Today in History
31 May
179 births · 115 deaths · 56 events recorded
Notable Births
All 179 ›
Breece Hall
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Waka Flocka Flame
b. 1986
American rapper (born 1986)
Jordy Nelson
b. 1985
American football player (born 1985)
Corey Hart (singer)
b. 1962
Canadian musician (born 1962)
Jean Chalopin
b. 1950
French producer and writer
Clint Eastwood
b. 1930
American actor and filmmaker (born 1930)
Chien-Shiung Wu
b. 1912
Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997)
Norman Vincent Peale
b. 1898
American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent
Notable Deaths
All 115 ›
Stanley Fischer
d. 2025
American and Israeli economist (1943–2025)
Robert Pickton
d. 2024
Canadian serial killer (1949–2024)
Marian Robinson
d. 2024
Mother of Michelle Obama (1937–2024)
Colin Cantwell
d. 2022
American film concept artist and director (1932–2022)
KK (singer)
d. 2022
Indian playback singer (1968–2022)
Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
d. 2022
Colombian drug lord (1939–2022)
Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)
d. 2016
Sahrawi President from 1976 to 2016
Jan Crouch
d. 2016
American religious broadcaster
On This Day in History
All 56 ›2019
A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.
2019 Virginia Beach shooting
2017
A car bomb explodes in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463.
May 2017 Kabul bombing
2016
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch the Manbij offensive, in order to capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Syrian civil war
2013
The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
Asteroid
2013
A record breaking 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes near El Reno, Oklahoma, United States, causing eight fatalities (including three storm chasers) and over 150 injuries.
2013 El Reno tornado
2010
Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip; nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed in the ensuing violent affray.
Shayetet 13
2008
Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7 m/s) 9.72 seconds.
Usain Bolt
2008
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-124 carrying the second portion of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Discovery