Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  On this day in history japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour   

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 31 reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated   

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

1944  Allied breakthrough in Italy on this day in history.   

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

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

1947  Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53 on May - 31.   

1947  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on May - 31.   

1947  Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 on May - 31.   

1948  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1951  On May - 31 netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord   

1952  On May - 31 walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies   

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  Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike on May - 31.   

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

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  On May - 31 uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1960  On May - 31 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  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 May - 31.   

1961  South Africa becomes an independent republic on May - 31.   

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

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  Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim on May - 31.   

1967  Bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg on May - 31.   

1969  "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8 on May - 31.   

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1443  Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509) was born on this day in history.   

1469  On this day in history 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  On May - 31 birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

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  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  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 31.