What happend on 31st May

30.05
01.06
2005

W. Mark Felt admits in the magazine Vanity Fair published today that he is the anonymous source Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal. The Washington Post would confirm this on June 1st. Felt was at the time (1972) the number two man at the FBI.

2004

A foul-up during routine software update at the Royal Bank of Canada leads to a three-day misplacement of 10 million account balances.

2003

Bomber Eric Rudolph is captured in Murphy, North Carolina.

2003

The final flight of an Air France Concorde takes place.

2002

The 17th Football World Cup, co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, begins with a 1-0 upset of France by Senegal. The tournament ends on June 30, with Brazil winning a record fifth World Cup title.

1997

Canada's Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick.

1990

The pilot episode of Seinfeld premires

1985

The US-Canadian Outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.

1977

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.

1974

Syria and Israel sign a disengagement agreement to resolve the Yom Kippur War