What are the important events that happened on May 31? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 31: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 31 is the 151st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 214 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 18, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,144,160 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontahenagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 262 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,544 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 31 Historical Events
- 526 –A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
- 1578 –King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris.
- 1669 –Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
- 1775 –American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
- 1911 –The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched.
- 1929 –The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.
- 1961 –In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
- 1962 –Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
- 1962 –The West Indies Federation dissolves.
- 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.
Who were born on May 31?
- 1883 –Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician (d. 1942)
- 1887 –Saint-John Perse, French diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
- 1901 –Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
- 1912 –Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979)
- 1921 –Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
- 1938 –Johnny Paycheck, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1965 –Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player
- 1967 –Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
- 1972 –Dave Roberts, American baseball player
- 1976 –Colin Farrell, Irish actor
Who died on May 31?
- 1809 –Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)
- 1831 –Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)
- 1837 –Joseph Grimaldi, British clown (b. 1779)
- 1910 –Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b. 1821)
- 1931 –Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
- 1987 –John Abraham (director), Indian film director (b. 1937)
- 1997 –James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
- 2006 –Ryan Bennett, American sportscaster (b. 1970)
- 2009 –Danny La Rue, British entertainer (b. 1927)
- 2010 –Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924)
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