Page 6: Historical Events In May - 14

1940  Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production   

1940  Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany   

1940  Rotterdam, in Holland, captured by German forces during WW2.   

1940  Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies.   

1941  3600 Parisian Jews arrested   

1942  The Women's Auxilliary Army Corps (WACS) is established   

1942  US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded.   

1942  US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms.   

1943  Australian Hospital Ship Centaur sunk by a Japanese submarine off the south Queensland coast The ship was crewed by members of the Australian merchant navy and only 64 of the 333 on board survived.   

1943  Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine.   

1944  91 German bombers harass Bristol.   

1944  British troops occupy Kohima   

1944  George Lucas, Creator of the Star Wars films is born.   

1945  Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise.   

1945  US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered.   

1946  The House of Commons passes the Canadian Citizenship Act; inaugural nationality statute in Canada to define its people as Canadians   

1946  Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres   

1947  John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59   

1948  Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's inaugural broadcast   

1948  Jewish provisional government formed as British Mandate for Palestine ends   

1948  Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem.   

1948  PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel.   

1948  US grants Israel de facto recognition.   

1948  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.   

1948  Israel declares independence from under British administration   

1949  Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral.   

1951  Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC   

1953  Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59   

1954  Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months.   

1955  A causeway is completed across the Strait of Canso between Cape Porcupine and Balache Point, Nova Scotia. This involved a 14 mile main line diversion for the rerouting of railway traffic linking directly Cape Breton Island with the mainland. Previous movements were by car ferry across the Strait of Canso   

1955  The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries.   

1955  US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean.   

1955  Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania   

1955  Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44   

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1316  Charles iv: King of bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  Charles iv: Holy roman emperor   

1553  Margaret of valois: Wife of henry iv   

1652  Johann philipp fortsch: Composer   

1666  Victor amadeus ii of sardinia: Victor amadeus ii of sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  Peder [nielsen] horrebow: Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel gabriel fahrenheit: Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [ns=5/24]   

1699  Hans joachim von zieten: Prussian field marshal   

0347  Death of Pachomius: Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (coenobieten),   

0649  Death of Theodore: Greek pope (642-49) (excommunicated by paul ii),   

0964  Death of John xii: [octavianus], pope (955-64),   

1470  Charles viii of sweden: Charles viii of sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Death of Nicolaus von amsdorf: German reform theologist,   

1574  Guru amar das: Third sikh guru (b. 1479)   

1608  Death of Charles iii: Duke of lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  Death of Henry iv: 1st bourbon-king of france (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56