On This Day
31 May
- 🇮🇳 In India
- 2009 Kamala Surayya, popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, died. She was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam.
- 🌎 Elsewhere
- 1279 BCE Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great, became Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
- 1859 Big Ben rang out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, England for the first time.
- 1961 South Africa became an independent republic.
- 1979 Zimbabwe proclaimed its independence.
- 2008 Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal 9.72 seconds.
- ⭐ Significance
- World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year to inform the public on the dangers of using tobacco.
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