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Monday, 05 January 2026
1909 First NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC) on May - 31. 
1909 On this day in history 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)
1909 On this day in history jan Lewando, British director (Marks & Spencer)
1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of the Union of South Africa on May - 31.
1910 On May - 31 glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to NYC
1910 On May - 31 cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
1910 On this day in history elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine
1910 On this day in history elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89
1911 On this day in history r.M.S. Titanic launched.
1911 Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector on May - 31.
1912 US marines land on Cuba on May - 31.
1912 Barbara Pepper, NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern) on May - 31.
1913 On May - 31 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified
1913 Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral on this day in history.
1914 Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1 on this day in history.
1914 On May - 31 akira Ifukube, composer
1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London fortelling the future on this day in history.
1915 On this day in history an LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
1916 Battle of Skagerrak British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) on this day in history.
1916 On this day in history british battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6
1916 During WWI British & German fleets fight Battle of Jutland on May - 31.
1916 Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) on May - 31.
1916 On this day in history bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare)
1916 On this day in history horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle
1916 Battle of Skagerrak: British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history 1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) on May - 31.
1918 General Monash succeeds Birdwood as GOC Australian Corps on May - 31.
1918 On this day in history 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 first 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 First wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX) on this day in history.
1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes first crossing of Atlantic on May - 31.
1919 NC-4's transatlantic flight ends at Plymouth, England on May - 31.
1919 On May - 31 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
1919 On this day in history chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer
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