May 31

May 31 is the 151st day of the year

1279 BC - Ramesses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
1884 - John Harvey Kellogg patents corn flakes.
1910 - Creation of the Union of South Africa.
1911 - R.M.S. Titanic launched
2005 - W. Mark Felt admits in the magazine Vanity Fair that he is the anonymous source Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal.

Happy Birthday Clint, Rainer and Brooke

1930 Clint Eastwood
US actor - but not president ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood

1945 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German film director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder

1965 - Brooke Shields
American child model of the 70's
In the spring of 2005, Shields spoke to magazines (such as the Guideposts shown here) and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to publicize her battle with postpartum depression, an experience that included depression, thoughts of suicide, an inability to respond to her baby's needs, and delayed maternal bonding. Her book, Down Came the Rain, discusses her experience.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Shields