Historical Events In May - 15
Saturday, 18 May 2024
1936 On May - 15 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 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium on this day in history.
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history german troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders
1940 On May - 15 nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)
1940 On May - 15 nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US)
1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France on May - 15.
1940 On May - 15 the first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300
1940 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history the first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300
1941 British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya on this day in history.
1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music on this day in history.
1941 On May - 15 rumania passes law condemning Jews to forced labor.
1941 The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.
1942 On this day in history australian troops reinforce Port Moresby
1942 Gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States) on May - 15.
1942 On May - 15 movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway
1942 On May - 15 nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
1943 On May - 15 halifax bombers sinks U-463
1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction on May - 15.
1944 On May - 15 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz
1944 On May - 15 deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins.
1944 On this day in history eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1944 Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne on May - 15.
1945 On May - 15 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 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record on May - 15.
1948 Bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five on May - 15.
1948 On this day in history egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel
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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