Historical Events In May - 31
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1859 Phila A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later on this day in history.
1860 Walter Richard Sickert Munich, Danish/English painter (The Miner) on May - 31.
1861 General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line on May - 31.
1861 On May - 31 mint at New Orleans closes
1861 On this day in history gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line
1861 Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker (1st christmas seal drive, 1907) on May - 31.
1862 On May - 31 battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South
1862 Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks) on this day in history.
1862 Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 on May - 31.
1863 On this day in history francis E Younghusband, British journalist/explorer
1864 On May - 31 raid at Morgan's Kentucky
1864 On this day in history albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch)
1866 On this day in history vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer
1868 First Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH on May - 31.
1868 On this day in history 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio
1870 On this day in history congress passes first Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
1870 E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement on this day in history.
1870 On May - 31 congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
1872 On May - 31 charles G Abbot, US, astronomer (Constant Sun)
1875 On May - 31 italo Montemezzi, composer
1878 German battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed on May - 31.
1878 US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation on this day in history.
1878 German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed on May - 31.
1879 On this day in history first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
1879 On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors
1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.
1879 Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.
1880 League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle assn), forms in Newport RI on this day in history.
1883 On May - 31 french fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar
1884 Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" on May - 31.
1887 On May - 31 saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]
1888 Jack Holt, US, golddigger/actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone) on this day in history.
1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania on May - 31.
1889 On May - 31 the Johnstown Flood kills 2,000 to 5,000 Pennsylvanians in a city of 30,000
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