Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  On May - 13 great dustbowl storm   

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

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

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

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

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

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  On May - 13 trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins   

1941  On this day in history willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland   

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

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  Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on May - 13.   

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

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

1943  On this day in history german & Italian forces in Africa surrender   

1943  On May - 13 german occupiers confiscate all radios   

1944  On this day in history hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR   

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

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 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 May - 13.   

1946  On May - 13 winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

1946  Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey on May - 13.   

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  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 May - 13 diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards   

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

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

1254  On May - 13 birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)   

1314  On May - 13 birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

1588  On this day in history birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)   

1592  On this day in history 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  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

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

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

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on May - 13.   

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