May 31

history

Events

Births

  • 1443 – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
  • 1469 – Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
  • 1535 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (d. 1607)
  • 1557 – Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)
  • 1613 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)
  • 1640 – Michael of Poland (d. 1673)
  • 1656 – Marin Marais, French composer (d. 1728)
  • 1732 – Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Archbishop of Salzburg (d. 1812)
  • 1753 – Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
  • 1754 – Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (d. 1817)
  • 1773 – Ludwig Tieck, German writer (d. 1853)
  • 1801 – Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d. 1887)
  • 1818 – John Albion Andrew, 25th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1867)
  • 1819 – Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
  • 1835 – Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader (d. 1869)
  • 1838 – Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (d. 1900)
  • 1852 – Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (d. 1919)
  • 1857 – Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
  • 1860 – Walter Sickert, English painter (d. 1942)
  • 1863 – Francis Younghusband, British explorer (d. 1942)
  • 1872 – Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (d. 1944)
  • 1882 – Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (d. 1956)
  • 1883 – Lauri Kristian Relander, 2nd President of Finland (d. 1942)
  • 1885 – Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazis escape trial (d. 1963)
  • 1887 – Saint-John Perse, French diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
  • 1892 – Michel Kikoine, Belarus painter (d. 1968)
  • 1892 – Konstantin Georgiyevich Paustovsky, Russian writer (d. 1968)
  • 1892 – Gregor Strasser, German Nazi politician (d. 1934)
  • 1894 – Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
  • 1898 – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d. 1993)
  • 1901 – Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
  • 1905 – Florence Desmond, English actress and comedian (d. 1993)
  • 1908 – Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1908 – Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (d. 2000)
  • 1909 – Aurore Gagnon, French Canadian victim of child abuse (d. 1920)
  • 1911 – Maurice Allais, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1912 – Alfred Deller, English countertenor (d. 1979)
  • 1914 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (d. 2006)
  • 1916 – Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1997)
  • 1921 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (d. 2006)
  • 1921 – Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer (d. 2008)
  • 1922 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)
  • 1923 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)
  • 1930 – Clint Eastwood, American film director and actor
  • 1931 – John Robert Schrieffer, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1931 – Shirley Verrett, American soprano
  • 1932 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian musician, producer
  • 1932 – Jay Miner, American microchip designer (d. 1994)
  • 1933 – Henry B. Eyring, LDS apostle, son of award-winning chemist Henry Eyring
  • 1935 – Jim Bolger, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • 1938 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer (d. 2003)
  • 1938 – John Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • 1938 – Peter Yarrow, American folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
  • 1939 – Terry Waite, British humanitarian
  • 1940 – Gilbert Shelton, American underground comics illustrator
  • 1941 – Louis J. Ignarro, American pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1943 – Sharon Gless, American actress
  • 1943 – Joe Namath, American football player
  • 1945 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (d. 1982)
  • 1945 – Bernard Goldberg‎, American journalist
  • 1946 – Ted Baehr, American media critic
  • 1946 – Steve Bucknor, West Indian Cricket Umpire
  • 1947 – Junior Campbell, British musician and songwriter (The Marmalade)
  • 1948 – John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
  • 1948 – Duncan Hunter, American politician, 2008 presidential candidate
  • 1949 – Tom Berenger, American actor
  • 1949 – Nancy Shade, American soprano
  • 1950 – Gregory Harrison, American actor
  • 1952 – Karl Bartos, German musician (Kraftwerk, Electronic)
  • 1953 – Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor
  • 1954 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (d. 2000)
  • 1954 – Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
  • 1955 – Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP
  • 1956 – Fritz Hilpert, German musician and sound engineer (Kraftwerk)
  • 1957 – Jim Craig, American hockey player
  • 1959 – Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver
  • 1960 – Greg Adams, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1960 – Chris Elliott, American comedian
  • 1961 – Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1961 – Lea Thompson, American actress
  • 1961 – Justin Madden, Australian politician and former Australian rules footballer
  • 1962 – Corey Hart, Canadian musician
  • 1962 – Sebastian Koch, German actor
  • 1963 – Hugh Dillon, Canadian musician and actor
  • 1963 – Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician
  • 1963 – Wesley Willis, American musician (d. 2003)
  • 1964 – Leonard Asper, Canadian businessman
  • 1964 – Scotti Hill, American rock guitarist
  • 1964 – Darryl McDaniels, American musician (Run-D.M.C.)
  • 1965 – Brooke Shields, American actress and supermodel
  • 1966 – Jeremy Hotz, Canadian stand-up comedian
  • 1966 – Nick Scotti, American actor and singer
  • 1967 – Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
  • 1967 – Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television personality
  • 1967 – Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Vampiro, Canadian professional wrestler
  • 1969 – Mindi Abair, American smooth jazz saxophonist
  • 1972 – Frode Estil, Norwegian cross-country skier
  • 1972 – Sarah Murdoch, Australian model
  • 1972 – Karl Geary, Irish actor
  • 1972 – Dave Roberts, American baseball player
  • 1973 – Dominique Van Roost, Belgian tennis player
  • 1974 – Chad Campbell, American golfer
  • 1974 – Zsolt Erdei, Hungarian light heavyweight boxer
  • 1974 – Adrian Tomine, American cartoonist
  • 1974 – Sean Kent, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer
  • 1976 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor
  • 1976 – Matt Harpring, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Tonka Tomicic, Chilean model and television presenter
  • 1977 – Eric Christian Olsen, American actor
  • 1977 – Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player
  • 1977 – Debbie King, English TV presenter
  • 1977 – Scott Klopfenstein, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
  • 1977 – Phil Devey, Canadian baseball player
  • 1977 – Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer
  • 1977 – Greg Leeb, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete
  • 1977 – Joel Ross, British disc jockey
  • 1977 – June Sarpong, British television presenter
  • 1977 – Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer
  • 1977 – Petr Tenkrát, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Craig Bolton, Australian rules footballer
  • 1980 – Andy Hurley, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
  • 1981 – Jake Peavy, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Jonathan Tucker, American actor
  • 1983 – David Hernandez, American singer
  • 1983 – Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer
  • 1983 – Reggie Yates, English television presenter
  • 1984 – Nate Robinson, American basketball player
  • 1984 – Jason Smith, Australian actor
  • 1994 – Shim Eun-kyung, South Korean child actress

Deaths

  • 1246 – Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England (b. 1188)
  • 1349 – Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)
  • 1408 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)
  • 1410 – King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)
  • 1495 – Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (b. 1415)
  • 1558 – Philip Hoby, English politician (b. 1505)
  • 1567 – Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
  • 1594 – Tintoretto, Italian painter (b. 1518)
  • 1680 – Joachim Neander, German clergyman (b. 1650)
  • 1740 – King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b. 1688)
  • 1747 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
  • 1799 – Pierre Lemonnier, French astronomer (b. 1715)
  • 1809 – Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)
  • 1809 – Jean Lannes, French marshal (b. 1769)
  • 1831 – Samuel Bentham, British mechanical engineer (b. 1757)
  • 1832 – Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)
  • 1837 – Joseph Grimaldi, British clown (b. 1779)
  • 1846 – Philip Marheineke, German clergyman (b. 1780)
  • 1847 – Thomas Chalmers, Scottish pastor (b. 1780)
  • 1848 – Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)
  • 1908 – Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (b. 1839)
  • 1910 – Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (b. 1821)
  • 1931 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (b. 1866)
  • 1945 – Odilo Globocnik, Austrian nazi (b. 1904)
  • 1957 – Stefanos Sarafis, officer of the Hellenic Army and member of the Greek Resistance (b. 1890)
  • 1957 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
  • 1960 – Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (b. 1882)
  • 1960 – Walther Funk, Nazi leader (b. 1890)
  • 1961 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (b. 1877)
  • 1962 – Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (b. 1874)
  • 1962 – Adolf Eichmann, Nazi official by execution (b. 1906)
  • 1967 – Billy Strayhorn, American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915)
  • 1970 – Terry Sawchuk, hockey player (b. 1929)
  • 1972 – Walter Freeman, American physician (b. 1895)
  • 1976 – Jacques Monod, French biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
  • 1977 – William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)
  • 1978 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)
  • 1983 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895)
  • 1985 – Gaston Rébuffat, Legendary French mountaineer (b. 1921)
  • 1986 – Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank), American artist (b. 1918)
  • 1986 – James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
  • 1987 – John Abraham (director), Indian film director (b. 1937)
  • 1993 – Spuds Mackenzie, American advertisement dog
  • 1994 – Herva Nelli, Italian-born soprano (b. 1909)
  • 1996 – Timothy Leary, American professor and LSD advocate (b. 1920)
  • 1997 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (b. 1905)
  • 1998 – Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (b. 1912)
  • 2000 – Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
  • 2000 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
  • 2001 – Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 1907)
  • 2004 – Robert Quine, American guitarist (b. 1941)
  • 2004 – Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1941)
  • 2006 – Ryan Bennett, broadcast commentator (b. 1970)
  • 2006 – Miguel Berrocal, sculptor (b. 1933)
  • 2006 – Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
  • 2006 – Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
  • 2009 – Millvina Dean, longest living survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster (b. 1912)
  • 2009 – George Tiller, American abortion doctor (b. 1941)
  • 2009 – Danny La Rue, British entertainer (b. 1927)

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