenberg, statesman and reformer (d. 1822 )1753 - Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud , French revolutionist (d. 1793 )1773 - Ludwig Tieck , German poet and writer (d. 1853 )1801 - Johann Georg Baiter , Swiss philologist (d. 1887 )1819 - Walt Whitman , American poet (d. 1892 )1838 - Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d. 1900 )1857 - Pope Pius XI (d. 1939 )1860 - Walter Sickert , English painter (d. 1942 )1872 - Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944 )1883 - Lauri Kristian Relander , Finnish president (d. 1942 )1892 - Michel Kikoine , Belarus paitner (d. 1968 )1894 - Fred Allen , American comedian (d. 1956 )1898 - Dr. Norman Vincent Peale , American clergyman (d. 1993 )
1900-1999 1908 - Don Ameche , American actor (d. 1993 )1912 - Alfred Deller , English countertenor (d. 1979 )1922 - Denholm Elliott , English actor (d. 1992 )1923 - Prince Rainier III of Monaco 1926 - James Krüss, author (d. 1997 )1929 - Menahem Golan, producer1930 - Clint Eastwood , American actor, director, producer1931 - Shirley Verrett , American soprano1932 - Jay Miner , American microchip designer (d. 1994 )1938 - Johnny PayCheck , American country music singer (d. 2003 )1938 - John Prescott , Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1938 - Peter Yarrow , American folk singer ("Peter, Paul and Mary ")1939 - Terry Waite , British humanitarian1943 - Sharon Gless , American actress1943 - Joe Namath , American football star1945 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder , director (d. 1982 )1948 - John Bonham , drummer ("Led Zeppelin ") (d. 1980 )1949 - Tom Berenger , actor1950 - Gregory Harrison, actor1960 - Chris Elliott , comedian1961 - Lea Thompson , actress1962 - Corey Hart , singer/songwriter1963 - Wesley Willis , musician1965 - Brooke Shields , American model and actress1976 - Colin Farrell , actor1986 - Cecilie Stokkedal, guitar player ("The Air Band")
Deaths
400-1899 455 - Valentinian III , Roman Emperor 455 - Petronius Maximus , Roman Emperor (killed by a mob)1246 - Queen consort Isabella of Angouleme 1408 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu , Ashikaga shogun (b. 1358 )1680 - Joachim Neander , clergyman1740 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia 1747 - Andrei Osterman , Russian statesman (b. 1686 )1799 - Pierre Lemonnier , astronomer1809 - Joseph Haydn , composer1809 - Jean Lannes , French Marshal of Empire1831 - Samuel Bentham , mechanical engineer 1846 - Philip Marheineke , German Protestant divine1848 - Eugénie de Guérin , writer
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Holidays and observances May 30 - June 1 - April 30 - June 30 - listing of all days
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The Avalon Project: Madison Debates : May 31 (2210 words)
The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 reported by James Madison : May 31 Resolution "that the national Legislature ought to consist of two branches" was agreed to without debate or dissent, except that of Pennsylvania , given probably from complaisance to Docr. The people he said, immediately should have as little to do as may be about the Government.
May 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3683 words)
The majority of the committee and the Bush administration argue that such weapons may in the future become necessary to deal with terrorist threats, and to effectively incinerate biological or chemical weapons installations. One highly controversial aspect of the President's initial proposal that the House removed is the repeal of the tax on dividends paid by corporations to shareholders. Russian officials identify Arab militant Abu Walib as the mastermind behind the May 12 bombing in Znamenskoye, Chechnya, and claim links between that incident and the bombings in Riyadh 14 hours later.
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