31 May in internet history
Things that can be dated to 31 May: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.
Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 31 May. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.
Also around this weekWithin three days
These did not happen on 31 May. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.
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Streisand is reported to have been ordered to pay Adelman’s legal fees of 177,000 US dollars. The Streisand effect Wikipedia — Streisand effect
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The feature film is released in the United States. The Backrooms Wikipedia — The Backrooms
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Gangnam Style became the first video to pass two billion views. Gangnam Style Wikipedia — List of most-viewed YouTube videos
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YouTube’s maintenance page reads “All Your Video Are Belong to Us”. The company has to deny it has been hacked. All Your Base Are Belong To Us Wikipedia — All your base are belong to us
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Tim Buckley publishes the strip. A man runs into a hospital and finds his partner crying in a bed. Loss Wikipedia — Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)
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On the tenth anniversary Buckley replaces the strip on his site with one in which the man smirks at the reader. The original is back a day later. Loss Wikipedia — Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)
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He replaces it again for a day, this time with a strip showing a successful birth. Loss Wikipedia — Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del)
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A Reddit post using the pair to mock New York Knicks fans sets off its wide use as a template. Woman yelling at a cat Wikipedia — Woman yelling at a cat
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MrBeast overtook T-Series as the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, ending a reign of 1,876 days. The Verge