This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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May 31st, 2008	Event	Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds.
May 31st, 2006	Death	Ryan Bennett, broadcast commentator (born in 1970)
May 31st, 2006	Death	Miguel Berrocal, sculptor (born in 1933)
May 31st, 2006	Death	Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1914)
May 31st, 2006	Death	Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (born in 1930)
May 31st, 2004	Death	Robert Quine, American guitarist (born in 1941)
May 31st, 2004	Death	Etienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (born in 1941)
May 31st, 2001	Death	Arlene Francis, American television personality (died in 1907)
May 31st, 2000	Death	Tito Puente, American musician (born in 1923)
May 31st, 2000	Death	Johnnie Taylor, American singer (born in 1938)

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