May 31

Tuesday 31, 2005:

W. Mark Felt admits in the magazine Vanity Fair published today that he is the anonymous source Deep Throat in the Watergate scandal. The Washington Post would confirm this on June 1st. Felt was at the time (1972) the number two man at the FBI.

Monday 31, 2004:

A foul-up during routine software update at the Royal Bank of Canada leads to a three-day misplacement of 10 million account balances.

Saturday 31, 2003:

Bomber Eric Rudolph is captured in Murphy, North Carolina.

Thursday 31, 1962:

The West Indies Federation dissolves

Tuesday 31, 1921:

Comedian Buster Keaton marries actress Natalie Talmadge.