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31 May 1925
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Julian Beck, American actor and director (d. 1986) |
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31 May 1950
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birth
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Edward Barker: Cartoonist
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31 May 1950
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Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
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31 May 1950
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Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment |
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31 May 1950
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Gregory Harrison, American actor |
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31 May 1950
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birth
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Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior |
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31 May 1950
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Edward Barker cartoonist
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31 May 1950
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birth
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Gregory Harrison Catalina CA, actor (Trapper John, Logan's Run)
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31 May 1950
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birth
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Tom Berenger Chicago IL, actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me)
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31 May 1950
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Due to rain, Indianapolis 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
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31 May 1950
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Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
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| 50 years anniversary |
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31 May 1975
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"Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 104 performances
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31 May 1975
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Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
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31 May 1975
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birth
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Yiasoumis Yiasoumi, Cypriot footballer |
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31 May 1975
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During a press conference held at the 5th Avenue Hotel in New York City to announce The Rolling Stones forthcoming American tour, the Stones themselves came down the street playing live from the back of a flat-bed truck. Stones drummer Charlie Watts came up with the idea, after the practise of New Orleans jazz musicians, who would play walking down the street.
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31 May 1975
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"Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 104 performances
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31 May 1975
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Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
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| 25 years anniversary |
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31 May 2000
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death
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Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938) |
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31 May 2000
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death
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A. Jeyaratnam Wilson, Sri Lankan historian, author, and academic (b. 1928) |
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31 May 2000
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US soul singer Johnnie Taylor died of a heart attack in a Texas hospital shortly after his 62nd birthday. Taylor had been a member of The Highway QCs and The Five Echoes and in 1957 Taylor replaced Sam Cooke in The Soul Stirrers. He scored the 1976 US No.1 'Disco Lady'.
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| 20 years anniversary |
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31 May 2005
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Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat. |
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31 May 2005
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Former East 17 singer Brian Harvey was in a critical condition in a London hospital after he fell under the wheels of his Mercedes convertible. The accident happened outside his home in Walthamstow when Harvey was reversing from an access road into the street. The singer suffered a broken leg, pelvis and a crushed abdomen and ribs.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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31 May 2010
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death
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Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1911) |
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31 May 2010
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death
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Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (b. 1933) |
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31 May 2010
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death
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William A. Fraker, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1923) |
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31 May 2010
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death
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Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (b. 1947) |
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31 May 2010
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death
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Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942) |
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31 May 2010
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In international waters, armed Shayetet 13 commandos, intending to force the flotilla to anchor at the Ashdod port, boarded ships trying to break the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, resulting in nine civilian deaths. |
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