1861 – Mint at New Orleans closes
1900 – US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
1921 – Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
1931 – 7.1 magnitude Earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
1941 – German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools
1967 – Bayern Munchen of West Germany wins 7th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Rangers of Scotland 1-0 in Nuremberg
2002 – NHL Western Conference Final: Detroit Red Wings beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
2004 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Hale Irwin wins his 4th title in the event by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Jay Haas
2012 – Egypt formally ends its 31 year state of emergency
2017 – Kenya’s Madaraka Express, a Chinese-built high speed railway from Mombassa to Nairobi is opened by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta
Author: gil7
Today in History for 31st May 2020
Historical Events
1659 – Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague
1880 – League of American Wheelmen (1st US bicycle association), forms in Newport, Rhode Island
1902 – Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
1905 – Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger
1927 – Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play
1941 – -June 1) 32.0 cm rain falls on Burlington Kansas (state record)
Famous Birthdays
1640 – Michał Wiśniowiecki, King of Poland (1669-73), born in Biały Kamień, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1673)
1882 – Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian nobleman and politician, born in Dég, Fejér county, Hungary (d. 1956)
1930 – William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation (London University)
1939 – Charles Drain, American soul singer, born in Eupora, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1955 – Tommy Emmanuel, Australian Guitarist CGP
1962 – Henry Williams, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
Famous Deaths
1880 – Hippolyte Mège-Mouriés, French chemist and inventor of margarine, dies at 62
1906 – Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid
1928 – Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60
1955 – Bill Vukovich, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1953-4), dies in crash in Indianapolis 500 at 36
1974 – Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let’s stay healthy), dies at 70
2006 – Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
Famous Deaths for 30th May 2020
1911 – Milton Bradley, American business magnate and game manufacturer, dies at 74
1947 – Sidney Nicholson, English composer, dies at 72
1957 – Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Black Ecstasy), dies
1994 – Jean Gattegno, French translator and scholar, dies at 58
1995 – Bobby Stokes, soccer star, dies at 44
1997 – West Arkeen, American musician, best known for co-writing several Guns N’ Roses songs (It’s So Easy, The Garden), dies of a drug overdose at 36
2003 – Mickie Most, English record producer (b. 1938)
2005 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (b. 1958)
2005 – Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62), dies at 78
2016 – Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 1974, 75; Philadelphia Flyers; NHL All Star 1977, 78), dies of meningitis at 66
Historical Events for 30th May 2020
1510 – Portuguese forces under Afonso de Albuquerque abandon Goa after its former ruler Yusuf Adil Shah, the Muslim King of Bijapur reconquers the city
1842 – John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria
1896 – 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hits a cyclist in NYC
1943 – French general Charles De Gaulle arrives in Algiers
1954 – Hector Villa-Lobos’ “Odisseia de Uma Raca” premieres
1956 – US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests)
1959 – Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact (Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom)
1964 – “Beyond the Fringe” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 performances
1979 – Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack’s TRS-80
1984 – 28th European Cup: Liverpool beats Roma (1-1, 4-2 on penalties) at Rome
Today in History for 30th May 2020
Historical Events
1416 – Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance
1584 – Earl Adolf of Nieuwenaar and Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland
1901 – Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
1906 – Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened
1934 – Indianapolis 500: Bill Cummings wins in 4:46:05.254 (168.761 km/h)
1949 – East German constitution approved
Famous Birthdays
1653 – Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany, born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1676)
1719 – Roger Newdigate, British politician (sat in the House of Commons 1742-80), born in Arbury, Warwickshire (d. 1806)
1871 – Olga Engl, Austrian actress (Phantom), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)
1912 – Joseph Stein, American dramatist and playwright (Fiddler on the Roof), born in NYC, New York (d. 2010)
1927 – Dick Noel, American TV host (It’s a Small Wonder), born in Brooklyn, New York
1950 – Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
Famous Deaths
1640 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter, dies at 62
1865 – William Clarke Quantrill, criminal/Confederate bushwhacker, dies at 27
1967 – Claude Rains, British actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca), dies at 77
1975 – Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
1977 – Paul Desmond, American jazz alto saxophonist (Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five), dies of lung cancer at 52
1995 – Philip Owen A Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator, dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 29th May 2020
1629 – Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
1788 – Jacques Aliamet, French etcher and engraver, dies at 61
1815 – Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64
1883 – Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73
1905 – Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
1948 – May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82
1951 – Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Czech organist and composer, dies at 91
1972 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
2014 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor, dies at 86
2015 – Betsy Palmer [Patricia Betsy Hrunek], American actress (Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th), dies at 88
Historical Events for 29th May 2020
1902 – Dutch State Mine law forms
1940 – Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of The Hague, Netherlands
1954 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Art Larsen 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 for first of 2 straight French singles titles
1976 – “One Piece At A Time” by Johnny Cash hits #29
1980 – JMW Turner’s “Juliet and Her Nurse” sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
1983 – Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
1993 – Neo-Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen, Germany
2005 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Laurel Valley GC: Mike Reid wins his first of 2 Champions Tour major titles with a birdie on the first playoff hole against Jerry Pate and Dana Quigley
2011 – Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Tom Watson wins his 6th and final Champions Tour major title with a birdie on the first playoff hole against David Eger
2014 – NHL Eastern Conference Final: New York Rangers beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2
Today in History for 29th May 2020
Historical Events
1765 – Patrick Henry’s historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of “Treason!” with, “If this be treason, make the most of it!”
1913 – Igor Stravinsky’s ballet score “The Rite of Spring” premieres in Paris, provoking a riot
1932 – The Bonus Army of World War I veterans begins to assemble in Washington, D.C. to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1948 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Frank Parker wins 1st of 2 straight French titles; beats Jaroslav Drobný 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 8-6
1965 – French Championships Women’s Tennis: Australian Lesley Turner Bowrey wins her 2nd French singles crown; upsets doubles partner Margaret Smith 6-3, 6-4
1982 – 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Solomon Meredith, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Guilford County, North Carolina (d. 1875)
1880 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (Decline of West), born in Blankenburg, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire (d. 1936)
1903 – Bob Hope [Leslie Townes Hope], British born American entertainer, born in London, England (d. 2003)
1950 – Talat Ali, Pakistani cricket batsman (Pakistan 10 Tests), born in Lahore, Punjab
1955 – Jerry Dengler, Colo Springs, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
1974 – Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks
Famous Deaths
1691 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch naval officer and son of Maarten Tromp, dies at 61
1833 – William Marshall, Scottish fiddle composer ( strathspeys The Marchioness of Huntly), dies at 84
1905 – Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
1956 – Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65
1987 – Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40
1996 – Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 28th May 2020
1750 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1808 – Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), dies at 29
1864 – Henry H Giesy, US Union-brigadier general, dies in battle
1963 – Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, Soviet composer, dies at 60
1972 – Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India (Jan 20th, 1936 until his abdication on Dec 11th, 1936), dies at 77
1982 – Lt Col ‘H’. Jones VC, Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (British Army) (Falklands War) (b. 1940)
1995 – Jean Muir, British fashion designer, dies at 66
2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian automobile executive (Fiat), dies at 69
2010 – Gary Coleman, American actor (Diff’rent Strokes), dies at 42
Historical Events for 28th May 2020
1349 – 60 Jews murdered in Breslau, Silesia
1953 – Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-“Melody”
1964 – Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
1964 – Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
1973 – Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
1975 – Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is established by the Treaty of Lagos
1977 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky kills 168
1979 – European Market accepts Greece as member
1985 – Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G
1996 – Pavlo Lazarenko becomes Prime Minister of Ukraine