Historical Events In May - 13

1934  On this day in history great dustbowl storm   

1936  Quiroga Government takes office in Spain on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history quiroga govt takes office in Spain   

1939  SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives on May - 13.   

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

1940  British bomb factory at Breda on May - 13.   

1940  Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England on May - 13.   

1940  German breakthrough at Grebbelinie on May - 13.   

1941  On this day in history martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany   

1941  On May - 13 trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins   

1941  Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland on this day in history.   

1942  Helicopter makes its first cross-country flight on May - 13.   

1942  US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji on May - 13.   

1942  On this day in history helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight   

1942  Hyam Greenbaum, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1943  Axis forces surrender in Tunisia - end of the North African campaign on May - 13.   

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

1943  On May - 13 german & Italian forces in Africa surrender   

1943  German occupiers confiscate all radios on May - 13.   

1944  On May - 13 hitler gives permission for German forces to withdraw from the USSR   

1944  On May - 13 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 May - 13 uS troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa   

1946  On May - 13 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  On this day in history winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam   

1946  On this day in history sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey   

1947  Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions on May - 13.   

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

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

1950  The birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer on this day in history.   

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

1951  Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, author (Issue Beukennoot), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1024  On May - 13 birth of hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)   

1254  Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321) was born on this day in history.   

1314  On May - 13 birth of sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint   

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

1592  On this day in history birth of john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist   

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of géza II of Hungary   

1176  On this day in history death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)   

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

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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