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

1940  On this day in history british bomb factory at Breda   

1940  On May - 13 dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England   

1940  On May - 13 german breakthrough at Grebbelinie   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1942  On this day in history uS troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji   

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

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 May - 13.   

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

1943  On May - 13 german & Italian forces in Africa surrender   

1943  German occupiers confiscate all radios on May - 13.   

1944  Hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history uS troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 13.   

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 May - 13.   

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

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 this day in history birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1638  On this day in history birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

1655  On May - 13 birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)   

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

0384  On May - 13 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 this day in history.   

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

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