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Santo Domingo.- The historical events of May 31st, which encompass important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main historical events of May 31st, 2025.
Saint's Day: Our Lady of Remembrance, Visitation of Our Lady to Saint Elizabeth and Saint Petronilla of Rome.
Nationals: May 31st Anniversaries
National Water Day
International: May 31st Anniversaries
- 1808: The city of Valladolid (Spain) riots against the French invaders, as had happened in Madrid at the beginning of the month.
- 1852: in San Nicolás de los Arroyos (Argentina) the Agreement of San Nicolás is signed, which will be the prototype of the National Constitution of 1853.
- 1885: in Spain, José Zorrilla takes possession as holder of chair L of the Royal Spanish Academy with the speech Autobiography and poetic self-portrait.
- 1889: in the United States, two days of heavy rain break the South Fork dam. Due to previous false alarms, no safety measures are taken and 2209 people die.
- 1910: South Africa becomes independent from the British Empire.
- 1911: in the city of Belfast (Northern Ireland) the Titanic is launched.
- 1928: in Managua (Nicaragua) the Nicaraguan Academy of the Language is established.
- 1933: the Cabildo de Buenos Aires is declared a National Monument of Argentina.
- 1935: in the city of Hollywood (California) the film companies Twentieth Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation merge, forming the famous 20th Century Fox (‘the fox of the 20th century’).
- 1937: in Spain, the Nazi Navy bombs the city of Almería for almost an hour by direct order of Adolf Hitler.
- 1980: in Atlanta the American television network CNN is founded.
- 1989: in a bar in Tarapoto (Peru), members of the terrorist group MRTA assassinate eight transvestites. A few days later, they declared that homosexuals were "social scourges used to corrupt the youth".
- 1993: in the city of Guatemala, Jorge Serrano Elías resigns from his position as president.
- 2010: in the Mediterranean Sea, the Israeli army attacks a series of ships that were heading towards Gaza with humanitarian aid, arguing that they were transporting weapons.
- 2022: the album Aguilera by Christina Aguilera is released.
Births: May 31st Anniversaries
- 1750: Karl August von Hardenberg, German politician.
- 1857: Pius XI, Italian Catholic Pope between 1922 and 1939.
- 1935: María Galiana, Spanish actress.
- 1945: Raúl Gómez Jattin, Colombian poet.
- 1955: Naomi Munakata, Brazilian conductor (d. 2020).
- 1958: Roma Maffia, American actress.
- 1959: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian Formula 1 driver (d. 2014).
- 1961: Lea Thompson, American actress.
- 1945: Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian politician, President of Ivory Coast between 2000 and 2011.
- 1962: Dina Boluarte, Peruvian lawyer and politician, President of Peru since 2022.
- 1962: Victoria Ruffo, Mexican actress.
Deaths: May 31st Anniversaries
- 1574: Charles IX, French king.
- 1586: Antonio Agustín, Spanish ecclesiastic.
- 1832: Évariste Galois, French mathematician.
- 1835: William Smith, British politician and abolitionist.
- 1841: George Green, British mathematician.
- 1850: Mariano Otero, Mexican politician.
- 1910: Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician, first female doctor in that country.
- 1957: Carlos Marcucci, Argentine tango bandoneonist.
- 1962: Adolf Eichmann, Nazi criminal, responsible for the Jewish holocaust.
- 1976: Jacques Monod, French doctor, professor and scientist, Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology in 1965.
- 1986: Leo James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975.
- 2000: Tito Puente, American composer and percussionist.
- 2016: Antonio Imbert Barrera, Dominican national hero.
- 2018: Joseíto Mateo, Dominican singer.
- 2019: Jairo Alonso Vargas, American singer and songwriter.
- 2021: Lil Loaded, American rapper.
- 2022: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Colombian drug trafficker, founder of the Cali Cartel.
