May 31, 2023: This Day in History
Release time:
2023-05-31
May 31, 531: Crown Prince Xiao Tong passed away.
May 31, 1162: Genghis Khan, the "greatest emperor," was born.
May 31, 1707: Ferenc Rákóczi, the Hungarian national hero, was elected head of state.
May 31, 1809: Joseph Haydn, the famous Austrian composer, passed away.
May 31, 1832: Évariste Galois, the French mathematician and creator of group theory, passed away.
May 31, 1903: Zou Rong's work "Revolutionary Army" was published.
May 31, 1916: The Battle of Jutland broke out.
May 31, 1918: The American army won at the Amiens front.
May 31, 1924: China and the Soviet Union signed the "Sino-Soviet Agreement on the Settlement of Pending Issues".
May 31, 1926: Byrd and Bennett successfully flew around the North Pole.
May 31, 1931: The first domestically produced car in China was born.
May 31, 1933: The Chinese representative was forced to sign the Tanggu Agreement.
May 31, 1936: The National Salvation United Front was established in Shanghai.
May 31, 1941: British forces quelled the Iraqi rebellion.
May 31, 1942: The Soviet army launched a counterattack, with bloody battles between the Soviet and German armies.
May 31, 1943: "Nanniwan" was sung in northern Shaanxi.
May 31, 1945: The Eighth Route Army launched a summer offensive against the Japanese and puppet forces in North China.
May 31, 1958: France asked de Gaulle to return to power.
May 31, 1960: China and Mongolia signed a treaty of friendship and mutual assistance.
May 31, 1961: The United States approved the use of oral contraceptives.
May 31, 1962: Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi leader, was executed by Israel.
May 31, 1969: Xiong Bingkun, who fired the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising, passed away.
May 31, 1974: China and Malaysia established diplomatic relations.
May 31, 1982: Yang Liankang conducted a walking survey of the Yellow River.
May 31, 1982: A major naval battle broke out between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
May 31, 1986: The 13th FIFA World Cup opened.
May 31, 1989: World No Tobacco Day.
May 31, 1998: Apple released the iMac computer.
May 31, 2007: The National Anti-Corruption Bureau was approved for establishment.
May 31, 2008: Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record for the men's 100 meters.
May 31, 2016: A 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred in the waters off New Taipei City, Taiwan.
May 31, 2018: The National Healthcare Security Administration officially opened.
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