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1939  British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Dmitri Shostakovitch appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Submarine Squalis sinks off Portsmouth NH, 26 die.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  The inaugural great dogfight involving the British Spitfire.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  1st great dogfight between Spitfires  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Kanga Force moved to Wau, Papua New Guinea  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  -24] 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  British/Canadian troops occupy Pontecorvo Italy.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  During World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio begin a major breakout offensive.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Operation-Buffalo Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  British military police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Nazi official Heinrich Himmler commits suicide while imprisoned in Luneburgm Germany.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Winston Churchill steps down as British PM  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  British milt police arrest Admiral Karl Doenitz.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  PC Hooft prize forms for literature  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive homeruns  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  Schools inaugural use Cliff's Notes  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Fransisco  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1052  King philip i of france: King philip i of france (d. 1108)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1100  Emperor qinzong of china: Emperor qinzong of china (d. 1161)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1598  Claude mellan: French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1606  Juan caramuel y lobkowitz: Spanish writer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1617  Elias ashmole: Antiquary  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1620  Pieter neefs: The younger, flemish painter, baptized  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1644  Thomas eisenhut: Composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1696  Johann caspar vogler: Composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 23

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1125  Hendrik v: Roman catholics german king/emperor (1098/1111-25),  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1153  David i: King of scotland (1124-53),  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1304  Death of Jehan de lescurel: French poet and composer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1423  Death of Benedict xiii: [pedro the luna], spanish pope (1394-1423),  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1498  Death of Girolamo savonarola: Dictator of florence (1494-98), hanged at 45  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1523  Ashikaga yoshitane: Japanese shogun (b. 1466)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1524  Death of Ismail i: Shah of persia (b. 1487)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  Adolf van nassau: German son of willem the rich,  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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