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, 1,748,649,600 seconds 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
- 1790 –Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
- 1813 –In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
- 1854 –The civil death procedure is abolished in France.
- 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.
- 1927 –The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
- 1935 –A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
- 1962 –Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
- 1962 –The West Indies Federation dissolves.
- 2005 –Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
- 2009 –Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder shoots and kills physician George Tiller during church services in Wichita, Kansas.
Who were born on May 31?
- 1162 –Genghis Khan, Khagan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1227)
- 1443 –Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
- 1852 –Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (d. 1919)
- 1885 –Alois Hudal, Austrian Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1963)
- 1933 –Henry B. Eyring, American religious figure; son of Henry Eyring
- 1945 –Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (d. 1982)
- 1974 –Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian light heavyweight boxer
- 1981 –Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer
- 1985 –Ian Vougioukas, Greek basketball player
- 1990 –Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
Who died on May 31?
- 1410 –King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)
- 1495 –Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (b. 1415)
- 1567 –Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
- 1809 –Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
- 1945 –Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi officer (b. 1904)
- 1985 –Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
- 1987 –John Abraham (director), Indian film director (b. 1937)
- 1994 –Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (b. 1909)
- 2004 –Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- 2009 –Danny La Rue, British entertainer (b. 1927)
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