Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1942  On this day in history 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  Allied breakthrough in Italy on May - 31.   

1944  USS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days on this day in history.   

1947  Communists grab power in Hungary on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53   

1947  On this day in history italian Government of Gasperi forms   

1947  On May - 31 adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39   

1948  On this day in history jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80   

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  Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies on this day in history.   

1953  Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government on May - 31.   

1955  On this day in history construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities   

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 May - 31.   

1957  On May - 31 great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1958  US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history south Africa becomes an independent republic   

1961  On May - 31 union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth   

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

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  On May - 31 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 this day in history birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

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  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on May - 31.   

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

1640  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

1656  On this day in history birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

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

1349  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on this day in history.