Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  On May - 31 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  "Archie" comic strip first broadcast on radio on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  On May - 31 eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53   

1947  On May - 31 italian Government of Gasperi forms   

1947  On May - 31 adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39   

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  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  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  Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" on this day in history.   

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  US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated on May - 31.   

1961  On May - 31 jFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris   

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

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  "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  Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1557  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

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

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

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

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

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

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

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

1349  On this day in history death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

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.