Historical Events In May - 31
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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