Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on May - 13.   

1936  Quiroga Government takes office in Spain on this day in history.   

1936  Quiroga govt takes office in Spain on this day in history.   

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 this day in history british bomb factory at Breda   

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

1940  German breakthrough at Grebbelinie on this day in history.   

1941  Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany on this day in history.   

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

1942  On May - 13 uS troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji   

1942  Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight on May - 13.   

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

1943  On May - 13 axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign   

1943  Bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2   

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

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

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

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  On May - 13 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey   

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

1949  On May - 13 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   

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

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

1950  The birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards   

1951  On May - 13 marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

1254  On this day in history birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)   

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 this day in history.   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on this day in history.   

1699  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

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

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

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

1390  On this day in history robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies   

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

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.