Historical Events In May - 31

1942  On May - 31 japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour   

1942  On May - 31 luftwaffe bombs Canterbury   

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

1943  On May - 31 "Archie" comic strip first broadcast on radio   

1944  Allied breakthrough in Italy on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 31 uSS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days.   

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 May - 31.   

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  Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord on this day in history.   

1952  Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies on May - 31.   

1953  On this day in history lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

1955  Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike   

1955  On May - 31 supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"   

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  US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78   

1961  On May - 31 chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens   

1961  Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 31 jFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris   

1961  Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate on May - 31.   

1961  South Africa becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth   

1962  On this day in history "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV   

1962  Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 on May - 31.   

1963  Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1964  Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg   

1969  On this day in history "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 this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

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  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on May - 31.   

1091  On May - 31 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  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  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)