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Friday, May 31, 2024

On This Day in History

May 31

  

Historical Events

1279 BC Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great becomes Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (19th Dynasty) 

1578 Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, to Frobisher Bay, Canada. Eventually mines fools gold, famously used to pave the streets of London. 

1910 Union of South Africa declares its independence from the United Kingdom 

HMS Invincible on fire after being struck by shells from SMS Lützow and SMS Derfflinger

1916 Battle of Jutland: Largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet which killed 8,645 in an inconclusive battle but strategic British victory. German fleet never puts to sea again in WWI. 

1935 7.7 magnitude earthquake destroys Quetta in Balochistan, British India (now Pakistan) killing an estimated 40,000 people 

1970 7.75 Ancash earthquake off coast of Peru kills 66-70,000 and sets off world's deadliest avalanche 

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Famous Birthdays

Walt Whitman
1819 - 1892

Clint Eastwood
94th Birthday

Viktor Orbán
61st Birthday  

Colin Farrell
48th Birthday

Also Fred Allen, Joe Namath (81) and Brooke Shields (59). 

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Famous Deaths

Joseph Grimaldi
1778 - 1837

Elizabeth Blackwell
1821 - 1910

Also Jack Dempsey and Chris Haney. 

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Cloak And Dagger World of Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh's secret marriage to a lady-in-waiting was uncovered on this day. It ruined his career, but things were to get much worse. 

Walter Raleigh’s Fall from Grace 

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