Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  On May - 31 japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour   

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury on May - 31.   

1942  Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated on May - 31.   

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

1944  Allied breakthrough in Italy on this day in history.   

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  Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53 on May - 31.   

1947  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government on May - 31.   

1955  On May - 31 construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities   

1955  On this day in history 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  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  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 May - 31 south Africa becomes an independent republic   

1961  On this day in history union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth   

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

1962  Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 on this day in history.   

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

1964  Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim on May - 31.   

1967  Bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg on May - 31.   

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

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

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  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

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

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

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

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  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.