About May 31
May 31, 2024 is the 152nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 214 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Gemini is the sun 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 243 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 31
- 526 –A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
- 1578 –Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool’s gold, used to pave streets in London.
- 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.
- 1805 –French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock
- 1813 –In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
- 1859 –The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
- 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.
- 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. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian’s 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
- 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.
- 1911 –The hull of the ocean liner RMS Titanic is launched.
- 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.
- 1927 –The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
- 1929 –The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, “The Karnival Kid”, is released.
- 1935 –A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
- 1941 –A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
- 1942 –World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
- 1961 –The Union of South Africa becomes the Republic of South Africa.
- 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.
- 1977 –The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.
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