Historical Events In May - 13

1934  On May - 13 great dustbowl storm   

1936  Quiroga Government takes office in Spain on this day in history.   

1936  Quiroga govt takes office in Spain on this day in history.   

1939  On May - 13 sS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives   

1939  On this day in history 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8   

1940  On May - 13 british bomb factory at Breda   

1940  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England on May - 13.   

1940  On May - 13 german breakthrough at Grebbelinie   

1941  Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany on May - 13.   

1941  On this day in history trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins   

1941  Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland on this day in history.   

1942  Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight on May - 13.   

1942  US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on May - 13.   

1942  On May - 13 helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight   

1942  On this day in history hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41   

1943  Axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign on this day in history.   

1943  Bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 13 german & Italian forces in Africa surrender   

1943  On this day in history german occupiers confiscate all radios   

1944  Hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR on May - 13.   

1944  On May - 13 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2   

1945  On May - 13 aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan   

1945  US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey   

1946  US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death on this day in history.   

1946  Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on May - 13.   

1946  Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey on May - 13.   

1947  On this day in history senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions   

1949  The first British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its first test flight later this type of aricaraft was used in the 1982 war in the Falklands on this day in history.   

1949  1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history diner's Club issues its first credit cards   

1950  The birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards   

1951  Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1024  On this day in history birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

1254  On this day in history birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on May - 13.   

1588  On May - 13 birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)   

1592  On May - 13 birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On May - 13 birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)   

1699  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on May - 13.   

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on May - 13.   

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  On May - 13 death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)   

1312  On May - 13 death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)   

1381  On this day in history john of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies   

1390  On May - 13 robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies   

1573  Death of Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) on May - 13.   

1619  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.