Page 7: Historical Events In May - 12

1943  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in US.   

1943  German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender   

1943  Albert Stoessel, composer, dies at 48.   

1944  Krim purged of Nazi troops   

1944  Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat.   

1944  Arthur T Quiller-Couch [Q], British author/critic, dies at 80.   

1948  Queen Wilhelmina steps down   

1948  Isidor Achron, composer, dies at 55   

1949  The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted.   

1949  The inaugural foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India).   

1949  West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade.   

1951  The inaugural H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll   

1951  Oscar DePriest, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80   

1956  East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves.   

1956  Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87   

1957  Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71.   

1958  "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40.   

1959  Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)   

1960  Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special   

1960  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer, dies at 70   

1961  In this year, Botvinnik claims world chess championship for 3rd time.   

1962  Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67   

1963  Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show   

1963  Race riot in Birmingham AL.   

1963  Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer, dies at 69.   

1964  Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO.   

1965  Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations   

1965  Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57.   

1967  In this year, H Rap Brown formally adopts in place of Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee   

1967  Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64.   

1968  "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC   

1970  Harry A Blackmun is confirmed by the U S Senate as a Supreme Court justice.   

1970  Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)   

1970  Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78   

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1496  Gustav i of sweden: Gustav i of sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo ii de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany   

1622  Louis de buade de frontenac: Governor general of new france   

1626  Louis hennepin: Flemish missionary   

1662  Jan f van bloom: [orizonte] flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August ii: The strong one, king of poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick augustus i of poland: Frederick augustus i of poland (d. 1733)   

1679  Giovanni antonio ricieri: Composer   

0912  Death of Leo vi sophos: Byzantine emperor (886-912),   

1003  Gerbert: French scholar,   

1012  Sergius iv: [pietro crescentii], italian pope (1009-12),   

1382  Johanna i: Queen of naples/provence,   

1465  Death of Thomas palaeologus: Despot of the despotate of morea   

1634  George chapman: English dramatist/interpreter,   

1641  Thomas wentworth: English viceroy of ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac doreslaer: English lawyer/diplomat, murdered