eso ha pasado un 31 Mayo

1935 : Earthquake in India


On 31 May 1935, an earthquake of moment magnitude 7.7 struck the city of Quetta, India (now Pakistan). 40,000 people were killed and the area was severely destroyed.

1962 : Eichmann hanged in Israel


On 31 May 1962, the architect of the Nazi Final Solution against the Jews in Europe was hanged in Tel Aviv for crimes against humanity. Adolf Eichmann was personally responsible for identifying, gathering and transportation of millions of Jews to extermination camps. He had managed to escape at the end of the war but had been found and kidnapped by Mossad agents in Argentina where he had fled.

1970 : Earthquake in Peru


On 31 May 1970, an earthquake of moment magnitude 7.9 striked the coast of Peru Casma. A part of Mount Huascaran collapsed causing huge avalanches of ice, mud and rocks that destroyed the towns of Yungay and Ranrahirca. 66,000 people were killed. It was the largest natural disaster in Peru at that time.

2005 : The name of Deep Throat revealed


On May 31, 2005, the identity of Deep Throat, the informant of the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal in 1973 is revealed. This is Mark Felt, former FBI assistant director.
The survey of the journalists ended with the resignation of President Nixon.

Actualidad del día : 31 Mayo

World No Tobacco Day
On May 31 is World No Tobacco Day under the auspices of the World Health Organization. It is a day to understand the dangers of smoking during which one does not normally sell tobacco. 5 million people die from smoking each year.

Cita del día : 31 Mayo

Clint Eastwood
There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

Cumpleaños : 31 Mayo

Pierre Vergniaud, Político francés (1753)
Walt Whitman, Poeta americano (1819)
Henry Sidgwick, Filósofo inglés (1838)
Francisco Moreno, Explorador argentino (1852)
W. Heath Robinson, Ilustrador Inglés (1872)
Saint-John Perse, Diplomático francés, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1887)
Florence Desmond, Actriz inglesa (1905)
Don Ameche, Actor americano (1908)
Alida Valli, Actriz italiana (1921)
Denholm Elliott, Actor inglés (1922)
Rainier Grimaldi, Príncipe de Mónaco (1923)
Clint Eastwood, Actor y director de cine americano (1930)
John Robert Schrieffer, Físico americano, Premio Nobel (1931)
Jim Bolger, Primer Ministro de Nueva Zelanda (1990-1997) (1935)
Terry Waite, Humanitario inglés (1939)
Sharon Gless, Actriz americana (1943)
Rainer Fassbinder, Director de cine alemán (1945)
Laurent Gbagbo, 4o Presidente de Côte d'Ivoire (1945)
John Bonham, Músico inglés (Led Zeppelin) (1948)
Tom Berenger, Actor americano (1949)
Lea Thompson, Actriz americana (1961)
Brooke Shields, Actriz americana (1965)
Sandrine Bonnaire, Actriz francesa (1967)
John Connolly, Escritor irlandés (1968)
Archie Panjabi, Actriz inglesa (1972)
Colin Farrell, Actor irlandés (1976)
Eric Christian Olsen, Actor americano (1977)

Nos han dejado un 31 Mayo

Joseph Haydn, Compositor austriaco (1809)
Evariste Galois, Matemático francés (1832)
Elizabeth Blackwell, Médico americana (1910)
Adolf Eichmann, Coronel nazi alemán, uno de los organizadores principales del Holocausto (1962)
Jacques Monod, Biólogo francés, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1976)
Gaston Rébuffat, Alpinista francés (1985)
James Rainwater, Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (1986)
Raymond Davis, Jr., Físico estadounidense, Premio Nobel (2006)
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