TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011

Today is Tuesday, May 31, the 151st day of 2011. There are 214 days left in the year.

70 ― Rome captures first wall of the city of Jerusalem

1621 ― Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for one night

1678 ― Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes

1837 ― Astor Hotel (most elaborate in U.S.) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria

1870 ― E. J. DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement

1884 ― Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents ``flaked cereal"

1907 ― Taxis first began running in NYC

1917 ― First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)

1991 ― Oldest bride, Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia

1997 ― Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150-meter race