Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  On May - 13 great dustbowl storm   

1936  On this day in history quiroga Government takes office in Spain   

1936  On this day in history quiroga govt takes office in Spain   

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

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

1940  British bomb factory at Breda on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England   

1940  On May - 13 german breakthrough at Grebbelinie   

1941  On this day in history martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany   

1941  Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland   

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

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

1942  Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight on May - 13.   

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 May - 13.   

1943  German & Italian forces in Africa surrender on May - 13.   

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  Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 13 uS troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa   

1946  On May - 13 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey   

1946  On May - 13 uS convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death   

1946  Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 13 sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey   

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

1950  On May - 13 diner's Club issues its first credit cards   

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

1950  On May - 13 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  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on May - 13.   

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on May - 13.   

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on May - 13.   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On May - 13 birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)   

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on this day in history.   

1162  On May - 13 death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  Death of Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) on May - 13.   

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on May - 13.   

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  On this day in history death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded