Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  On May - 13 great dustbowl storm   

1936  Quiroga Government takes office in Spain on May - 13.   

1936  On this day in history quiroga govt takes office in Spain   

1939  On this day in history sS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives   

1939  On this day in history 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8   

1940  On May - 13 british bomb factory at Breda   

1940  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England on this day in history.   

1940  German breakthrough at Grebbelinie on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 13 martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany   

1941  Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins on this day in history.   

1941  Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland on May - 13.   

1942  On this day in history helicopter makes its first cross-country flight   

1942  US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on this day in history.   

1942  Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight on this day in history.   

1942  On May - 13 hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41   

1943  On this day in history axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign   

1943  Bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel on May - 13.   

1943  German & Italian forces in Africa surrender on May - 13.   

1943  German occupiers confiscate all radios on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 13 hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR   

1944  On May - 13 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2   

1945  Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan on this day in history.   

1945  US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa on this day in history.   

1946  Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey on May - 13.   

1946  US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death on this day in history.   

1946  Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on May - 13.   

1946  Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions   

1949  The first British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its first test flight later this type of aricaraft was used in the 1982 war in the Falklands on May - 13.   

1949  On this day in history 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight   

1950  Diner's Club issues its first credit cards on this day in history.   

1950  The birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer on May - 13.   

1950  On May - 13 diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards   

1951  Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1024  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on May - 13.   

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on May - 13.   

1314  On this day in history birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on May - 13.   

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1638  On May - 13 birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on May - 13.   

1699  On this day in history birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)   

0384  On this day in history servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+   

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on May - 13.   

1176  Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on May - 13.   

1312  On this day in history death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)   

1381  On May - 13 john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on May - 13.   

1573  On this day in history death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on this day in history.