21-05-2013, 10:54
World War II: 21 May
1941 - Cape Town: Jan Smuts, South Africa's prime minister and war overlord is presented with a field marshal's baton on his 71st birthday.
1941 - Atlantic: A U-boat sinks the US merchant shipRobin Moor inside the security zone.
1942 - Rastenberg: Hitler postpones the planned invasion of Malta until Egypt has been conquered by the Axis.
1943: Tokyo: The Japanese announce the death of Admiral Yamamoto, shot down the previous month over Bougainville; the US had remained silent to this point to avoid revealing that it intercepted a Japanese coded message that gave details of his itinerary.
1943: Washington: The Allies agree to stage cross-channel landings by 1 May 1944.
1944: Europe: Allied air forces launch "Operation Chattanooga" the systematic destruction by bombardment of enemy rail targets.
1945: Germany: Goering is transferred from Augsberg PoW camp to the Palace Hotel at Mondorf, where he joins other senior Nazis awaiting interrogation.
Born on this day:
1471 - Albrecht Durer- the German painter and engraver, generally recognized as the inventor of etching.
1527 - Philip II of Spain- whose second wife was Mary I of England.
1688 - Alexander Pope - The English poet and satirist.
1780 - Elizabeth Fry - The English philanthropist and prison reformer.
1904 - Thomas "Fats" Waller - The American jazz pianist.
1916 - Harold Robbins - The American novelist.
1917 - Raymond Burr - The Canadian actor famous for his roles as Perry Mason and Ironside.
1921 - Andrei Sakharov- The Russian physicist known as "the father of the Soviet H-bomb
1944 - Mary Robinson - The first woman to become president of Ireland.
1941 - Cape Town: Jan Smuts, South Africa's prime minister and war overlord is presented with a field marshal's baton on his 71st birthday.
1941 - Atlantic: A U-boat sinks the US merchant shipRobin Moor inside the security zone.
1942 - Rastenberg: Hitler postpones the planned invasion of Malta until Egypt has been conquered by the Axis.
1943: Tokyo: The Japanese announce the death of Admiral Yamamoto, shot down the previous month over Bougainville; the US had remained silent to this point to avoid revealing that it intercepted a Japanese coded message that gave details of his itinerary.
1943: Washington: The Allies agree to stage cross-channel landings by 1 May 1944.
1944: Europe: Allied air forces launch "Operation Chattanooga" the systematic destruction by bombardment of enemy rail targets.
1945: Germany: Goering is transferred from Augsberg PoW camp to the Palace Hotel at Mondorf, where he joins other senior Nazis awaiting interrogation.
Born on this day:
1471 - Albrecht Durer- the German painter and engraver, generally recognized as the inventor of etching.
1527 - Philip II of Spain- whose second wife was Mary I of England.
1688 - Alexander Pope - The English poet and satirist.
1780 - Elizabeth Fry - The English philanthropist and prison reformer.
1904 - Thomas "Fats" Waller - The American jazz pianist.
1916 - Harold Robbins - The American novelist.
1917 - Raymond Burr - The Canadian actor famous for his roles as Perry Mason and Ironside.
1921 - Andrei Sakharov- The Russian physicist known as "the father of the Soviet H-bomb
1944 - Mary Robinson - The first woman to become president of Ireland.