1929 : For the first time Mickey Mouse’s speaking cartoon Carnival Kid was released.
1942 : World War II – Japanese submarines began a series of attacks on Sydney.
1952 : Establishment of Sangeet Natak Academy in India.
1961 : South Africa became a republic.
1970 : A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook Peru, killing at least 70,000 people and injuring 50,000 others.
1990 : Lenin International Peace Prize awarded to Nelson Mandela.
Famous Birthdays - May 31
1683: Jean-Pierre Christin, a French physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and musician.
1725: Ahilyabai Holkar, the hereditary noble Sardar of the Maratha Empire.
1921: Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, an Indian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, translator, editor, and academic in the Gujarati language.
1979: Vir Das is an Indian comedian, actor, and comedy musician.
Death Anniversaries - May 31
455: Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus was stoned to death by an angry mob.
1910: Elizabeth Blackwell, a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
1994: Pandit Samta Prasad, an Indian classical musician, and tabla player.
2003: Anil Biswas, an Indian film music director, and playback singer.
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Historical Events - May 31
1910 : South African independence.
1929 : For the first time Mickey Mouse’s speaking cartoon Carnival Kid was released.
1942 : World War II – Japanese submarines began a series of attacks on Sydney.
1952 : Establishment of Sangeet Natak Academy in India.
1961 : South Africa became a republic.
1970 : A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook Peru, killing at least 70,000 people and injuring 50,000 others.
1990 : Lenin International Peace Prize awarded to Nelson Mandela.
Famous Birthdays - May 31
1683: Jean-Pierre Christin, a French physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and musician.
1725: Ahilyabai Holkar, the hereditary noble Sardar of the Maratha Empire.
1921: Suresh Hariprasad Joshi, an Indian novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, translator, editor, and academic in the Gujarati language.
1979: Vir Das is an Indian comedian, actor, and comedy musician.
Death Anniversaries - May 31
455: Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus was stoned to death by an angry mob.
1910: Elizabeth Blackwell, a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.
1994: Pandit Samta Prasad, an Indian classical musician, and tabla player.
2003: Anil Biswas, an Indian film music director, and playback singer.
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Historical Events - May 30
1498: Columbus set out on a trip to America for the third time with 6 ships.
1574: Henry III became King of France.
1631: The first French newspaper, the Gazette de France, published.
1826: ‘Udanta Martand’ first Hindi newspaper started, so Hindi (Patrakar Din) Journalism Day also celebrated on 30th May.
1942: WWII – 1,000 British planes bombed Cologne, Germany.
1975: Establishment of the European Space Agency.
1981: Bangladesh leader Zia-ur-Rehman was killed in a guest house in Chittagong. A total of eight people, including Rahman, were killed in the incident.
1998: A 6.5 MW earthquake in Afghanistan killed 4,000 to 4,500 people.
Famous Birthdays - May 30
1916: Dinanath Dalal, an Indian painter, and illustrator.
1955: Paresh Rawal, an Indian film actor, comedian, and politician.
1971: Ness Wadia, a British-Indian businessman.
1983: Krushna Abhishek, an Indian film actor and extreme comedian.
Death Anniversaries - May 30
1431: Joan of Arc, a Catholic saint.
1574: Charles IX, King of France.
1606: Guru Arjan, the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus.
1778: Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
1912: WilburWright, the elder brother of Orville Wright, with whom he developed the world’s first successful airplane.
1981: Ziaur Rahman, former President of Bangladesh.
2000: am Vilas Sharma, an Indian literary critic, linguist, poet, and thinker.
2007: Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, a Telugu poet, critic, and litterateur.
2013: Dr. Vina Mazumdar, an Indian academic, left-wing activist and feminist.
