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  Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h on May - 15.   

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

1940  German armour division moves into Northern France on May - 15.   

1940  On May - 15 german troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders   

1940  On May - 15 nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)   

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

1940  Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history the first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300   

1940  On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75   

1940  On this day in history the first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300   

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

1941  On May - 15 nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music   

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

1942  On this day in history movement of POWs ("A Force") to Thailand from Singapore for work on the Burma-Thailand Railway   

1942  On May - 15 nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers   

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

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

1944  On May - 15 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz   

1944  Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begins on this day in history.   

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 this day in history major Courtney, US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf   

1948  On May - 15 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel on this day in history.   

1951  AT&T is first US company to have one million stockholders on this day in history.   

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  Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam on May - 15.   

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

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.   

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.   

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.   

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

1470  On May - 15 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)