Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1942  On May - 31 luftwaffe bombs Canterbury   

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 May - 31 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 May - 31.   

1947  On this day in history adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39   

1948  Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80 on May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On May - 31 lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

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

1955  On this day in history great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike   

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

1960  Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens on this day in history.   

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

1961  JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris on this day in history.   

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

1961  South Africa becomes an independent republic on May - 31.   

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

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  Bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history "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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer   

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

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.   

1410  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

1495  On May - 31 death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)