Page 6: Historical Events In May - 13

1934  Great dustbowl storm on this day in history.   

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 this day in history sS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives   

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

1940  On this day in history british bomb factory at Breda   

1940  On May - 13 dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England   

1940  German breakthrough at Grebbelinie on May - 13.   

1941  Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany on this day in history.   

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

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

1942  On this day in history helicopter makes its first cross-country flight   

1942  US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on this day in history.   

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 May - 13.   

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

1943  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2   

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

1945  On this day in history uS troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1949  On this day in history 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   

1949  1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight on May - 13.   

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

1950  The birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer on May - 13.   

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

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

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1024  On May - 13 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  On this day in history birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

1588  Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 13 servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+   

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

1176  On this day in history 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 May - 13 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  On this day in history death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded