Historical Events In May - 31

1942  Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour on May - 31.   

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury on May - 31.   

1942  Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

1944  Allied breakthrough in Italy on May - 31.   

1944  USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days on this day in history.   

1947  Communists grab power in Hungary on May - 31.   

1947  On this day in history eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53   

1947  On this day in history italian Government of Gasperi forms   

1947  Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1948  Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord on this day in history.   

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

1953  On May - 31 lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

1955  On this day in history construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities   

1955  Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 31 supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"   

1955  "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 on May - 31.   

1957  On May - 31 great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

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  On this day in history chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens   

1961  Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated on May - 31.   

1961  On this day in history jFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris   

1961  On May - 31 judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate   

1961  On this day in history south Africa becomes an independent republic   

1961  Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1962  "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV on May - 31.   

1962  On this day in history adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56   

1963  On May - 31 carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63   

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

1967  On this day in history bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg   

1969  On May - 31 "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8   

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1443  On this day in history birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

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 May - 31.   

1656  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

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)