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May 31st - Happy Birthday Clint Eastwood, Colin Farrell & Eric Christian Olsen


Today is Thursday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2012. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1962, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel a few minutes before midnight for his role in the Holocaust. (Eichmann's remains were cremated, the ashes scattered in the Mediterranean Sea.)

On this date:
In 1279 BC, Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
In 455, Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
In 526, A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
In 1223, Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River, Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.
In 1578, Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
In 1578, King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris.
In 1669, Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
In 1678, The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
In 1775, American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina.
In 1790, Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
In 1790, President George Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright act.
In 1795, French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed.
In 1805, French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock
In 1813, In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
In 1854, The civil death procedure is abolished in France.
In 1859, The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
In 1862, American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks), Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
In 1864, American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor, The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
In 1866, In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
In 1879, New York, New York's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
In 1884, Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria
In 1889, Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
In 1902, Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
In 1902, Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
In 1909, The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time.
In 1910, Creation of the Union of South Africa.
In 1911, President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
In 1911, the hull of the British liner RMS Titanic was launched from its building berth at the Port of Belfast, less than a year before the ship's fateful maiden voyage.
In 1912, U.S. Sen. Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson was born in Everett, Wash.
In 1916, World War I: Battle of Jutland, The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
In 1921, Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
In 1924, The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
In 1927, The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
In 1929, The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
In 1935, A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
In 1941, "Tobacco Road," a play about an impoverished Southern family based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell, closed on Broadway after a run of 3,182 performances.
In 1941, A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland, claims 38 lives.
In 1941, Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.
In 1942, World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
In 1961, In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
In 1961, South Africa became an independent republic as it withdrew from the British Commonwealth.
In 1962, The West Indies Federation dissolves.
In 1970, The Ancash earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.9, causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
In 1971, In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
In 1973, The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
In 1977, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, three years in the making, was completed.
In 1981, Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the 20th century.
In 1985, at least 88 people were killed, more than 1,000 injured, as over 40 tornadoes swept through parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and Ontario, Canada, during an 8-hour period.
In 1991, Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.
In 1994, the United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.
In 2005, Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was Deep Throat.
In 2009, Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder shoots and kills physician George Tiller during church services in Wichita, Kansas.
In 2010, 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, being violently attacked by those on-board in the process and responding with deadly force.

Ten years ago: A three-judge federal panel in Philadelphia ruled that public libraries could not be forced to install software that blocked sexually explicit websites. (However, the U.S. Supreme Court later upheld the use of the filters in public libraries.) European Union countries formally signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, a pact aimed at stemming pollution and global warming that has been opposed by the United States. The World Cup soccer tournament opened in Asia for the first time with a match between Senegal and defending champion France in South Korea, which was co-hosting the event with Japan. (Senegal upset France, 1-0.)

Five years ago: President George W. Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, called for a world summit to set a long-term global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a breach of security, detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared on the website of the architectural firm that was contracted to design the massive facility. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush attended the dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.

One year ago: Angered by civilian casualties, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would no longer allow NATO airstrikes on houses. Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic was placed in a U.N. detention unit in the Netherlands to await trial on genocide charges. Atlanta became the first city in the NHL's modern era to lose two hockey teams as the Thrashers' owners agreed to sell the struggling franchise to a group that moved it to Winnipeg.

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Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 82. Singer Peter Yarrow is 74. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 73. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 72. Actress Sharon Gless is 69. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 69. Actor Tom Berenger is 62. Actor Gregory Harrison is 62. Actor Kyle Secor is 55. Actress Roma Maffia is 54. Comedian Chris Elliott is 52. Actress Lea Thompson is 51. Singer Corey Hart is 50. Actor Hugh Dillon is 49. Rapper DMC (Darryl McDaniels) is 48. Actress Brooke Shields is 47. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 45. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 40. Actress Archie Panjabi is 40. Actor Colin Farrell is 36. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 35. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 35. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 32. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 30. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 30. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 26. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 25.

Other notable birthdays, May 31:
1945, Bernard Goldberg‎, American journalist
1947, Junior Campbell, British musician and songwriter (The Marmalade)
1948, Duncan Hunter, American politician
1950, Jean Chalopin, film producer and director, founder of DiC Entertainment
1952, Karl Bartos, German musician (Kraftwerk, Electronic)
1955, Bruce Adolphe, U.S. composer and music scholar, the author of several books on music, and pianist
1955, Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP
1956, Fritz Hilpert, German musician and sound engineer (Kraftwerk)
1957, Jim Craig, American hockey player
1959, Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver
1967, Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
1976, Matt Harpring, American basketball player
1981, Jake Peavy, American baseball player
1984, Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
1984, Nate Robinson, American basketball player

Born on this day, passed away, May 31:
1162, Genghis Khan, Khagan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1227)
1443, Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
1819, Walt Whitman, American poet (d. 1892)
1857, Pope Pius XI (d. 1939)
1894, Fred Allen, American comedian (d. 1956)
1898, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American clergyman (d. 1993)
1901, Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1908, Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)
1922, Denholm Elliott, English actor (d. 1992)
1934, Jim Hutton, American actor (d. 1979)
1938, Johnny Paycheck, American singer (d. 2003)
1945, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (d. 1982)
1948, John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (d. 1980)
1954, Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (d. 2000)
1963, Wesley Willis, American musician (d. 2003)

Notable deaths, May 31:
1809, Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1732)
1970, Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (b. 1929)
1986, James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
1987, John Abraham (director), Indian film director (b. 1937)
1996, Timothy Leary, American professor and LSD advocate (b. 1920)
2000, Tito Puente, American musician (b. 1923)
2000, Johnnie Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
2001, Arlene Francis, American television personality (b. 1907)
2006, Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
2009, Millvina Dean, British survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (b. 1912)

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Today is Friday, May 31, the 151st day of 2013. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1669, English diarist Samuel Pepys (peeps) wrote the final entry of his journal, blaming his failing eyesight for his inability to continue.

One year ago: Democrat John Edwards' campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial when jurors in Greensboro, N.C., acquitted him on one of six charges but were unable to decide whether he'd misused money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president. President Barack Obama welcomed his predecessor back to the White House for the unveiling of the official portraits of former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush. Fourteen-year-old Snigdha Nandipati (SNIHG'-nah nahn-dih-PAW'-tee) of San Diego won the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "guetapens (GEHT'-uh-pawn)," a French-derived word meaning ambush, snare or trap.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 83. Singer Peter Yarrow is 75. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 74. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 73. Actress Sharon Gless is 70. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 70. Actor Tom Berenger is 63. Actor Gregory Harrison is 63. Actor Kyle Secor is 56. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 55. Comedian Chris Elliott is 53. Actress Lea Thompson is 52. Singer Corey Hart is 51. Actor Hugh Dillon is 50. Rapper DMC is 49. Actress Brooke Shields is 48. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 46. TV host Phil Keoghan (TV: "The Amazing Race") is 46. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 41. Actress Archie Panjabi is 41. Actor Colin Farrell is 37. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 36. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 36. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 33. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 31. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 31. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 27. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 26.

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Today is Saturday, May 31, the 151st day of 2014. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam holding back Lake Conemaugh collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing through the town.

Ten years ago: Presidential politics took a back seat on Memorial Day as President George W. Bush paid tribute at Arlington National Cemetery to America's fighting forces while Sen. John Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A bomb ripped through a Shiite (SHEE'-eyet) Muslim mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, during evening prayers, killing at least 19 people. Alberta Martin, one of the last widows of a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, died in Enterprise, Alabama, at age 97.

Five years ago: Dr. George Tiller, a rare provider of late-term abortions, was shot and killed in a Wichita, Kansas, church. (Gunman Scott Roeder was later convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years.) Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, died in Southampton, England at 97.

One year ago: A tornado in the Oklahoma City metro area claimed eight lives, including those of storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son, Paul, and Carl Young; 13 people died in flash flooding. Four firefighters searching for people in a blazing Houston motel and restaurant were killed when part of the structure collapsed. Actress Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family," died in New York at age 90.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 84. Singer Peter Yarrow is 76. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 75. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 74. Actress Sharon Gless is 71. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 71. Actor Tom Berenger is 64. Actor Gregory Harrison is 64. Actor Kyle Secor is 57. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 56. Comedian Chris Elliott is 54. Actress Lea Thompson is 53. Singer Corey Hart is 52. Actor Hugh Dillon is 51. Rapper DMC is 50. Actress Brooke Shields is 49. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 47. TV host Phil Keoghan (TV: "The Amazing Race") is 47. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 42. Actress Archie Panjabi is 42. Actor Colin Farrell is 38. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 37. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 37. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 34. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 32. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 32. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 28. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 27.

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Today is Sunday, May 31, the 151st day of 2015. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1935, movie studio 20th Century Fox was created through a merger of the Fox Film Corp. and Twentieth Century Pictures.

Ten years ago: Breaking a silence of 30 years, former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward as "Deep Throat," the secret Washington Post source during the Watergate scandal. President George W. Bush, faced with a string of setbacks on Capitol Hill, shrugged off questions about his political clout and promised during a news conference to keep pushing Congress for a Social Security overhaul. Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (mih-hah-EEL' khoh-dohr-KAHV'-skee), once Russia's richest man, was convicted of charges including fraud and tax evasion and sentenced to nine years in prison. (He was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin in 2013.)

Five years ago: Israeli commandos stormed six ships carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on an aid mission to the blockaded Gaza Strip; eight Turkish activists and one Turkish-American were killed aboard one vessel, with each side accusing the other of starting the violence. Al-Qaida announced that its No. 3 official, Mustafa al-Yazid, had been killed along with members of his family. (A U.S. official said al-Yazid was believed to have died in a U.S. missile strike.) Artist Louise Bourgeois, 98, died in New York. Chris Haney, 59, co-creator of the popular Trivial Pursuit board game, died in Toronto.

One year ago: Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan, was freed by the Taliban in exchange for five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Bergdahl, who'd gone missing in June 2009, was later charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.) A private Gulfstream IV jet went off a runway and crashed while trying to take off from Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., killing Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz and six other people. Death claimed entertainment columnist Marilyn Beck, 85, and Academy Award-nominated actress Martha Hyer, 89.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 85. Singer Peter Yarrow is 77. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 76. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 75. Actress Sharon Gless is 72. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 72. Actor Tom Berenger is 65. Actor Gregory Harrison is 65. Actor Julio Oscar Mechoso is 60. Actor Kyle Secor is 58. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 57. Comedian Chris Elliott is 55. Actress Lea Thompson is 54. Singer Corey Hart is 53. Actor Hugh Dillon is 52. Rapper DMC is 51. Actress Brooke Shields is 50. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 48. TV host Phil Keoghan is 48. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 43. Actress Archie Panjabi is 43. Actor Colin Farrell is 39. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 38. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 38. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 35. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 33. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 33. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 29. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 28. Pop singer Normani Hamilton (Fifth Harmony) (TV: "The X Factor") is 19.

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Today is Tuesday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2016. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1916, during World War I, British and German fleets fought the naval Battle of Jutland off Denmark; there was no clear-cut victor, although the British suffered heavier losses.

Ten years ago: The U.S. said it would join in face-to-face talks with Iran over its disputed nuclear program if Tehran first agreed to put challenged atomic activities on hold; Iran dismissed the offer as "a propaganda move." NBC's "Today" show threw a going-away party for 15-year host Katie Couric, who left to become anchor of "The CBS Evening News."

Five years ago: Angered by civilian casualties, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he would no longer allow NATO airstrikes on houses. Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic (RAHT'-koh MLAH'-dich) was placed in a U.N. detention unit in the Netherlands to await trial on genocide charges. Atlanta became the first city in the NHL's modern era to lose two hockey teams as the Thrashers' owners agreed to sell the struggling franchise to a group that moved it to Winnipeg (Atlanta had also lost the Flames to Calgary in 1980).

One year ago: The U.S. Senate held an extraordinary Sunday session during which it failed to produce an 11th-hour deal to extend the National Security Agency's authority to collect Americans' phone records in bulk. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash near Geneva, forcing him to return to the U.S. for treatment and to scrap the rest of a four-nation trip. Jim Bailey, 77, a singer-actor who transformed himself into such show biz legends as Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Peggy Lee during a career that spanned decades, died in Los Angeles. Harriette Thompson of Charlotte, N.C., a 92-year-old cancer survivor, became the oldest woman to finish a marathon as she completed the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego in 7:24:36.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 86. Singer Peter Yarrow is 78. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 77. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 76. Actress Sharon Gless is 73. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 73. Broadcast journalist/commentator Bernard Goldberg is 71. Actor Tom Berenger is 66. Actor Gregory Harrison is 66. Actor Julio Oscar Mechoso is 61. Actor Kyle Secor is 59. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 58. Comedian Chris Elliott is 56. Actress Lea Thompson is 55. Singer Corey Hart is 54. Actor Hugh Dillon is 53. Rapper DMC is 52. Actress Brooke Shields is 51. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 49. TV host Phil Keoghan is 49. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 44. Actress Archie Panjabi is 44. Actor Colin Farrell is 40. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 39. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 39. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 36. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 34. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 34. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 30. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 29. Pop singer Normani Hamilton (Fifth Harmony) (TV: "The X Factor") is 20.

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Today is Wednesday, May 31, the 151st day of 2017. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1977, the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline, three years in the making despite objections from environmentalists and Alaska Natives, was completed. (The first oil began flowing through the pipeline 20 days later; today the pipeline carries an average of 1.8 million barrels of oil a day, according to the Alaska Public Lands Information Centers website.)

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, called for a world summit to set a long-term global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a breach of security, detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared on the website of the architectural firm that was contracted to design the massive facility. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush attended the dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.

Five years ago: Democrat John Edwards' campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial when jurors in Greensboro, North Carolina, acquitted him on one of six charges but were unable to decide whether he'd misused money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president. (Prosecutors declined to retry Edwards on the five unresolved counts.) President Barack Obama welcomed his predecessor back to the White House for the unveiling of the official portraits of former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush. Fourteen-year-old Snigdha Nandipati (SNIHG'-nah nahn-dih-PAW'-tee) of San Diego won the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "guetapens (GEHT'-uh-pawn)," a French-derived word meaning ambush, snare or trap.

One year ago: A jury found former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson guilty of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped to convict him in the killing of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. President Barack Obama personally congratulated the Villanova University men's basketball team for winning what he described as "maybe the best title game of all time" in the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Today's Birthdays — May 31: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 87. Singer Peter Yarrow is 79. Former Humanitarian Terry Waite is 78. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 77. Actress Sharon Gless is 74. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 74. Broadcast journalist/commentator Bernard Goldberg is 72. Actor Tom Berenger is 67. Actor Gregory Harrison is 67. Actor Julio Oscar Mechoso is 62. Actor Kyle Secor is 60. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 59. Comedian Chris Elliott is 57. Actress Lea Thompson is 56. Singer Corey Hart is 55. Actor Hugh Dillon is 54. Rapper DMC is 53. Actress Brooke Shields is 52. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 50. TV host Phil Keoghan is 50. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 45. Actress Archie Panjabi is 45. Actor Colin Farrell is 41. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 40. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 40. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 37. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 35. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 35. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 31. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 30. Pop singer Normani Hamilton (Fifth Harmony) is 21.

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Today is Thursday, May 31, the 151st day of 2018. There are 214 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 31, 1921, a race riot erupted in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as white mobs began looting and leveling the affluent black district of Greenwood over reports a black man had assaulted a white woman in an elevator; hundreds are believed to have died.

10 years ago in 2008: Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station.

5 years ago in 2013: A tornado in the Oklahoma City metro area claimed eight lives, including those of storm chasers Tim Samaras, his son, Paul, and Carl Young; 13 people died in flash flooding. Four firefighters searching for people in a blazing Houston motel and restaurant were killed when part of the structure collapsed. Actress Jean Stapleton, who played Archie Bunker's far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV's groundbreaking 1970s comedy "All in the Family," died in New York at age 90.

1 year ago in 2017: President Donald Trump welcomed Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (nuh-WEE'-ihn SOO'-an FOOK) to the White House for talks focusing on the American trade deficit. A suicide attacker struck the fortified heart of the Afghan capital Kabul with a massive truck bomb that killed more than 150 people. CBS announced that Scott Pelley was being removed as anchor of "The CBS Evening News" after six years.

Today's Birthdays — May 31, 2018: Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 88. Singer Peter Yarrow is 80. Humanitarian Terry Waite is 79. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 78. Actress Sharon Gless is 75. Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath is 75. Broadcast journalist/commentator Bernard Goldberg is 73. Actor Tom Berenger is 68. Actor Gregory Harrison is 68. Actor Kyle Secor is 61. Actress Roma Maffia (ma-FEE'-uh) is 60. Comedian Chris Elliott is 58. Actress Lea Thompson is 57. Singer Corey Hart is 56. Actor Hugh Dillon is 55. Rapper DMC is 54. Actress Brooke Shields is 53. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 51. TV host Phil Keoghan is 51. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 46. Actress Archie Panjabi is 46. Actress Merle Dandridge (TV: "Greenleaf") is 43. Actor Colin Farrell is 42. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 41. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 41. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 38. Country singer Casey James (TV: "American Idol") is 36. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 36. Rapper Waka Flocka Flame is 32. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 31. Pop singer Normani Hamilton (Fifth Harmony) is 22.

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

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In 1956 - Buddy Holly was inspired to write "That'll Be the Day" after he saw the John Wayne movie "The Searchers."

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