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

1938  Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium on May - 15.   

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

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

1940  On this day in history nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)   

1940  On this day in history nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US)   

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

1940  On this day in history the first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300   

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

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

1941  On May - 15 british attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya   

1941  On this day in history nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music   

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

1941  On May - 15 the first British turbojet flies   

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

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 May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1944  Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne on May - 15.   

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

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

1948  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1951  AT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders on May - 15.   

1952  On May - 15 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  Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam on May - 15.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

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  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

0913  On May - 15 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  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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)