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

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

1940  On May - 15 german armour division moves into Northern France   

1940  German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders on May - 15.   

1940  On May - 15 nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)   

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

1940  On May - 15 premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France   

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

1940  On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

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

1941  British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya on this day in history.   

1941  Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music on May - 15.   

1941  On this day in history rumania passes law condemning Jews to forced labor.   

1941  On May - 15 the first British turbojet flies   

1942  Australian troops reinforce Port Moresby on this day in history.   

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

1942  Movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway on May - 15.   

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

1943  Halifax bombers sinks U-463 on May - 15.   

1943  Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction on this day in history.   

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

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

1944  On May - 15 eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan   

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 this day in history.   

1948  28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends on May - 15.   

1948  On May - 15 australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record   

1948  On May - 15 bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five   

1948  Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

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

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

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

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

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