Page 7: Historical Events In May - 15

1936  Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours on this day in history.   

1936  On May - 15 amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h   

1938  On May - 15 paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium   

1940  On May - 15 german armour division moves into Northern France   

1940  German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 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  The first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300 on May - 15.   

1940  On May - 15 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1940  The first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 15 british attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya   

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  On this day in history the first British turbojet flies   

1942  On this day in history australian troops reinforce Port Moresby   

1942  On May - 15 gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States)   

1942  On May - 15 movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway   

1942  Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history halifax bombers sinks U-463   

1943  Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz   

1944  Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins on May - 15.   

1944  Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan on May - 15.   

1944  On May - 15 sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne   

1945  Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on May - 15.   

1948  28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends on this day in history.   

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  AT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders on May - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  On May - 15 birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  On this day in history birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On this day in history death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  On May - 15 death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on May - 15.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.