On This Day: Former FBI deputy director Mark Felt releveled as Watergate “Deep Throat” whistleblower

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on May 31: 1902 – The Treaty of Vereeniging was signed in Pretoria, ending the Boer War between settlers of British and Dutch origin in what later became South Africa. 1911 – The ocean liner Titanic was launched in Belfast. It sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912. 1952 – Emil Zatopek sets new world record for 5000...