Tukuk-OS📅 May 31
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 31? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — A shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, United States, left 13 people dead, including the gunman, and injured four others.
- 2017 — A car bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing more than 90 people and injuring 463 others.
- 2013 — An extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing eight people and injuring more than 150 others.
- 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.
George TillerLate termination of pregnancyMurder of George Tiller
- 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 Public Library (renovated building pictured) in Sri Lanka, destroying more than 97,000 items in one of the most violent 20th-century examples of ethnic biblioclasm.
Sinhalese peopleBurning of the Jaffna Public LibraryBook burning
- 1941 — World War II: German forces dropped four bombs on neutral Ireland, killing 28 people and damaging Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland.
World War IIBombing of Dublin in World War IIÁras an Uachtaráin
- 1935 — A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people
1935 Quetta earthquakeBaluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)British Raj
- 1902 — The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.
- 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.
American Civil WarConfederate States of AmericaJoseph E. Johnston
- 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 the Parliament of Great Britain.
American RevolutionCommittee of safety (American Revolution)Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- 1468 — Cardinal Bessarion announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana.
- 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.
- 1223 — Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Battle of the Kalka River in present-day Ukraine.
- 1215 — A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captured Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty of China.
- 455 — Petronius Maximus, the ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome before Vandal forces arrived and sacked the city.
Births
- 2001 — Breece Hall, American football player
- 2001 — Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player
- 2000 — Gable Steveson, American wrestler
- 1998 — Santino Ferrucci, American race car driver
- 1997 — Woo Jin-young, South Korean singer and rapper
- 1997 — Jeong Se-woon, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 1996 — Normani Kordei Hamilton, American singer
- 1996 — Brandon Smith, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995 — Shane Bieber, American baseball player
- 1995 — Matthew Lodge, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 — Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 — Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
Deaths
- 2025 — Stanley Fischer, Israeli-American economist (born 1943)
- 2024 — Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer (born 1949)
- 2024 — Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama (born 1937)
- 2022 — Colin Cantwell, American concept artist and director (born 1932)
- 2022 — Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (born 1968)
- 2022 — Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Colombian drug lord (born 1939)
- 2022 — Jim Parks, English cricketer (born 1931)
- 2016 — Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976–2016) (born 1947)
Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- 2016 — Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (born 1938)
- 2016 — Carla Lane, English television writer (born 1928)
- 2016 — Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (born 1939)
- 2015 — Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (born 1917)
Observances & holidays
- Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (Brunei)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Camilla Battista da Varano
- Christian feast day: Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla
- Christian feast day: Hermias
- Christian feast day: Blessed Mariano da Roccacasale
- Christian feast day: Petronella
- Christian feast day: Blessed Robert Thorpe
- Christian feast day: Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Kaamatan, harvest festival in the state of Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan (Malaysia)
- World No Tobacco Day (International)
- Borobi Day (Australia)
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