Historical Events In May - 31

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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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.   

1469  On this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  Erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

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.