WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023

1923-China & USSR exchange diplomats

1935-Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta, Pakistan

1940-Prime Minister Winston Churchill flies to Paris

1953-Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government

1957-Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)

1961-JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris

1969-Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour"

1974-Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights

1977-"Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances

1979-Zimbabwe proclaims independence

1985-New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000

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

1991-Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war