Page 7: Historical Events In May - 15

1936  On May - 15 amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours   

1936  Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h on this day in history.   

1938  Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium on this day in history.   

1940  German armour division moves into Northern France on this day in history.   

1940  German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders on this day in history.   

1940  Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) on this day in history.   

1940  Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US) on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France   

1940  On May - 15 the first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300   

1940  On May - 15 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1940  On May - 15 the first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300   

1941  British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya on May - 15.   

1941  On May - 15 nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music   

1941  On May - 15 rumania passes law condemning Jews to forced labor.   

1941  The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.   

1942  Australian troops reinforce Port Moresby on May - 15.   

1942  Gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States) on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway   

1942  Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 15 halifax bombers sinks U-463   

1943  On this day in history warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction   

1944  On May - 15 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz   

1944  Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins on this day in history.   

1944  Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan on May - 15.   

1944  On May - 15 sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne   

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on May - 15.   

1948  On this day in history 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends   

1948  On this day in history australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record   

1948  On this day in history bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five   

1948  On May - 15 egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel   

1951  AT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders on this day in history.   

1952  Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1953  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavywgt boxing title on May - 15.   

1953  On May - 15 osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam   

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1565  On May - 15 birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.   

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)