Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury on May - 31.   

1942  On this day in history reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia & Moravia, assassinated   

1943  On May - 31 "Archie" comic strip first broadcast on radio   

1944  Allied breakthrough in Italy on May - 31.   

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  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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1955  On May - 31 construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities   

1955  On May - 31 great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike   

1955  On this day in history supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"   

1955  "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 on May - 31.   

1957  Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on May - 31.   

1958  On May - 31 uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

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 this day in history.   

1961  Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate on May - 31.   

1961  South Africa becomes an independent republic on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 31.   

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

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  Manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration was born on May - 31.   

1472  On May - 31 birth of erardus van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal   

1557  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 31 birth of michaÅ‚ WiÅ›niowiecki, King of Poland (d. 1673)   

1656  On May - 31 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 May - 31.   

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

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

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  On this day in history 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.