Friday, May 31, 2024

History for May 31

History for May 31 - On-This-Day.com
Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Pale Rider")
  • 1859 - In London, Big Ben went into operation.
  • 1870 - E.J. DeSemdt patented asphalt.
  • 1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal."
  • 1900 - U.S. troops arrived in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion.
  • 1902 - The Boer War ended between the Boers of South Africa and Great Britain with the Treaty of Vereeniging.
  • 1913 - The 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for popular election of U.S. senators.
  • 1955 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered that all states must end racial segregation "with all deliberate speed."
  • 1977 - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline was finished after 3 years of construction.

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