Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

1942  Japanese midget submarines raid Sydney Harbour on this day in history.   

1942  Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53   

1947  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on May - 31.   

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

1948  On May - 31 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 this day in history.   

1955  Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" on May - 31.   

1955  On this day in history "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500   

1957  On May - 31 great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1958  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)   

1960  Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1961  On May - 31 dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated   

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

1961  On May - 31 judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate   

1961  On May - 31 south Africa becomes an independent republic   

1961  On May - 31 union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth   

1962  "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 31 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  On this day in history charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim   

1967  On May - 31 bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg   

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

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1443  On May - 31 birth of lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)   

1469  On May - 31 birth of manuel I, King of Portugal (1495-1521) during era of exploration   

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

1557  On May - 31 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on May - 31.   

1198  Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies on May - 31.   

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  On May - 31 death of ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358)   

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.