Historical Events In May - 31
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1889 On this day in history johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn
1889 On May - 31 athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)
1891 On May - 31 work on trans-Siberian railway begins
1892 On May - 31 gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader
1893 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) on May - 31.
1894 Fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show) on this day in history.
1897 Margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society) on May - 31.
1898 On this day in history johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter
1899 Conference of Bloemfontein fails on May - 31.
1899 -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails on May - 31.
1899 Leonid Leonow, writer on May - 31.
1900 Boxer rebellion in China on May - 31.
1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg on this day in history.
1900 Piet de Law captures Lieutenant-Colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry on May - 31.
1900 Sailors and Marines from USS Newark and USS Oregon arrive at Peking, China with other Sailors and Marines from Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan to protect U.S. and foreign diplomatic legations from the Boxers on this day in history.
1900 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) on May - 31.
1900 On May - 31 helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef)
1900 James Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 on May - 31.
1902 On this day in history australia Cricket all out 36 vs England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
1902 On this day in history boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal
1902 On this day in history the Boer war, in South Africa, ends
1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever on May - 31.
1902 Billy Mayerl, composer on this day in history.
1905 Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger on May - 31.
1905 Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher on May - 31.
1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII & Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid on May - 31.
1906 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1907 On this day in history taxis first began running in NYC
1907 Taxis 1st began running in NYC on this day in history.
1907 Valston Hancock, British air marshal on this day in history.
1908 On May - 31 miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is first female airplane passenger (Belgium)
1908 On this day in history miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)
1908 On this day in history don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)
1908 C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on May - 31.
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