The Phenomenon of May 31: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1910  Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to NYC   

1910  Cape of Good Hope is recorded as becoming part of Union of South Africa   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89   

1911  R.M.S. Titanic launched.   

1911  Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector.   

1912  US marines land on Cuba   

1912  Barbara Pepper, NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern).   

1913  17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified   

1913  Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral   

1914  Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1   

1914  Akira Ifukube, composer   

1915  An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London fortelling the future   

1915  An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London.   

1916  Battle of Skagerrak British-German sea battle at Jutland (10000 dead).   

1916  British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6.   

1916  During WWI British and German fleets fight Battle of Jutland.   

1916  Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10000 dead).   

1916  Bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare).   

1916  Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle.   

1917  1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

1917  1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

1918  General Monash succeeds Birdwood as GOC Australian Corps.   

1918  HMS Fairy, Built by Fairfields at Govan, Glasgow this 'C' Class destroyer of about 400 tons rammed the German submarine UC75 off the Yorkshire coast. The Uboat had previously been rammed by the steamer Blaydonian, damaging the casing. The Uboat then surfaced and at inaugural the Commanding Officer of Fairy thought the submarine must be Royal Navy but the normal challenge was not replied to. Fairy then rammed the uboat at the stern because if the boat was British the crew would have time to get out. It then became quite quite clear the boat was German so HMS Fairy rammed her hard just forward of the conning tower. Two of the men from the submarine jumped on to the forecastle of the destroyer and the other twelve crew were rescued from the water. The submarine sank but the bows of the destroyer were seriously damaged as the submarine was a much bigger vessel than HMS Fairy and she, herself, later sank.   

1919  inaugural wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX)   

1919  NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes inaugural crossing of Atlantic   

1919  NC-4's transatlantic flight ends at Plymouth, England   

1919  1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas).   

1919  Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer   

1920  Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner (Redskins, Balt Orioles).   

1921  Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1700   

1921  Alida Valli, Pola Italy, actress (Miracle of the Bells, 3rd Man).   

1922  Denholm Elliott, London, actor (Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat)   

1923  China and USSR exchange diplomats.   

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