Day in History - “31 May”
What happened on 31 May in History: If you're curious about today's historical events, you've come to the right source. Each day presents us with a range of significant occurrences that have shaped both Indian and world history. Today, we commemorate several noteworthy events that have taken place on this very day in the past.
1. World No Tobacco Day - May 31
The annual World No Tobacco Day campaign (31 May) is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use.
2. 1725 - Ahilyabai Holkar Birthday
Ahilya Bai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795) was the hereditary noble queen of the Maratha Empire, in early-modern India. She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of Holkar Dynasty.
3. 1912 - Last Known Person who survived the Titanic sinking passed away
Eliza Gladys Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009), known as Millvina Dean, was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912. At two months old, she was also the youngest passenger aboard.
4. 1921 - Tulsa race massacre
The Tulsa race massacre began in Oklahoma as mobs of both African Americans and whites descended on the courthouse where a Black man, who was accused of assaulting a white woman, was being held; in the ensuing violence, Tulsa's prosperous Black neighbourhood of Greenwood was destroyed and as many as 300 people were killed, mostly African Americans.
5. 1935 - 20th Century Fox Founded
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., U.S. movie studio. It was formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures (founded in 1933 by Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck) and the Fox Film Corp. (founded in 1915 by William Fox).
6. 1962 - Adolf Eichmann hanged
On this day in 1962, the State of Israel hanged German official Adolf Eichmann, who had escaped from a prison camp in 1946 and spent some 14 years in hiding, for his part in the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II.
7. 2008 - Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds.
8. 2014 - Psy's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to reach 2 billion views on YouTube.
Famous People's Birthday on May 31
1. 1979 - Vir Das Birthday
Vir Das is an Indian comedian and actor best known for his standup comedy. He was born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, on May 31, 1979.
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