Page 7: Historical Events In May - 15

1936  Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 15 amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h   

1938  On this day in history paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium   

1940  On this day in history german armour division moves into Northern France   

1940  On this day in history german troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders   

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

1940  Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US) on May - 15.   

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France on May - 15.   

1940  The first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300 on May - 15.   

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on May - 15.   

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

1941  On this day in history british attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya   

1941  Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music on this day in history.   

1941  Rumania passes law condemning Jews to forced labor on this day in history.   

1941  The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.   

1942  On May - 15 australian troops reinforce Port Moresby   

1942  On this day in history gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States)   

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

1942  On this day in history nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers   

1943  On May - 15 halifax bombers sinks U-463   

1943  Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction on May - 15.   

1944  14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1944  On May - 15 deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins.   

1944  Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan on this day in history.   

1944  Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf   

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

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

1948  Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five on May - 15.   

1948  On this day in history egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel   

1951  On May - 15 aT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders   

1952  On this day in history albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1953  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavywgt boxing title on this day in history.   

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

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

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

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.   

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.   

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.