On this day: 31 May

Selected events and births on 31 May, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1468 – Cardinal Bessarion announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana. Read more: Bessarion Codex Republic of Venice

Born on this day

• 1941 – Louis Ignarro, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Louis Ignarro Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1941 – William Nordhaus, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: William Nordhaus Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
• 1945 – Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian academic and politician, 4th President of Côte d'Ivoire Read more: Laurent Gbagbo List of heads of state of Ivory Coast
• 1948 – Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Svetlana Alexievich Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1950 – Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment Read more: Jean Chalopin DIC Entertainment
• 1962 – Dina Boluarte, Peruvian politician, 64th President of Peru Read more: Dina Boluarte President of Peru
• 1963 – David Leigh, holder of the Sir Samuel Hall Chair of Chemistry at the University of Manchester Read more: David Leigh (scientist) Sir Samuel Hall Professor of Chemistry University of Manchester
• 1963 – Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary Read more: Viktor Orbán Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1964 – Yukio Edano, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Read more: Yukio Edano Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)
• 1971 – Arun Luthra, Indo-Anglo-American saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and arranger Read more: Arun Luthra Konnakol
• 2001 – Breece Hall, American football player Read more: Breece Hall
• 2001 – Iga Świątek, Polish tennis player Read more: Iga Świątek

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