Page 7: Historical Events In May - 15

1936  On May - 15 amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours   

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

1938  Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium on this day in history.   

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

1940  German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders on May - 15.   

1940  Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) on this day in history.   

1940  Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US) on May - 15.   

1940  On May - 15 premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France   

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

1940  Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on May - 15.   

1940  The first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 on May - 15.   

1941  British attack Halfaya-pass & Fort Capuzzo in Egypt & Libya on this day in history.   

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  The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.   

1942  Australian troops reinforce Port Moresby on May - 15.   

1942  Gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States) on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1943  Halifax bombers sinks U-463 on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 15 warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction   

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

1944  On May - 15 deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins.   

1944  On May - 15 eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan   

1944  Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne on May - 15.   

1945  On May - 15 major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf   

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

1948  On May - 15 australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record   

1948  On May - 15 bradman scores 187 Australia vs Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five   

1948  On May - 15 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  Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1953  On May - 15 heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavywgt boxing title   

1953  Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam on this day in history.   

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam   

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)   

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On May - 15 birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on May - 15.   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on this day in history.   

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.