Historical Events In May - 31

1942  On May - 31 japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour   

1942  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs Canterbury   

1942  Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated on May - 31.   

1943  "Archie" comic strip first broadcast on radio on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 31 allied breakthrough in Italy   

1944  USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days on this day in history.   

1947  On May - 31 communists grab power in Hungary   

1947  On this day in history eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53   

1947  On May - 31 italian Government of Gasperi forms   

1947  Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1949  On May - 31 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)   

1951  On May - 31 netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord   

1952  On May - 31 walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies   

1953  On May - 31 lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

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

1955  Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike on this day in history.   

1955  Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" on May - 31.   

1955  "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 on this day in history.   

1957  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on May - 31.   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1960  On May - 31 willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78   

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  Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate on May - 31.   

1961  On May - 31 south Africa becomes an independent republic   

1961  Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth on May - 31.   

1962  On May - 31 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV   

1962  On this day in history adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56   

1963  On May - 31 carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63   

1964  On May - 31 charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim   

1967  Bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 31 "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  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On May - 31 birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

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

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 this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

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

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

1246  On May - 31 death of isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England   

1349  On May - 31 death of thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297)   

1408  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history death of cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415)