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  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 May - 15.   

1940  Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) on May - 15.   

1940  On May - 15 nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US)   

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1940  The first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1941  The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.   

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

1942  On May - 15 gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States)   

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

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

1943  Halifax bombers sinks U-463 on this day in history.   

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

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

1944  Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins on May - 15.   

1944  On this day in history eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan   

1944  On this day in history sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne   

1945  On May - 15 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  Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history 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  AT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

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  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)