Page 4: Historical Events In May - 31

1889  On May - 31 johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn   

1889  On this day in history athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)   

1891  On May - 31 work on trans-Siberian railway begins   

1892  On May - 31 gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader   

1893  On May - 31 whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)   

1894  Fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show) on this day in history.   

1897  On May - 31 margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society)   

1898  Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 31 conference of Bloemfontein fails   

1899  -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails on May - 31.   

1899  On May - 31 leonid Leonow, writer   

1900  Boxer rebellion in China on this day in history.   

1900  British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg on May - 31.   

1900  On May - 31 piet de Law captures Lieutenant-Colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry   

1900  On May - 31 sailors and Marines from USS Newark and USS Oregon arrive at Peking, China with other Sailors and Marines from Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan to protect U.S. and foreign diplomatic legations from the Boxers   

1900  On May - 31 tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)   

1900  Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75   

1902  On this day in history australia Cricket all out 36 vs England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever   

1902  On May - 31 boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal   

1902  On May - 31 the Boer war, in South Africa, ends   

1902  On May - 31 australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever   

1902  On May - 31 billy Mayerl, composer   

1905  On this day in history emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger   

1905  Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 31 attack on King Alfonso XIII & Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid   

1906  Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1907  Taxis first began running in NYC on this day in history.   

1907  Taxis 1st began running in NYC on May - 31.   

1907  On May - 31 valston Hancock, British air marshal   

1908  On this day in history miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is first female airplane passenger (Belgium)   

1908  Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium) on May - 31.   

1908  Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places) on this day in history.   

1908  C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On this day in history birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)