05-31-2005, 05:11 AM
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May 31st
1669 ~ Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys made the last entry in his diary.
1809 ~ Death of Joseph Haydn, Composer.
1819 ~ Birthday of Walt Whitman, American poet.
1884 ~ John Harvey Kellogg patented corn flakes.
1916 ~ World War I: The German and British navies fought the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war.
1923 ~ Birthday of Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
1927 ~ The Ford Model T assembly line shut down after a production run of 15,007,003.
1938 ~ Birthday of Peter Yarrow, American folk singer ("Peter, Paul and Mary").
1961 ~ Creation of the Republic of South Africa.
1996 ~ Death of Timothy Leary, LSD advocate.
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