Page 5: Historical Events In May - 31

1909  First NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)   

1909  Jan Lewando, British director (Marks & Spencer) on May - 31.   

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  Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa on May - 31.   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine on this day in history.   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on May - 31.   

1911  R.M.S. Titanic launched on this day in history.   

1911  Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector on May - 31.   

1912  US marines land on Cuba on May - 31.   

1912  On this day in history barbara Pepper, NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern)   

1913  17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified on May - 31.   

1913  Peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral on this day in history.   

1914  Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1 on May - 31.   

1914  On this day in history akira Ifukube, composer   

1915  An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London fortelling the future on this day in history.   

1915  An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London on this day in history.   

1916  Battle of Skagerrak British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) on this day in history.   

1916  British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1916  On May - 31 bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare)   

1916  On May - 31 horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle   

1916  On this day in history battle of Skagerrak: British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead)   

1917  1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) on May - 31.   

1917  1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) on May - 31.   

1918  On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

1919  First wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX) on this day in history.   

1919  On May - 31 nC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes first crossing of Atlantic   

1919  On May - 31 nC-4's transatlantic flight ends at Plymouth, England   

1919  1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas) on this day in history.   

1919  Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer on this day in history.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.   

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on May - 31.   

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

1557  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

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

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.