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May 31, 2005 Watergate figure Deep Throat is revealed to be W. Mark Felt a former F.B.I agent May 31, 1997 "Once Upon a Matress," closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 187 perf May 31, 1997 Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race May 31, 1996 Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures May 31, 1994 Padres scores 13 in 2nd vs Pirates May 31, 1993 President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees May 31, 1992 46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa and Crazy For You win May 31, 1992 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000 May 31, 1992 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic May 31, 1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia May 31, 1991 Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war May 31, 1990 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne May 31, 1990 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie May 31, 1990 Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles May 31, 1989 "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City) May 31, 1989 1st International Rock Awards May 31, 1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards May 31, 1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns May 31, 1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 31, 1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska May 31, 1987 Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3 May 31, 1985 41 tornadoes hit Northeast U.S., killing 88 May 31, 1985 Guatemala adopts constitution May 31, 1985 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000 May 31, 1985 Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000 May 31, 1984 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge May 31, 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 31, 1984 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record May 31, 1983 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in 4 games May 31, 1982 "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf May 31, 1981 Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship May 31, 1980 "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38 May 31, 1980 Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich May 31, 1979 "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 108 performances May 31, 1979 Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens May 31, 1979 Zimbabwe proclaims independence May 31, 1977 "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances May 31, 1977 Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar May 31, 1977 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed May 31, 1976 Loudest Pennsylvania (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London May 31, 1975 "Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 104 performances May 31, 1975 Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition May 31, 1974 Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights May 31, 1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 31, 1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season May 31, 1972 Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam May 31, 1971 WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting May 31, 1970 At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die) May 31, 1970 KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting May 31, 1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies' Golf Open May 31, 1969 "Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 132 performances May 31, 1969 "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8 May 31, 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance" May 31, 1969 Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore" May 31, 1967 Bayern Munchen wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg May 31, 1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy May 31, 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open May 31, 1964 San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 mins) May 31, 1962 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV May 31, 1961 Benfica wins 6th Europe Cup 1 at Bern May 31, 1961 Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St. Louis, opens May 31, 1961 John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris May 31, 1961 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate May 31, 1961 Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth May 31, 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open May 31, 1958 Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" May 31, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) May 31, 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) May 31, 1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof May 31, 1955 Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities May 31, 1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike May 31, 1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" May 31, 1953 Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government May 31, 1953 WSUN TV channel 38 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast May 31, 1951 Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord May 31, 1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins May 31, 1950 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial May 31, 1949 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA May 31, 1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) May 31, 1948 Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings) May 31, 1947 79th Belmont: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6 May 31, 1947 Communists grab power in Hungary May 31, 1947 Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft. Deposit and Perryville Md, kills 53 May 31, 1947 Italian government of Gasperi forms May 31, 1944 Allied breakthrough in Italy May 31, 1943 "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio May 31, 1943 Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters May 31, 1942 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City NJ May 31, 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury May 31, 1941 1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale May 31, 1941 41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) May 31, 1941 British troops vacate Kreta May 31, 1941 German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools May 31, 1940 Gen-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken May 31, 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris May 31, 1938 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's May 31, 1937 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University) May 31, 1937 Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak May 31, 1937 German battleships bomb Almeria, Spain May 31, 1935 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat May 31, 1935 Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan May 31, 1930 Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season May 31, 1930 Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium May 31, 1930 Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 AUs of Earth May 31, 1929 Atlantic City Convention Center opens May 31, 1928 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland May 31, 1928 Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season May 31, 1927 Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A) May 31, 1927 Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play May 31, 1926 Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup May 31, 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia May 31, 1923 China and U.S.S.R. exchange diplomats May 31, 1921 Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700 May 31, 1919 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas) May 31, 1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic May 31, 1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) May 31, 1916 Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) May 31, 1916 British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 May 31, 1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London May 31, 1914 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1 May 31, 1913 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified May 31, 1913 Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6) May 31, 1912 U.S. Marines land on Cuba May 31, 1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa May 31, 1910 Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to New York City May 31, 1910 Union of South Africa declares independence from U.K. May 31, 1909 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, New York City) May 31, 1908 Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium) May 31, 1907 Taxis 1st began running in New York City May 31, 1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid May 31, 1905 Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger May 31, 1902 Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever May 31, 1902 Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal May 31, 1900 British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg May 31, 1900 Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry May 31, 1900 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) May 31, 1900 U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion May 31, 1899 Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park May 31, 1891 Work on trans-Siberian railway begins May 31, 1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania May 31, 1884 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" May 31, 1883 French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar May 31, 1880 League of American Wheelmen (1st U.S. bicycle assn), forms in Newport, Rhode Island May 31, 1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition May 31, 1879 Madison Square Garden opens May 31, 1878 German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed May 31, 1878 U.S. Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation May 31, 1870 Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) May 31, 1870 E. J. DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement May 31, 1868 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio May 31, 1868 Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris May 31, 1864 Raid at Morgan's Kentucky May 31, 1862 Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks) May 31, 1861 Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line May 31, 1861 Mint at New Orleans closes May 31, 1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later May 31, 1853 Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard Advance May 31, 1849 Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye" May 31, 1847 Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens May 31, 1837 Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria May 31, 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope May 31, 1821 Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore May 31, 1790 U.S. copyright law enacted May 31, 1744 French troops conquer Kortrijk May 31, 1727 France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris May 31, 1696 John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius May 31, 1678 Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes May 31, 1665 Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah May 31, 1659 Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague May 31, 1634 U.S. colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony May 31, 1621 Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night May 31, 1564 Battle on Gotland: Lubeck and Denmark beat Sweden May 31, 1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted May 31, 1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League May 31, 1417 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen May 31, 70 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem |