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Thursday, 04 December 2025
May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 in the year 1940. 
May 15 Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) on this day in history.
May 15 Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US) in the year 1940.
May 15 On this day in history premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France
May 15 The first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300 in the year 1940.
May 15 The first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 in the year 1940.
May 16 On this day in history nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers
May 16 Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris
May 17 Germany begins the invasion of France in the year 1940.
May 17 In the year 1940 germany occupies Brussels, Belgium
May 17 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France on this day in history.
May 17 The Belgian government moves to Ostend because of invading German forces on this day in history.
May 18 In the year 1940 german troops conquer Brussels
May 18 In the year 1940 nazis pierce French lines on 62-mile front.
May 19 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) on this day in history.
May 19 In the year 1940 french counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle
May 19 HMS WHITLEY, lost between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium - damaged by German bombers and beached on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1940 amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
May 20 In the year 1940 concentration camp is established at Auschwitz.
May 20 Gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army) on this day in history.
May 20 General Guderians tanks reach The Channel on this day in history.
May 20 On this day in history igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
May 21 On this day in history allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France
May 21 AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees on this day in history.
May 21 In the year 1940 reynaud forms French Government
May 22 Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) on this day in history.
May 22 Decision to form 8th Division of AIF in the year 1940.
May 22 On this day in history dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis
May 22 Nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium on this day in history.
May 22 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris in the year 1940.
May 23 1st great dogfight between Spitfires in the year 1940.
May 23 Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on this day in history.
May 23 The first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire in the year 1940.
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