The Great Clock begins to tick on May 31, 1859, and the Great Bell's strikes are heard for the first time on July 11, 1859. Later that year, Big Ben is discovered to have shattered once again. The biggest quarter bell strikes the hourly chime while Big Ben remains silent. The clock at the top of Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the British Houses of Parliament is one of the world's best-known timekeepers

31st of May, 1984 With a dazzling 189 not out against a poor England attack at Old Trafford, Viv Richards attempted probably the best ODI innings ever. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the master's innings, in which he hit five sixes and added 108 runs for the final wicket with Michael Holding. With a dazzling 189 not out against a poor England attack at Old Trafford, Viv Richards attempted probably the best ODI innings ever. He struck five sixes in scoring 108 runs with Michael Holding for the penultimate wicket.

Following the defeat of the Boers in the Anglo–Boer or South African War, the Union of South Africa was established on May 31, 1910, as a self-governing dominion of the British Empire under the South Africa Act 1909, which merged the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony. Following the passage of the Status of the Union Act in 1934, the country became a fully autonomous nation state inside the British Empire. The monarchy ended on May 31, 1961, and was replaced by a republic as a result of a 1960 vote that legitimised the country becoming the Republic of South Africa.

The England opener has become the country's youngest batter to reach 10,000 Test runs, a feat formerly held by India's cricketing icon for more than a decade. Cook eclipsed Sachin's record with 5 runs in the second innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Cook, who turned 31 last Christmas, had amassed 9,964 Test runs prior to the commencement of this series, including 28 hundreds and 47 fifties.

Clint Eastwood Jr. was born in San Francisco, California, on May 31, 1930, to Clinton Eastwood, Sr. and Margaret Ruth. His father worked for the pulp and paper giant Georgia-Pacific before becoming an IBM clerk. Jeanne Bernhardt is his younger sister (born in 1934). Eastwood's ancestors are Scottish, English, Irish, and Dutch. Clint Eastwood's career in Hollywood has ranged from being born into a middle-class household to being a hugely successful actor-director-producer. It's difficult to think that this renowned performer had such a lowly beginning. He struggled with numerous odd jobs before venturing towards acting. After finding success with the Western television series Rawhide, he rose to international prominence with Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy.

The first Hindi language newspaper, 'Udant Martand' (The Rising Sun), was launched in India on this day, May 30, 1826. Pt. Jugal Kishore Shukla produced the weekly newspaper from Kolkata every Tuesday. Shukla was a Kanpur-born lawyer by profession. He had relocated to Kolkata. Shukla and his buddy Munnu Thakur were granted permission to establish a Hindi newspaper on February 16, 1826. Thus, the newspaper was founded on May 30, 1826, and it was the first to be entirely published in Hindi, utilising the Devanagari alphabet.

Paresh Rawal is an Indian film actor, playwright, and politician best known for his work in Bollywood. He is now a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian Parliament's Lok Sabha (BJP). He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 for his roles in the films Woh Chokri and Sir. He won his first Filmfare Award for Best Comedian for the latter. This was followed by Ketan Mehta's Sardar, in which he played independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel, earning him national and worldwide fame.

Air France was the first customer for the Airbus A300, ordering six planes in September 1970. Airbus was having trouble finding clients for their launch aircraft by the time Air France placed their first A300 into service in May 1974. The 1973 oil crisis prompted an aviation slowdown, as carriers struggled to fill their current planes at higher costs demanded by more costly oil. This put a stop to investing money on newer aircraft, no matter how cost-effective they were. Airbus, like British pop acts, saw the need of expanding into the North American market.

Steven George Gerrard was born in Whiston, Merseyside, on May 30, 1980. His older brother's name is Paul. Anthony Gerrard, his cousin, is a professional footballer who plays for Oldham Athletic. Steven Gerrard is a retired English professional footballer who played as a centre midfielder for Liverpool FC and the England national team. He began his career as an academy coach at Liverpool after retiring from professional football. He spent the most of his 18-year career at Liverpool and has been the club's captain for over a decade.

Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa, became the first persons to stand on the top of the world's highest mountain. On May 29, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, became the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which stands 29,035 feet above sea level. Hillary and another New Zealander, George Lowe, were asked to join John Hunt's 1953 British Everest Expedition after climbing with British teams in the Himalayas in 1951 and 1952.

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers delivered an outstanding effort to derail Virat Kohli's fairytale season, as SRH defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in a high-octane summit showdown to claim their first Indian Premier League championship. Sunrisers Hyderabad earned their inaugural Indian Premier League title with an eight-run triumph in a dramatic summit showdown on May 29, 2016, after Royal Challengers Bangalore bowed under the strain of a massive run chase.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the invaluable contribution of uniformed and civilian personnel to the Organization's work and to honour nearly 4,200 peacekeepers who have died serving under the UN flag since 1948, including 135 last year. The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) was founded on May 29, 1948, when the Security Council authorised the deployment of a small number of UN military observers to the Middle East to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.