Historical Events In May - 31

1990  Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles on May - 31.  

1990  On this day in history soviet Legislature televised for the first time  

1990  On this day in history 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne  

1991  Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia on this day in history.  

1991  On May - 31 sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war  

1991  On May - 31 angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies  

1992  On May - 31 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000  

1992  On this day in history lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52  

1993  On May - 31 president Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees  

1993  On this day in history john Granger, actor (Advise & Consent), dies at 69  

1994  On this day in history doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies  

1995  Tim Mara, owner (NY Giants), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1996  Mark Van Thillo & Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures on May - 31.  

1996  On May - 31 colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80  

1997  Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon (Rosie the riveter), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

2005  On May - 31 w. Mark Felt is confirmed to be Deep Throat.  

2007  On May - 31 a calendar blue moon occurred in the Western Hemisphere and parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.  

2007  On this day in history valdis Zatlers is elected President of Latvia, defeating Aivars Endzinš in the Latvian presidential election.  

2010  On May - 31 nine activists are killed in a clash with soldiers when Israeli Navy forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade.  

2017  On this day in history kenya's Madaraka Express, a Chinese-built high speed railway from Mombassa to Nairobi is opened by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta  

2017  On this day in history comedienne Kathy Griffin fired from CNN after photo of her holding bloody head resembling Donald Trump by Tyler Shields posted  

2018  Zinédine Zidane announces his resignation as Real Madrid manager after 3 successive Champions League titles on this day in history.  

2018  Matt LeBlanc announces he is leaving TV show "Top Gear" on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history danish government bans garments that cover the face, including the niqab and burqa  

2018  Uganda's parliament imposes tax on social media to stop gossip on May - 31.  

2018  Kim Kardashian West meets US President Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform on May - 31.  

2018  On May - 31 the U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, Mexico and Canada, starting at midnight.  

2019  On this day in history former "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson is announced as the new Batman  

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 6 million worldwide on May - 31.  

2021  On this day in history naomi Osaka pulls out of the French Open citing her mental health, after refusing to appear at compulsory post match press conferences  

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1443  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)  

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.  

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal  

1557  On May - 31 birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)  

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)  

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)  

1640  On this day in history birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)  

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.  

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched  

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.  

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies  

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.  

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.  

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)  

1410  On May - 31 death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)  

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)