Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  On this day in history japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour   

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated   

1943  On May - 31 "Archie" comic strip first broadcast on radio   

1944  Allied breakthrough in Italy on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 31 uSS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days.   

1947  Communists grab power in Hungary on this day in history.   

1947  Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53 on this day in history.   

1947  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on May - 31.   

1947  On this day in history adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39   

1948  On this day in history jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80   

1949  On this day in history charley Lupica begins stay on 4-foot-square platform platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and he comes down 117 days later)   

1951  On this day in history netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord   

1952  Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies on May - 31.   

1953  On this day in history lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

1955  Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 31 great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike   

1955  On this day in history supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"   

1955  On this day in history "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500   

1957  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1960  On this day in history willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78   

1961  Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens on May - 31.   

1961  On this day in history dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated   

1961  JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris on May - 31.   

1961  Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate on this day in history.   

1961  South Africa becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

1961  Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth on May - 31.   

1962  "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1962  Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 on May - 31.   

1963  Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 on May - 31.   

1964  On May - 31 charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim   

1967  On May - 31 bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg   

1969  On this day in history "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8   

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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 this day in history 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 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  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1246  On this day in history death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1495  On May - 31 death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)