Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 31
On May 31: It is Independence Day in South Africa (1910) and Memorial Day (2004) in the U.S.
- 1678 - In Coventry, the Godiva procession began.
- 1889 - Johnstown Flood: A flood killed over 2200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
- 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower retired from active service in the United States Army.
- 1974 - Syria and Israel signed a disengagement agreement to resolve the Yom Kippur War.
- 1977 - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed.