Today in History - History - May 31st

1621Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night

1990Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles

1223Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River - Mongol armies of Genghis Khan lead by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.

1930Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season

1935Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat

1940Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris to meet with Marshal August Pétain who announces he is willing to make a seperate peace with Germany

1969John Lennon & Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance"

1961JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris

1969Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore"

194931st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA

1976Colin Farrell, Dublin, Irish actor (In Bruges, Minority Report)

1930Clint Eastwood, SF California, actor (Dirty Harry)/mayor (Carmel, California)

1965Brooke Shields, NYC, model/actress (Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan)

1819Walt Whitman, West Hills New York, American poet (Leaves of Grass)

1998Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch (33) weds daughter of prominent Tibetan activists Dechen Wangdu in New York

1889Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (38) weds baroness Helena Maria Rosen

1970Terry Sawchuk, NHL goaltender, dies from injuries suffered during an off-ice scuffle with a teammate at 40

2010Chris Haney, creator of Trivial Pursuit, dies at 59

1983Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86

1910Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89