Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1942  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs Canterbury   

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  On May - 31 allied breakthrough in Italy   

1944  On May - 31 uSS England sank a record 6th Japanese submarine in 13 days.   

1947  On May - 31 communists grab power in Hungary   

1947  Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53 on this day in history.   

1947  Italian Government of Gasperi forms on May - 31.   

1947  On this day in history adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39   

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

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  On May - 31 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 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  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  On this day in history south Africa becomes an independent republic   

1961  On this day in history 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  Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim   

1967  On this day in history bayern München wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg   

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 May - 31.   

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  Theodorus I (Fedor Ivanovitsj), czar of Russia (1584-98) was born on May - 31.   

1557  Feodor I of Russia (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0455  On May - 31 death of petronius Maximus, senator/Emperor of Rome, lynched   

1091  On May - 31 hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies   

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  Death of Thomas Wake, English politician (b. 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on this day in history.   

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.