31 May

151/365 - 152/366

Birthdays

 * Clint Eastwood (b.1920), John Bonham (b.1948, dec.), Karl Bartos (b.1952), Fritz Hilpert (b.1956), Brooke Shields (b.1965), Colin Farrell (b.1976 ), Reggie Yates (b.1983).

Events

 * 1967: 7th European Cup Winner's Cup Bayern Munchen v. Rangers.
 * 1970: FIFA World Cup opens in Mexico.
 * 1972: 16th European Cup: Ajax vs. Internazionale in Rotterdam.
 * 1982: The Krypton Factor (ns, ITV)
 * 1986: FIFA World Cup opens in Mexico
 * 1991: The Silence of the Lambs on UK general release.
 * 1996: Murder Most Horrid
 * 1998: Geri Halliwell announces she is leaving the Spice Girls.
 * 2001: Airport (S7, BBC1)
 * 2004: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is released in UK cinemas.
 * 2020: SpaceX Demo-2 docks with ISS

Charts
as announced on this day with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart:
 * 1970: Christie - Yellow River (1/1)
 * 1977: Rod Stewart - I Don't Wanna Talk About It/The First Cut Is The Deepest (3/4)
 * 1983: - see 01 June
 * 1992: KWS - Please Don't Go/Game Boy (5/5)
 * 1998: B*witched - C'est la Vie (1/2)
 * 2009: Dizzee Rascal/Van Helden - Bonkers (2/2)
 * 2015: Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me (1/4)
 * 2019: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (3/ )

Top of the Pops

 * 1979: Paul Burnett. Blondie - Sunday Girl.
 * 1984: Richard Skinner & Dave Lee Travis. Wham! - Wake Me Up..
 * 1990: Simon Mayo. Adamski – Killer.
 * 2002: Liz Bonnin. Eminem – Without Me