Page 7: Historical Events In May - 31

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

1942  On May - 31 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  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  On May - 31 communists grab power in Hungary   

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

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  Netherlands & South Africa sign cultural accord on May - 31.   

1952  Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies on May - 31.   

1953  On May - 31 lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government   

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 May - 31 supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"   

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

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

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  On May - 31 chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens   

1961  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 on May - 31.   

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 May - 31.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of feodor I of Russia (d. 1598)   

1613  John George II, Elector of Saxony (d. 1680) was born on May - 31.   

1640  On May - 31 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  Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1358) on May - 31.   

1410  Death of King Martin I of Aragon (b. 1356) on this day in history.   

1495  Death of Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, (b. 1415) on May - 31.