Sunday, May 31, 2026

History for May 31

History for May 31 - On-This-Day.com 
Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Pale Rider")
  • 1790 - U.S. President George Washington signed the first U.S. copyright act into law.
  • 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.
  • 1947 - Communists seized control of Hungary.
  • 1974 - Israel and Syria signed an agreement on the Golan Heights.
  • 1977 - The trans-Alaska oil pipeline was finished after 3 years of construction.

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