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May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in Leap Year s). There are 232 days remaining.
Events
- 1497 - Pope Alexander VI Excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola .
- are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestant s under James Stewart, Earl Of Moray , her half-brother.
- 1619 - Dutch statesman Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.
- n and French mediators at the Congress Of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the Inn District ).
- 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth , England with eleven ships full of convicts ( First Fleet ) to establish a Penal Colony in Australia .
- 1830 - Ecuador gains its independence.
- declares war on Mexico .
- 1848 - First performance of Finland 's National Anthem .
- issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Breakaway States as having belligerent rights.
- 1861 - Great Comet Of 1861 discovered in Australia .
- – the Battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta .
- – In far south Texas , more than a month after Confederate General Lee 's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
- 1880 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey , Thomas Edison performs the first test of his Electric Railway .
- 1888 - With the passage of the '' Lei Áurea '' ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes Slavery .
- 1909 - The first Giro D'Italia took place in Milan . Italian Cyclist Luigi Ganna was the winner.
- 1912 - In the United Kingdom , the Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force ) was established.
- 1913 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine Aircraft .
- 1917 - Three peasant children report seeing the Blessed Virgin Mary near Fatima , Portugal .John De Marchi (1952) ''The True Story of Fatima'' Catechetical Guild Entertainment Society, St. Paul Minnesota, pp47-59
- 1917 - The Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII , is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV L'Osservatore Romano, Weekly Edition in English, 12/19 August 1998, page 9
- 's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River . Churchill makes his "blood, tears, toil and sweat" speech to the House Of Commons .
- 1940 - Queen Wilhelmina Of The Netherlands flees the Nazi invasion in the Netherlands to Britain . Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
- Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
- is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14 .
- 1958 - During a visit to Caracas , Venezuela , Vice President Richard M. Nixon 's car is attacked by Anti-American demonstrators.
- 1958 - Pierre Pflimlin becomes Prime Minister of France .
- 1958 - Velcro 's trade mark is registered.
- 1969 - Race riots in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , later known as the 13 May Incident .
- 1981 - Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to Assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome .
- 1985 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police storm {Link without Title} ] headquarters to end a stand-off killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
- 1996 - Severe Thunderstorm s and a Tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
- 1998 - Following India 's second round of Nuclear Test s the United States and Japan impose Economic Sanction s.
- 2000 - In Stockholm , Sweden , the Olsen Brothers win the forty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest for Denmark singing "Fly On The Wings of Love".
- 2000 - In Enschede , the Netherlands , a Fireworks Factory Explodes , killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
- 2005 - The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
Births
- 1588 - Ole Worm , Danish physician (d. 1654 )
- 1638 - Richard Simon , French Biblical critic (d. 1712 )
- 1655 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724 )
- 1699 - Marquis Of Pombal , Prime Minister Of Portugal (d. 1782 )
- 1712 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count Von Bernstorff , Danish statesman (d. 1772 )
- 1717 - Empress Maria Theresa Of Austria (d. 1780 )
- 1753 - Lazare Carnot , French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823 )
- 1792 - Pope Pius IX (d. 1878 )
- 1795 - Gérard Paul Deshayes , French geologist (d. 1875 )
- 1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance , three-time governor of North Carolina (d. 1894 )
- 1840 - Alphonse Daudet , French novelist (d. 1897 )
- 1842 - Arthur Sullivan , English composer (d. 1900 )
- 1857 - Ronald Ross , English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1932 )
- 1882 - Georges Braque , French painter (d. 1963 )
- 1894 - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , 2nd President Of Iceland (d. 1972 )
- 1907 - Dame Daphne Du Maurier , English author (d. 1989 )
- 1913 - Gil Evans , Canadian musician (d. 1988 )
- 1913 - William R. Tolbert, Jr. , Liberian president (d. 1980 )
- 1914 - Joe Louis , American boxer (d. 1981 )
- 1923 - Beatrice Arthur , American actress
- 1926 - Wallace Breem , British author
- 1927 - Herbert Ross , American director (d. 2001 )
- 1931 - Jim Jones , American cult leader (d. 1978 )
- 1934 - Leon Wagner , baseball player (d. 2004 )
- 1937 - Roch Carrier , Canadian novelist
- 1937 - Roger Zelazny , American author (d. 1995 )
- 1937 - Trevor Baylis , English inventor of the wind-up radio
- 1939 - Harvey Keitel , American actor
- 1940 - Bruce Chatwin , British writer (d. 1989 )
- 1941 - Senta Berger , Austrian actress
- 1941 - Ritchie Valens , American singer (d. 1959 )
- 1944 - Armistead Maupin , American author
- 1947 - Stephen R. Donaldson , American author
- 1950 - Stevie Wonder , American singer and musician
- 1951 - Sharon Sayles Belton , Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1954 - Johnny Logan , Irish singer and songwriter
- 1956 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar , Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
- 1957 - Alan Ball , American screenwriter, director, producer
- 1961 - Dennis Rodman , American basketball player and actor
- 1962 - Eduardo Palomo , Mexican actor (d. 2003 )
- 1964 - Stephen Colbert , American comedian and actor
- 1966 - Darius Rucker , American singer ( Hootie & The Blowfish )
- 1967 - Chuck Schuldiner , American singer ( Death ) (d. 2001 )
- 1969 - André Schmechta , German musician, X Marks The Pedwalk .
- 1976 - Mark Delaney , Welsh footballer
- 1977 - Ilse DeLange , Dutch singer
- 1977 - Samantha Morton , English actress
- 1978 - Barry Zito , baseball player
- 1978 - Mike Bibby , American basketball player
- 1979 - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
- 1981 - Jimmy Yang , American professional wrestler
- 1981 - Sunny Leone , Canadian model
- 1982 - Kevin A. Brown , Endurance Racer
- 1986 - Robert Pattinson , English actor
- 1988 - Casey Donovan , Australian singer
Deaths
- 1162 - Géza II Of Hungary
- 1176 - Matthias I, Duke Of Lorraine (b. 1119 )
- 1312 - Theobald II, Duke Of Lorraine (b. 1263 )
- 1573 - Takeda Shingen , Japanese warlord (b. 1521 )
- 1619 - Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt , Dutch statesman (b. 1547 )
- 1704 - Louis Bourdaloue , French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632 )
- 1742 - Ludwig IX, Landgrave Of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719 )
- 1807 - Eliphalet Dyer , American statesman and judge (b. 1721 )
- 1832 - Georges Cuvier , French naturalist (b. 1769 )
- 1835 - John Nash , English architect (b. 1752 )
- 1871 - Daniel Auber , French composer (b. 1782 )
- 1884 - Cyrus McCormick , American inventor (b. 1809 )
- 1885 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle , German physician (b. 1809 )
- 1916 - Sholom Aleichem , Russian author (b. 1859 )
- 1926 - Libert H. Boeynaems , Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857 )
- 1930 - Fridtjof Nansen , Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1861 )
- 1937 - Ekaterina Geladze , mother of Joseph Stalin
- 1938 - Charles Edouard Guillaume , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861 )
- 1945 - Tubby Hall , American musician (b. 1895 )
- 1961 - Gary Cooper , American actor (b. 1901 )
- 1962 - Henry Trendley Dean , American dental researcher (b. 1893 )
- 1972 - Dan Blocker , American actor (b. 1928 )
- 1974 - Jaime Torres Bodet , Mexican writer, politician, and diplomat (b. 1902 )
- 1975 - Bob Wills , American musician (b. 1905 )
- 1985 - Leatrice Joy , American actress (b. 1893 )
- 1988 - Chet Baker , American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929 )
- 1992 - F. E. McWilliam , Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909 )
- 1999 - Gene Sarazen , American golfer (b. 1902 )
- 2000 - Paul Bartel , American actor,writer and director (b. 1938 )
- 2001 - R.K. Narayan , Indian novelist (b. 1906 )
- 2001 - Jason Miller , American actor (b. 1939 )
- 2005 - George Dantzig , American mathematician (b. 1914 )
Holidays and observances
External links
May 12 - May 14 - April 13 - June 13 – Listing Of All Days
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