Page 4: Historical Events In May - 31

1889  On May - 31 johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Penn   

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

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

1892  On May - 31 gregor Strasser, German pharmacist/NSDAP-Reich organization leader   

1893  On May - 31 whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)   

1894  Fred Allen, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show) on this day in history.   

1897  Margalo Gillmore, London, actress (Skirts Ahoy, High Society) on May - 31.   

1898  Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter on May - 31.   

1899  Conference of Bloemfontein fails on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 31 -June 5] Conference of Bloemfontein fails   

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  On this day in history tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)   

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

1902  On this day in history boer War Ends; Treaty of Vereeniging signed, Britain annexes Transvaal   

1902  On this day in history the Boer war, in South Africa, ends   

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

1902  On this day in history billy Mayerl, composer   

1905  On this day in history emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger   

1905  Roy Peaches Davis, baseball pitcher on May - 31.   

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  Taxis first began running in NYC on May - 31.   

1907  On May - 31 taxis 1st began running in NYC   

1907  Valston Hancock, British air marshal on May - 31.   

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

1908  On this day in history miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium)   

1908  On May - 31 don Ameche, Kenosha WI, actor (Cocoon, Trading Places)   

1908  C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on May - 31.   

1469  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on this day in history.   

1472  On this day in history birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  On this day in history birth of theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98)   

1557  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  On May - 31 birth of john George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680)   

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

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

1198  On this day in history moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

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 May - 31.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on May - 31.   

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