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  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 May - 31.   

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

1947  On this day in history communists grab power in Hungary   

1947  Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53 on May - 31.   

1947  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on May - 31.   

1947  On May - 31 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 May - 31 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  On this day in history walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies   

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

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

1957  On this day in history great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1958  On May - 31 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 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 this day in history south Africa becomes an independent republic   

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

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

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

1963  On this day in history carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63   

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

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

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

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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 May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

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 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 this day in history 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  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  On this day in history 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 this day in history.