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Actor/director Clint Eastwood turns 88 and rapper Azealia Banks turns 27, among the famous birthdays for May 31.

On May 31, 1916, the Battle of Verdun passed the 100-day mark. It would continue for another 200 days, leaving some 800,000 soldiers dead, injured or missing.

On June 29, 2009, Bernard Madoff, mastermind of a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

On May 31, 1916, the Battle of Verdun passed the 100-day mark. It would continue for another 200 days, leaving some 800,000 soldiers dead, injured or missing.

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