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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1941  The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.   

1942  On May - 15 australian troops reinforce Port Moresby   

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  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends   

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 May - 15.   

1951  On May - 15 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  Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavywgt boxing title on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

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

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

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

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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

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

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

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

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

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

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

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

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