TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, May 16, the 136th day of 2017. There are 229 days left in the year. 1939 — Food stamps issued 1940 — Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers 1940 — Prime Minister Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris 1941 — Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia 1941 — Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) 1941 — Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors 1942 — Transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma 1943 — German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw

1943 — Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting 1944 — Military police attack gypsies