Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  On this day in history great dustbowl storm   

1936  Quiroga Government takes office in Spain on May - 13.   

1936  On May - 13 quiroga govt takes office in Spain   

1939  SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives on this day in history.   

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 this day in history german breakthrough at Grebbelinie   

1941  On May - 13 martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany   

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

1941  On May - 13 willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland   

1942  On May - 13 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 this day in history.   

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

1943  On this day in history axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign   

1943  On May - 13 bureau of Navigation renamed Bureau of Naval Personnel   

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 this day in history.   

1944  70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1946  On this day in history winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

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

1947  Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions on this day in history.   

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 May - 13.   

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

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

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  On May - 13 marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on May - 13.   

1592  On May - 13 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 May - 13.   

1699  Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.   

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

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on May - 13.   

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

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

1381  On May - 13 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  Death of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded on May - 13.