Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on May - 13.   

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

1936  Quiroga govt takes office in Spain on May - 13.   

1939  SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives on May - 13.   

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 this day in history dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England   

1940  German breakthrough at Grebbelinie on May - 13.   

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel   

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

1943  German occupiers confiscate all radios on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history 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 May - 13.   

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  On May - 13 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 May - 13.   

1947  On May - 13 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 this day in history.   

1949  On May - 13 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight   

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

1950  On this day in history the birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer   

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

1951  On this day in history 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  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on this day in history.   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on May - 13.   

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 this day in history 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  On May - 13 servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+   

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on May - 13.   

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

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 May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

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