Page 4: Historical Events In May - 31

1889  Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn on May - 31.   

1889  On May - 31 athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink)   

1891  Work on trans-Siberian railway begins on May - 31.   

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  On this day in history fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show)   

1897  On May - 31 margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society)   

1898  On May - 31 johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter   

1899  On May - 31 conference of Bloemfontein fails   

1899  -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails on May - 31.   

1899  Leonid Leonow, writer on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 31 boxer rebellion in China   

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 May - 31.   

1900  Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) on May - 31.   

1900  On this day in history 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  Australia Cricket all out 36 vs England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 31 boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal   

1902  The Boer war, in South Africa, ends on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 31 australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever   

1902  On May - 31 billy Mayerl, composer   

1905  Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger on May - 31.   

1905  On this day in history roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher   

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  Taxis first began running in NYC on May - 31.   

1907  Taxis 1st began running in NYC on May - 31.   

1907  On this day in history valston Hancock, British air marshal   

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  Don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places) on May - 31.   

1908  On this day in history c L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies   

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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  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  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

1091  On this day in history hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.