The special events which occurred On This Day – May 31



The special events which occurred On This Day – May 31
§  1859 The Great Clock housing Big Ben started to keep time
This clock was at the top of Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the British Houses of Parliament. This was one of the world's best remarkable timekeepers.
§  1879 in this day Werner von Siemens presents the invention of the world's first electric locomotive. Which later used in trains in 1881 the introduction of the first electric train in Berlin
§  1961 South Africa declared as an independent republic
Followed by international criticism which criticism Apartheid policy, The system of racial segregation was gradually ended in the early of 1990s under Nelson Mandela.


Born On This Day –May 31
§  1819 Walt Whitman.
American poet, author born
§  1894 Fred Allen.
American comedian, actor, radio host born
§  1930 Clint Eastwood.
American actor, director, producer, politician born
§  1945 Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German actor, director, screenwriter born
§  1976 Colin Farrell
Irish actor was born

Deaths on This Day – May 31
§  1837 Joseph Grimaldi
Famous English actor, dancer
§  2010 Louise Bourgeois
Famous French/American sculptor was death
§  1996 Timothy Leary
Famous American psychologist, author death
§  1983 Jack Dempsey
Famous American boxer death

Location: Dar es salaam, Tanzania

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