What happend on 31st May

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1972

AFC Ajax Wins the Europecup 1 (UEFA Champions League) for the 2nd time in a row, making it their 2nd

1970

The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.

1962

The West Indies Federation dissolves

1961

Creation of the Republic of South Africa.

1952

Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army.

1942

World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England

1927

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

1924

The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect

1921

Comedian Buster Keaton marries actress Natalie Talmadge.

1921

Tulsa Race Riot: More than 300 are killed in a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.