May 31

May 31 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years). There are 211 days remaining.

Births:

• 1819: Walt Whitman (poet)
• 1894: Fred Allen (comedian)
• 1898: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (clergyman)
• 1908: Don Ameche (actor)
• 1922: Denholm Elliott (actor)
• 1930: Clint Eastwood (actor, director, producer)
• 1938: Peter Yarrow (singer)
• 1941: Johnny Paycheck (singer)
• 1943: Sharon Gless (actress)
• 1943: Joe Namath (Pro Football Hall of Famer: quarterback)
• 1945: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (director)
• 1948: John Bonham ("Bonzo") (drummer)
• 1949: Tom Berenger (actor)
• 1965: Brooke Shields (model)

Events:

Deaths:

• 1962: Adolf Eichmann, aged 56, Nazi official responsible for the execution of the holocaust (executed)
• 1996: Paul Peter Piech, artist

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December May 30 - June 1 - April 30 - June 30 - more historical anniversaries