How Many Days Until May 31?

This day in history: May 31

1. 1935

   A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people

2. 1941

   World War II: German forces dropped four bombs on neutral Ireland, killing 28 people and damaging Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland.

3. 1981

   An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led to the burning of the Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka, destroying more than 97,000 items in one of the most violent 20th-century examples of ethnic biblioclasm.

4. 2009

   American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.

5. 2013

   An extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing eight people and injuring more than 150 others.

6. 2017

   A car bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing more than 90 people and injuring 463 others.

7. 2019

   A shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, United States, left 13 people dead, including the gunman, and injured four others.

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