Page 4: Historical Events In May - 31
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn on this day in history. 

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

1891 On this day in history 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 May - 31. 

1897 Margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society) on May - 31. 

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

1899 Conference of Bloemfontein fails on May - 31. 

1899 On May - 31 -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails 

1899 Leonid Leonow, writer on this day in history. 

1900 On this day in history boxer rebellion in China 

1900 On May - 31 british troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg 

1900 Piet de Law captures Lieutenant-Colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry on May - 31. 

1900 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 on May - 31. 

1900 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) on this day in history. 

1900 On this day in history helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef) 

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

1902 On May - 31 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 The Boer war, in South Africa, ends on May - 31. 

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

1902 On this day in history billy Mayerl, composer 

1905 Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger on May - 31. 

1905 On May - 31 roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher 

1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII & Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid on May - 31. 

1906 On May - 31 hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 

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

1907 Taxis 1st began running in NYC on this day in history. 

1907 Valston Hancock, British air marshal on this day in history. 

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

1908 On May - 31 miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium) 

1908 On this day in history don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places) 

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

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