Historical Events In May - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1936 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours on this day in history.
1936 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h on this day in history.
1938 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium on May - 15.
1940 German armour division moves into Northern France on this day in history.
1940 On this day in history german troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders
1940 Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) on May - 15.
1940 On this day in history nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US)
1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France on May - 15.
1940 On May - 15 the first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300
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 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 Rumania passes law condemning Jews to forced labor on May - 15.
1941 The first British turbojet flies on May - 15.
1942 Australian troops reinforce Port Moresby on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States)
1942 Movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1944 On this day in history eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill & George VI discuss D-Day plan
1944 On this day in history sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne
1945 Major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf on this day in history.
1948 On this day in history 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends
1948 On this day in history 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 On May - 15 aT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders
1952 Albert Basserman, actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84 on May - 15.
1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavywgt boxing title on this day in history.
1953 On May - 15 osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
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