May 31st (1981) was a Sunday. It's the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 214 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 31st May, 1981
» The burning of Jaffna library in Sri Lanka. It is one of the violent examples of ethnic Book burning e.g biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
Famous Birthdays on May 31 in 1981
» Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer
» Yoon Mi-rae, American-South Korean singer (Uptown (band) or Uptown)
» Jake Peavy, American baseball player
May 31st Famous Deaths for 1981
» Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (b. 1914)
May 31st Holidays in History
» Royal Brunei Land Forces or Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (Brunei)
» Public holidays in Spain Regional holidays known as Castile–La Mancha Day (Castile-La Mancha)
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Saint Hermias called Hermias
» Saint Petronilla or Petronella
» May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Visitation (Christian) known as Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity)