History of May 31

On May 31 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1433 - Joan of Arc has a hot time at stake
1678 - Lady Godiva takes a ride through Coventry
1809 - Composer Franz Josef Hayden died in Vienna Austria
1854 - Kansas Territory established
1862 - Battle of Fair Oaks - Va; North defeats South
1868 - 1st recorded bicycle race - 2 kilometers in Paris
1879 - 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
1879 - Madison Square Garden opens its doors
1889 - Johnstown Flood; 2 -000 die in Penn
1900 - US troops arrive in Peking - help put down Boxer Rebellion
1910 - Union of South Africa formed
1913 - 17th amendment providing popular election of senators
1916 - During WW I British & German fleets fought Battle of Jutland
1955 - Construction begins on cosmodrome launch facilities
1956 - Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1961 - South Africa becomes a republic (Natl Day)
1962 - WW II Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann hung in Israel
1970 - Tens of thousands in Peru die in an earthquake
1974 - Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
1976 - Martha Mitchell wife of former Att General John Mitchell dies in NY