WillDekkard
05-31-2010, 03:47 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- May 31st
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* 1279 BC Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
* 526 A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
* 1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.
* 1578 Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
* 1669 Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
* 1678 The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
* 1759 The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.
* 1775 American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions adopted in the Province of North Carolina
* 1790 Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
* 1790 The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
* 1813 In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
* 1859 The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
* 1862 American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
* 1864 American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
* 1866 In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the English. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
* 1884 Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria
* 1889 Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
* 1902 Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
* 1910 Creation of the Union of South Africa.
* 1911 The ocean liner R.M.S. Titanic is launched.
* 1916 World War I: Battle of Jutland The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
* 1921 Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
* 1924 The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
* 1927 The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
* 1935 A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
* 1941 A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland claims 38 lives.
* 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
* 1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin
* 1961 Republic of South Africa created.
* 1962 The West Indies Federation dissolves.
* 1962 Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
* 1970 The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
* 1971 In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
* 1973 The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
* 1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.
* 1981 Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
* 1985 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
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- May 31st
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1279 BC Rameses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
* 526 A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000.
* 1223 Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.
* 1578 Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
* 1669 Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
* 1678 The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.
* 1759 The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.
* 1775 American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolutions adopted in the Province of North Carolina
* 1790 Alferez Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
* 1790 The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
* 1813 In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth, reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
* 1859 The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
* 1862 American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G. W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia.
* 1864 American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant & George G. Meade.
* 1866 In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the English. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded.
* 1884 Arrival at Plymouth of Tawhiao, King of Maoris, to claim protection of Queen Victoria
* 1889 Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam break sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
* 1902 Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
* 1910 Creation of the Union of South Africa.
* 1911 The ocean liner R.M.S. Titanic is launched.
* 1916 World War I: Battle of Jutland The British Grand Fleet under the command of Sir John Jellicoe & Sir David Beatty engage the Kaiserliche Marine under the command of Reinhard Scheer & Franz von Hipper in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
* 1921 Tulsa Race Riot: A civil unrest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, the official death toll is 39, but recent investigations suggest the actual toll may be much higher.
* 1924 The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Peking government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
* 1927 The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
* 1935 A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan: 40,000 dead.
* 1941 A Luftwaffe air raid in Dublin, Ireland claims 38 lives.
* 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
* 1943 Zoot Suit Riots begin
* 1961 Republic of South Africa created.
* 1962 The West Indies Federation dissolves.
* 1962 Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
* 1970 The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
* 1971 In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
* 1973 The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
* 1977 The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System completed.
* 1981 Burning of Jaffna library, Sri Lanka, It is one of the violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the twentieth century.
* 1985 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
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