Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on this day in history.  

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

1936  On May - 13 quiroga govt takes office in Spain  

1939  SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives on this day in history.  

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

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

1940  On this day in history dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England  

1940  On May - 13 german breakthrough at Grebbelinie  

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 May - 13.  

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1941  Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland on this day in history.  

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

1942  US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on May - 13.  

1942  On May - 13 helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight  

1942  Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history german occupiers confiscate all radios  

1944  Hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR on May - 13.  

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

1945  Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan on May - 13.  

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

1946  On this day in history sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey  

1946  On this day in history uS convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death  

1946  Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on this day in history.  

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 May - 13.  

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

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 13 birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint  

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

1592  On this day in history birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist  

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on May - 13.  

1655  On this day in history birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)  

1699  On May - 13 birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)  

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.  

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

1176  On May - 13 death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)  

1312  On May - 13 death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)  

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on this day in history.  

1573  Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on May - 13.  

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