Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

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  On this day in history allied breakthrough in Italy   

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

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  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on this day in history.   

1947  Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 on May - 31.   

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

1949  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) on May - 31.   

1951  Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord on May - 31.   

1952  On May - 31 walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies   

1953  Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government on this day in history.   

1955  Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities on May - 31.   

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

1955  Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" on May - 31.   

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

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  Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78 on May - 31.   

1961  On May - 31 chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens   

1961  Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth   

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 this day in history carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63   

1964  Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

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

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On May - 31 birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on May - 31.   

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

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

1410  On May - 31 death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)