Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on May - 13.   

1936  On May - 13 quiroga Government takes office in Spain   

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  65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8 on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 13 british bomb factory at Breda   

1940  On May - 13 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  On this day in history trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins   

1941  Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland on May - 13.   

1942  Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight on this day in history.   

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 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  On May - 13 bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel   

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

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

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  On May - 13 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey   

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  On May - 13 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey   

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  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  On May - 13 the birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer   

1950  Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards on this day in history.   

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

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1024  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on this day in history.   

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  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on this day in history.   

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

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.   

1162  On this day in history death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on May - 13.   

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

1381  On this day in history john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on this day in history.   

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.