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What happened in history on this day: May 31?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 31 in ...
- 1985 - Apple Computer announces a restructuring of the company, eliminating the Macintosh and Apple II divisions, amalgamating them into manufacturing and marketing divisions. Steve Jobs is removed as a division manager.
- 2002 - Market value of Microsoft: US$275.7 billion, second highest in the world.
- 2005 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core 4200+, 4400+, 4600+, and 4800+ processors. Processor speed of the 4200+ and 4400+ is 2.2 GHz; speed of the other two is 2.4 GHz. Cache size of 4200+ and 4600+ is 512 kB; of 4400+ and 4800+ is 1 MB. Prices are US$537, US$581, US$803, US$1001, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2006 - The Game Critics Awards are announced:
- Best Original Game: Spore;
- Best PC Game: Spore;
- Best Simulation Game: Spore.
- 2007 - Dell announces job cuts of 10 percent over the next twelve months, a reduction of about 8800 employees.
- 1972 - Fujeira issues sixty different stamps with Disney cartoon characters. This is an illegal issue, not authorized by Disney.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel airs the last episode of Return to Treasure Island.
- 1991 - Disney Press publishes its first book, 101 Dalmatians: A Counting Book.
- 1992 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Still Not Quite Human.
- 2000 - The ABC TV network premieres the Miramax Television animated series Clerks.
- 2006 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment announces it will offer movies for sale via CinemaNow over the Internet, starting June 6. Prices would be about $20 per new title, and $10 for older titles.
- 2008 - The Concourse Steak House in the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World closes.
- 2009 - The Virgin Megastore at Downtown Disney in Walt Disney World closes.
- 2012 - The Finding Nemo stage of The Art of Animation Resort opens at Walt Disney World, with 1120 family suites and 864 other rooms.
- 1993 - In Lime Rock, Connecticut, a race in the Bridgestone/IMSA Supercar Championship series is held. Finishing 6th in a Corvette is Sean Roe.
- 2004 - At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lime Rock Park, the Mohegan Sun - Lime Rock Grand Prix race is held, round two of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship series.
- Finishing 6th is the 3R-Racing #73 Corvette Z06, driven by Phil McClure.
- Finishing 9th is the #28 Corvette Z06, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 10th is the Tiger Racing #99 Corvette Z06, driven by Thomas Oates.
- In 21st place, but not finishing the race, is the Black Dog Racing #34 Corvette, driven by Tony Gaples.
- In 25th place, but not finishing the race, is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette, driven by Leighton Reese.
- 1940 - Total German submarine sinkings of merchant shipping in the Atlantic during the past three months: 43 ships, 140,000 tons.
- 1941 - (about 0010 hours) German planes unintentionally drop bombs on Dublin, Ireland. Their target was Belfast, but British radar defense distorted their direction-finding beam to change their course.
- 1941 - In convoy HX-127 from Canada to England, merchant ship Gravelines is torpedoed and half sunk; 11 die.
- 1941 - Commodore L.W. Murray of the Royal Canadian Navy is appointed commander of the Newfoundland Escort Force.
- 1942 - Submarine U-432 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Liverpool Packet off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Two die.
- 1943 - Japanese forces driven from Aleutians.
- 1943 - German submarine U-440 under commander Werner Schwaff is lost with all hands (46 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-563 under commander Gustav Borchardt is lost with all hands (49 dead).
- 1944 - In Italy, retreating Germans burn two ships in a special museum near Lake Nemi outside Rome. The ships had been used in the lake as floating entertainment palaces in time of Caligula, about year 12-41.
- 1944 - In Italy, Canadian forces occupy Frosinone.
- 1944 - (night) 245 minesweepers begin clearing the English coast, and clearing paths to the landing sites on the French coast.
- 1969 - France issues a postage stamp marking the 25th anniversary of thelanding of Special Air Service and Free French commandoes in Normandy in 1944.
- 1993 - The United States issues ten postage stamps marking World War II in 1943.
- 1995 - Samoa issues five postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 1977 - Alpex Computer is granted patent 4,026,555 in the US for video game technology enabling on-screen characters to move and interact.
- 1991 - At the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Illinois, Sony announces the Play Station video game system that can play Nintendo's new 16-bit game cartridges, as well as games on compact disk. The Play Station system is set to cost about US$400.
- 1998 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat 4 video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2000 - Midway releases the Gauntlet Legends video game for the Dreamcast.
- 2006 - The Game Critics Awards announce the Best of E3 Awards: Best of Show: Wii; Best Hardware: Wii; Best Console Game: Gears of War; Best Handheld Game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass; Best Sports Game: Wii Sports.
- 2006 - Eidos releases the Hitman: Blood Money video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2007 - Sony Ericsson files a patent application in the USA for a mobile phone with video game features, with a swiveling screen.
- 1995 - The Royal Canadian Mint begins seeking quotes from manufacturers to produce blanks for the proposed circulating $2 coin.
- 1861 - The Charlotte Mint makes its final coinage, 887 1861-dated gold half eagles.
- 1861 - The Confederate States of America closes the Charlotte, Dahlonega, and New Orleans Mints.
- 1973 - Legislation is introduced proposing changes to all six circulating coins for the 1976 American bicentennial.
- 1979 - Representative William S. Broomfield of Michigan introduces a bill in the House of Representatives to provide for issuance of gold coins.
- 2010 - Ira and Larry GoldBerg Auctioneers sell a unique 1959-D Lincoln Wheat cent mule, graded MS-60+ brown for US$31,050.
- 1868 - Dr James Moore (United Kingdom) wins first recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde Saint Cloud, Paris.
- 1869 - Heavy rain postpones the Red Stockings baseball game against the Anioch Nine; first rain-out in professional baseball.
- 1900 - Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074).
- 1902 - Australia Cricket all out 36 versus England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever.
- 1913 - Alexis Ahlgren runs world record marathon (2:36:06.6).
- 1914 - Chicago White Sox pitcher Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Naps, 6-1.
- 1927 - Detroit Tigers' first baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play.
- 1928 - Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season.
- 1930 - Donald Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season.
- 1938 - Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's.
- 1942 - 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead wins at Seaview CC in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
- 1943 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Mort Cooper pitches first of back-to-back one-hitters.
- 1947 - 79th Belmont Stakes: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6.
- 1948 - Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings).
- 1949 - 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage Country Club, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
- 1949 - Charley Lupica begins stay on 4-foot-square platform atop a 60-foot pole, vowing to stay until Cleveland Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and he comes down 117 days later.)
- 1950 - Due to rain, Indianapolis 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins.
- 1950 - Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial.
- 1956 - Mickey Mantle homerun just misses (18 inches) clearing Yankee Stadium's roof.
- 1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open.
- 1961 - Benfica wins 6th Europe Cup 1 at Bern, Switzerland.
- 1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
- 1964 - San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (second game) (7 hours 32 minutes).
- 1965 - Jim Clark becomes first foreigner in 49 years to win Indianapolis 500 car race.
- 1967 - Bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg, Germany.
- 1970 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies' Golf Open.
- 1972 - Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- 1973 - Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season.
- 1975 - Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day basketball exhibition.
- 1981 - Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship.
- 1983 - 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in four games.
- 1984 - Viv Richards hits 189 (170 balls) versus England, ODI cricket record.
- 1985 - New Orleans Saints franchise is sold for US$70,204,000.
- 1986 - The 1986 FIFA World Cup begins in Mexico.
- 1987 - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
- 1987 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3.
- 1990 - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie.
- 1992 - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic.
- 1994 - San Diego Padres score 13 in second versus Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 1996 - FIFA decides to give the FIFA World Cup 2002 to Japan and South Korea, becoming the first World Cup with co-host countries in the history of the event, as well as the first World Cup in Asia.
- 1997 - Canadian Donovan Bailey beats American Michael Johnson in 150-metre race.
- 2002 - The 2002 FIFA World Cup begins, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
- 2008 - Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets a world record of 9.72 seconds in the 100-metre sprint at the Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium in New York.
- 2009 - In Valencia, Spain, round 5 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Yvan Muller; race 2 is won by Augusto Farfus.
- 2009 - In Mugello, Italy, round 5 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Casey Stoner.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats 5-3 by score Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Oakland Athletics by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Atlanta Braves by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats San Diego Padres by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Washington Nationals by score 10-0.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Boston Red Sox by score 2-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Chicago White Sox6-5 by score .
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Baltimore Orioles by score 10-0.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Los Angeles Angels by score 9-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 7-4.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Kansas City Royals by score 8-3.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Minnesota Twins beats Detroit Tigers by score 8-2.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Detroit Tigers beats Minnesota Twins by score 4-0.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL Western Conference Final, game 1: Colorado Avalanche beats Edmonton Oilers by score 8-6, leading series 1-0.
- 1930 - Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth.
- 1955 - Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities.
- 2007 - A calendar blue moon occurs in the Western Hemisphere and parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.
- 2008 - NASA's Discovery space shuttle blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station, delivering a cylinder for Japan's Kibo science lab, and also a new pump to repair the station's toilet.
- 1889 - Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1985 - 41 Tornados in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Ontario, Canada kill 41 and injure more than 1,000.
- 1781 - US Congress declares Continental Currency no longer legal tender.
- 1790 - US copyright law is enacted.
- 1821 - Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, first US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1837 - Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in New York City.
- 1853 - Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard the Advance ship.
- 1861 - The Confederate States of America closes down the Charlotte, Dahlonega, and New Orleans Mints.
- 1862 - Robert Hatton, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about age 34.
- 1862 - Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia (Fair Oaks); USA defeats CSA.
- 1864 - At a Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio, General John C. Fremont is nominated for US President.
- 1864 - Raid at Morgan's, Kentucky.
- 1870 - US Congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks).
- 1878 - US Congress accepts decrease in dollar circulation.
- 1879 - Madison Square Garden opens its doors in New York City.
- 1880 - League of American Wheelmen (first US bicycle association), forms in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1889 - Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1897 - In Giles County, Virginia, USA, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1897 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Shaw Memorial statue is unveiled opposite Massachusetts State House in Boston. Colonel Robert Shaw and soldiers of Massachusetts 54th Regiment were killed by Confederate soldiers in an assault on Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor May 28, 1863.
- 1900 - US troops arrive in Peking, China, to help put down Boxer Rebellion.
- 1907 - Taxicabs first begin running in New York City, New York, USA.
- 1909 - First NAACP conference (United Charities Building, New York City).
- 1913 - 17th Amendment (direct election of Senators) declared ratified.
- 1919 - US Navy Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes first crossing of Atlantic (15 days), landing at Plymouth, England.
- 1928 - First aerial cross of the Pacific takes off from Oakland, California.
- 1929 - Birth of first reindeer born in the US.
- 1943 - "Archie" comic strip first broadcast on radio.
- 1943 - Japanese forces are driven from Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
- 1947 - Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit and Perryville Maryland, kills 53.
- 1955 - US Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed".
- 1958 - US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests).
- 1961 - Chuck Berry's amusement park Berryland opens in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
- 1961 - Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle to integrate.
- 1968 - USS Scorpion nuclear-power submarine is last heard from, 50 miles south of Azores.
- 1977 - Trans-Alaska oil pipeline completed.
- 1979 - Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens.
- 1984 - 57th US National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling "luge".
- 1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1985 - 41 Tornados in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Ontario, Canada kill 41 and injure more than 1,000.
- 1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses 600 Moscow State University students, during his visit to the Soviet Union.
- 1989 - US Speaker of the House Jim Wright resigns.
- 1990 - 63rd US National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling "fibranne".
- 1990 - New York City's Zodiac killer shoots third victim, Joseph Ponce.
- 1992 - 46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa and Crazy For You win.
- 2003 - Eric Rudolph, suspected in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in 1996, is captured in Murphy, North Carolina.
- 2008 - NASA's Discovery space shuttle blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station, delivering a cylinder for Japan's Kibo science lab, and also a new pump to repair the station's toilet.
- 2018 - The U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, Mexico and Canada, starting at midnight.
Other history:
- 1678 - Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry, England, in a protest of taxes.
- 1902 - Boer War ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal.
- 1970 - At 3:23 PM, Yungay, Peru is levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die).
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