Page 4: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1889  Athene Seyler, London, actress (Make Mine Mink) on May - 31.   

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

1892  Gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader on May - 31.   

1893  Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) on May - 31.   

1894  Fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show) on May - 31.   

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  On this day in history conference of Bloemfontein fails   

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

1899  On this day in history leonid Leonow, writer   

1900  On this day in history boxer rebellion in China   

1900  On May - 31 british troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg   

1900  On this day in history piet de Law captures Lieutenant-Colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry   

1900  On May - 31 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   

1900  Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) on this day in history.   

1900  On May - 31 helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author (Undercurrent, Coral Reef)   

1900  On May - 31 james Loudon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75   

1902  Australia Cricket all out 36 vs England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever on this day in history.   

1902  Boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal on May - 31.   

1902  The Boer war, in South Africa, ends on May - 31.   

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  On May - 31 emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger   

1905  Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history attack on King Alfonso XIII & Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid   

1906  On this day in history hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56   

1907  On May - 31 taxis first began running in NYC   

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

1907  On May - 31 valston Hancock, British air marshal   

1908  Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is first female airplane passenger (Belgium) on May - 31.   

1908  Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium) on May - 31.   

1908  On this day in history don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)   

1908  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on May - 31.   

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

1410  On May - 31 death of king Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356)   

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