What happened today in history?

Throughout history, May 31 has been the scene of many important events. These events in Türkiye and around the world were the beginning of developments that have continued to have an impact to this day. So what happened on May 31?

MAY 31 WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

World No Tobacco Day, World No Tobacco Day, World No Tobacco Day or World No Tobacco Day is an important day celebrated every year on May 31st by the member states of the World Health Organization since 1987. On this day, smokers are encouraged to quit smoking for 24 hours.

MAY 31 IN HISTORY

1279 BC - In Ancient Egypt, Ramses II, a 19th Dynasty pharaoh, came to power.

1799 - After the defeat at Acre, Napoleon abandoned the battlefield to the forces of Cezzar Ahmed Pasha.

1859 - The clock of Big Ben, the famous clock tower in London, began to work for the first time.

1911 - The RMS Titanic passenger ship was launched. (Construction will be completed in 1912.)

1927 - The last Ford Model T automobile came off the production line. Up until this date, 15,007,003 vehicles of the same model had been produced.

1933 - The law regarding the closure of Istanbul University and the establishment of a new university affiliated with the Ministry of National Education was passed.

1946 - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred in Varto and Hınıs: 839 people died and 1991 houses were destroyed.

1957 - Ataturk University law was accepted.

1960 - The Turkish Army National Football Team became World Champions for the second time.

1967 - An artificial heart valve was implanted in a patient for the second time in Türkiye.

1969 - Famous soprano Maria Callas came to Türkiye for Pier Paolo Pasolini's film "Medea" to be shot in Göreme.

1971 - THKO militants Sinan Cemgil, Kadir Manga and Alparslan Özdoğan were killed in a clash with security forces in the Nurhak Mountains in the Nurhak district of Kahramanmaraş.