Historical Events In May - 31

1909  On May - 31 first NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC)   

1909  1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, NYC) on this day in history.   

1909  Jan Lewando, British director (Marks & Spencer) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history cape of Good Hope becomes part of the Union of South Africa   

1910  On May - 31 glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to NYC   

1910  Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa on May - 31.   

1910  On May - 31 elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine   

1910  Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1911  R.M.S. Titanic launched on May - 31.   

1911  Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector on May - 31.   

1912  On May - 31 uS marines land on Cuba   

1912  On May - 31 barbara Pepper, NYC, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres, Rogue Tavern)   

1913  On May - 31 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified   

1913  On May - 31 peter Gibson, British Rear-Admiral   

1914  Chic White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleve Indians, 6-1 on May - 31.   

1914  On this day in history akira Ifukube, composer   

1915  On May - 31 an LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London fortelling the future   

1915  An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London on this day in history.   

1916  Battle of Skagerrak British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) on this day in history.   

1916  British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 on this day in history.   

1916  During WWI British & German fleets fight Battle of Jutland on this day in history.   

1916  On May - 31 battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead)   

1916  On this day in history bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director (Fanfare)   

1916  On this day in history horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle   

1916  Battle of Skagerrak: British-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) on May - 31.   

1917  On this day in history 1First jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)   

1917  1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) on this day in history.   

1918  On May - 31 general Monash succeeds Birdwood as GOC Australian Corps   

1918  HMS Fairy, Built by Fairfields at Govan, Glasgow this 'C' Class destroyer of about 400 tons rammed the German submarine UC75 off the Yorkshire coast. The Uboat had previously been rammed by the steamer Blaydonian, damaging the casing. The Uboat then surfaced and at first the Commanding Officer of Fairy thought the submarine must be Royal Navy but the normal challenge was not replied to. Fairy then rammed the uboat at the stern because if the boat was British the crew would have time to get out. It then became quite quite clear the boat was German so HMS Fairy rammed her hard just forward of the conning tower. Two of the men from the submarine jumped on to the forecastle of the destroyer and the other twelve crew were rescued from the water. The submarine sank but the bows of the destroyer were seriously damaged as the submarine was a much bigger vessel than HMS Fairy and she, herself, later sank on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history first wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston TX)   

1919  On this day in history nC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes first crossing of Atlantic   

1919  On May - 31 nC-4's transatlantic flight ends at Plymouth, England   

1919  On this day in history 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)   

1919  Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer on May - 31.   

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1443  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  On May - 31 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  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

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

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

1640  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

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

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

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