Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on May - 13.   

1936  On May - 13 quiroga Government takes office in Spain   

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

1939  On May - 13 sS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives   

1939  65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8 on May - 13.   

1940  British bomb factory at Breda on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 13 dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England   

1940  On this day in history german breakthrough at Grebbelinie   

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

1941  On this day in history trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins   

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

1942  On May - 13 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 May - 13.   

1942  On this day in history hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41   

1943  Axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 13 bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel   

1943  German & Italian forces in Africa surrender on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history german occupiers confiscate all radios   

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  On this day in history aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan   

1945  US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa on May - 13.   

1946  On May - 13 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey   

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

1946  On May - 13 winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

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

1947  Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history diner's Club issues its first credit cards   

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

1950  Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards on May - 13.   

1951  Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 on May - 13.   

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1024  On May - 13 birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

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  On May - 13 birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)   

1592  On May - 13 birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

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  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on May - 13.   

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on this day in history.   

1176  Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on this day in history.   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on May - 13.   

1381  On this day in history john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  On May - 13 robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies   

1573  On May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded