Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1942  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs Canterbury   

1942  Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history allied breakthrough in Italy   

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

1947  On May - 31 communists grab power in Hungary   

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

1947  On May - 31 italian Government of Gasperi forms   

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

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

1949  On this day in history 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  Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord on May - 31.   

1952  Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

1955  On May - 31 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  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.   

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  Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 31 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 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  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 May - 31.   

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

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

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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 this day in history birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

1472  On this day in history 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  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  MichaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673) was born on May - 31.   

1656  On May - 31 birth of marin Marias, composer   

0455  Death of Petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched on this day in history.   

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

1198  On May - 31 moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies   

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