May 31 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | May 31 Calendar
May 31th Daily Holidays include:
- National Autonomous Vehicle Day
- National Macaroon Day
- National Meditation Day
- National Save Your Hearing Day
- National Senior Health & Fitness Day – May 31, 2023 (Last Wednesday in May)
- National Smile Day
- National Speak in Complete Sentences Day
- Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day
- What You Think Upon Grows Day
- World No-Tobacco Day
- World Otter Day – May 31, 2023 (Last Wednesday in May)
- World Parrot Day
May 31: Famous Birthdays
- May 31, 1819 – Walt Whitman, American poet called the Father of Free Verse (Leaves of Grass) (d. 1892)
- May 31, 1866 – John Ringling, one of the seven Ringling Brothers who founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1936)
- May 31, 1898 – Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking (d. 1993)
- May 31, 1923 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)
- May 31, 1930 – Clint Eastwood, American actor, director and producer (Rawhide, Dirty Harry)
- May 31, 1943 – Sharon Gless, American actress (Cagney & Lacey, Burn Notice)
- May 31, 1943 – Joe Namath, American football quarterback, sportscaster, and actor
- May 31, 1949 – Tom Berenger, American actor and producer (Platoon)
- May 31, 1965 – Brooke Shields, American model, actress, and producer (Pretty Baby, Blue Lagoon)
- May 31, 1976 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor (The Recruit, S.W.A.T)
May 31: Historical Events
- May 31, 1578 – King Henry III lays the first stone of the oldest bridge of Paris, France
- May 31, 1790 – The U.S. enacts the Copyright Act of 1790
- May 31, 1879 – William Henry Vanderbilt renames Gilmores Garden in NYC to Madison Square Garden and opens it to the public
- May 31, 1889 – The town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania is flooded with a 60-foot wall of water after a dam fails. Over 2,200 people die.
- May 31, 1927 – After 15,007,003 vehicles, production ends for the Ford Model T
- May 31, 1970 – A 7.9 earthquake shakes Peru and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Close to 70,000 people killed and 50,000 injured.
- May 31, 1971 – Observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968
- May 31, 1977 – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline is completed
- May 31, 1985 – Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada, killing 76
- May 31, 2013 – There are eight fatalities and over 150 injuries in El Reno, Oklahoma after a record 2.6 mile wide tornado strikes
May 31: Music Events
- May 31, 1956 – Buddy Holly writes That’ll be the Day after seeing the John Wayne film The Searchers
- May 31, 1961 – Jimi Hendrix enlists in the Army for 3 year as a member of the Screaming Eagles fighting squad. Over a year later he breaks his ankle during a parachute jump and is honorably discharged
- May 31, 1971 – Day After Day is recorded by Badfinger (video below)
- May 31, 1974 – Gordon Lightfoot’s Sundown album is certified Gold
- May 31, 1975 – One of These Nights is released by The Eagles
- May 31, 1998 – Geri Halliwell announces that she has left the Spice Girls
- May 31, 2016 – Alicia Keys announces that she will stop wearing makeup
May 31: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for May 31 is Gemini.
May Birthstone:
What is the May Birthstone? Emerald
As the birthstone for May, the emerald, a symbol of rebirth, is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.
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