Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 31 luftwaffe bombs Canterbury   

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

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

1944  On May - 31 allied breakthrough in Italy   

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

1947  Communists grab power in Hungary on May - 31.   

1947  Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53 on this day in history.   

1947  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on this day in history.   

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

1948  On May - 31 jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80   

1949  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) on May - 31.   

1951  Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies   

1953  Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government on this day in history.   

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

1961  Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens on May - 31.   

1961  On May - 31 dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated   

1961  On this day in history 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  Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth on May - 31.   

1962  On this day in history "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 this day in history carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63   

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  "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8 on May - 31.   

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1443  On May - 31 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 this day in history.   

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

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

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  Marin Marias, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 31.   

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