Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on May - 13.   

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

1936  On May - 13 quiroga govt takes office in Spain   

1939  SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives on May - 13.   

1939  65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8 on May - 13.   

1940  British bomb factory at Breda on May - 13.   

1940  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England on this day in history.   

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 May - 13 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  On this day in history helicopter makes its first cross-country flight   

1942  On this day in history uS troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji   

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

1942  On May - 13 hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41   

1943  On May - 13 axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign   

1943  Bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel on May - 13.   

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

1943  German occupiers confiscate all radios on May - 13.   

1944  Hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR on this day in history.   

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

1945  On this day in history aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan   

1945  US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa on May - 13.   

1946  Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1947  Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions on May - 13.   

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 May - 13 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight   

1950  Diner's Club issues its first credit cards on this day in history.   

1950  On May - 13 the birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer   

1950  Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65   

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

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

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

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)   

1655  On this day in history birth of innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)   

1699  On this day in history birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)   

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

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on this day in history.   

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

1312  Death of Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) on this day in history.   

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

1390  Robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies on May - 13.   

1573  On May - 13 death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)   

1619  On May - 13 death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded