May 16: Dambusters and Stem Cells

On This Day in History May 16, 2020 Historical Events 1920  Joan of Arc (Jeanne D'arc) canonized a saint 1943  Operation Chastise: No. 617 Squadron RAF begins the famous Dambusters Raid, bombing the Möhne and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley with bouncing bombs 1944  1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz 2013  Human stem cells are successfully cloned More Historical Events Famous Birthdays H. H. Holmes (1861 - 1896) Janet Jackson 54th Birthday Liberace (1919 - 1987) Pierce Brosnan 67th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Django Reinhardt (1910 - 1953) Margaret Hamilton (1902 - 1985) More Famous Deaths Weekly Quiz for May 4 -10 Who was Mongol ruler Kublai Khan to Genghis Khan? What was the UK code-breaking center during World War II? Which country 1st legalized a birth control pill? Take the Quiz You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand