Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour on May - 31.   

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

1947  Communists grab power in Hungary on May - 31.   

1947  On May - 31 eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53   

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

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

1948  Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord   

1952  On May - 31 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1957  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

1961  Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens on this day in history.   

1961  Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated on May - 31.   

1961  JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris on May - 31.   

1961  On this day in history judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate   

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

1961  Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth on May - 31.   

1962  On May - 31 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV   

1962  Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 on this day in history.   

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 May - 31.   

1967  Bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg on this day in history.   

1969  "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8 on this day in history.   

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

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  Marin Marias, composer was born on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

1246  Death of Isabella of Angouleme, queen of John of England on this day in history.   

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  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.