Page 7: Historical Events In May - 15

1936  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium   

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

1940  On May - 15 german troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders   

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

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

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

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

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 May - 15.   

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 this day in history the first British turbojet flies   

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

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

1942  On May - 15 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 May - 15 warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction   

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

1944  On this day in history deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins.   

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

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

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

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

1948  Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record on this day in history.   

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

1948  Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel on May - 15.   

1951  On this day in history aT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders   

1952  On May - 15 albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84   

1953  On this day in history heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavywgt boxing title   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 May - 15.   

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

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

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

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.   

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

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.