Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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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