On This Day for May 31 - Adolf Eichmann hanged, Clint Eastwood is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. May 31 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Clint Eastwood READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1962 Adolf Eichmann hanged READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2009: Millvina Dean, the last known person to have survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died in Southampton, England; she was nine weeks old at the time of the disaster. [How much do you know about the Titanic?] 2005: It was publicly revealed that former FBI official Mark Felt was "Deep Throat," the anonymous informant at the centre of the Watergate scandal that involved U.S. President Richard Nixon's administration. [Take our quiz about U.S. political scandals.] 1977: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline—which connected the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay in northern Alaska with the harbour at Valdez, 800 miles (1,300 km) to the south—was completed. [Sort fact from fiction in our oil and natural gas quiz.] 1943: American gridiron football player Joe Namath, who was one of the game's best passers and a cultural sports icon of the 1960s, was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. [ Test your knowledge of football.] 1927: The Ford Motor Company stopped producing the hugely popular Model T; prized for its low cost, durability, versatility, and ease of maintenance, the "Tin Lizzie," as it was known, essentially realized Henry Ford's goal to "democratize the automobile." [ Watch an overview of the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.] 1921: The Tulsa race massacre began in Oklahoma as mobs of both African Americans and whites descended on the courthouse where a Black man, who was accused of assaulting a white woman, was being held; in the ensuing violence, Tulsa's prosperous Black neighbourhood of Greenwood was destroyed and as many as 300 people were killed, mostly African Americans. SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1930 Clint Eastwood American actor and director 1819 Walt Whitman American poet 1947 John Bonham British musician 1943 Joe Namath American football player 1923 Rainier III, prince de Monaco prince of Monaco 1923 Ellsworth Kelly American painter, sculptor, and printmaker SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help