Template:On this day/May 31

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

May 31:

• 1754 – Colonel Joshua Fry, a prominent inhabitant of early Albemarle County and an influential surveyor throughout Virginia, died.
• 1893 – Following a recent revival at Ebenezer Baptist Church, several converts were baptized in Hartman’s mill race during this Sunday afternoon ceremony.
• 2018 – The Rivanna River was recorded at its highest point this year at 25.51 feet. The highest the river was ever recorded was back in 1969 at 39.85 feet.