Today's Holidays in May 31

✡️ Religious Observances

• Chinese: Dragon Boat Festival major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2017 — A car bomb exploded in a crowded intersection in Kabul near the German embassy during rush hour, killing over 90 and injuring 463. ↗
• 2013 — The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries. ↗
• 2010 — Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the ongoing blockade... ↗
• 2005 — Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat". ↗
• 1991 — Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1992 — Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 — Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
• 1991 — Azealia Banks, American rapper
• 1990 — Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 — Bas Dost, Dutch footballer

🏀 Sports on this Date

• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Vegas Golden Knights — 00:00 Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder — 00:00 Scheduled
• WNBA: Indiana Fever @ Portland Fire — 00:00 Scheduled
• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Colorado Rockies — 01:10 Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Athletics — 02:05 Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Seattle Mariners — 02:10 Scheduled