Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on this day in history.  

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

1936  On May - 13 quiroga govt takes office in Spain  

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

1941  Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland on this day in history.  

1942  On May - 13 helicopter makes its first cross-country flight  

1942  On May - 13 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1943  German & Italian forces in Africa surrender on May - 13.  

1943  German occupiers confiscate all radios on May - 13.  

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 this day in history.  

1945  Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan on this day in history.  

1945  On May - 13 uS troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa  

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

1946  US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death on May - 13.  

1946  Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history 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  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 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 May - 13.  

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

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

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on May - 13.  

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on this day in history.  

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

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on May - 13.  

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on May - 13.  

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

1699  On May - 13 birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)  

0384  On this day in history 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 May - 13.  

1312  On this day in history death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)  

1381  On May - 13 john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies  

1390  On May - 13 robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies  

1573  Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on this day in history.  

1619  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded