May 13
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May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). There are 232 days remaining.
Events
- 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
- 1568 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
- 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
- 1619 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.
- 1648 Construction of the Red Fort at Dehli was completed.
- 1791 Lord Cornwallis retreated back to Madras after the battle of Arikera.
- 1779 - War of Bavarian Succession: Russian 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.
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
- 1848 - First performance of Finland's national anthem.
- 1857 Sir Ronald Ross, bacteriologist, member of Indian Medical service, Nobel awardee and editor of 'Science Progress', was born at Almora, UP.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
- 1861 - Great Comet of 1861 discovered in Australia.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – 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.
- 1883 Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies), was born.
- 1888 - With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
- 1905 Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, was born at Delhi.
- 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.
- 1916 Vasudev Mahadev Salgaonkar, great Industrialist, was born.
- 1917 - Three peasant children report seeing the Blessed Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal.[1]
- 1917 - The Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV[2]
- 1918 Balasarswati, famous dancer of Bharat Natyam, was born.
- 1923 Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
- 1940 - World War II: Germany'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.
- 1941 - World War II: Serbian royal officer Dragoljub Mihailovitch starts fighting with German occupation troops, that was beginning of Serbian resistance.
- 1943 - World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
- 1946 Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 runs for the 10th wkt stand for Indians v Surrey.
- 1948 - 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
- 1949 [Maharashtra Granthalay Sangh]] was established.
- 1952 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
- 1953 The first Indian Navy air station INS Garuda was commissioned at Venduruthy, the naval base in Cochin.
- 1956 Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan campaign in Tiruvellore.
- 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.
- 1962 Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963).
- 1962 Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) retired from the post of first President.
- 1962 Dr. [Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] (1888-1975) became the second [President of India]]. He held this office till May 13, 1967.
- 1962 Dr. Zakir Hussain became the Vice President (1962-67).
- 1967 Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President.
- 1967 Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
- 1969 - Race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, later known as the 13 May Incident.
- 1971 General Insurance nationalized.
- 1981 - Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome.
- 1985 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police storm MOVE headquarters to end a stand-off killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
- 1991 P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail.
- 1992 Renowned environmentalist Maurice F. Strong chosen for the Jawaharlal Nehru International Understanding Award for 1992.
- 1994 Telecom sector opened to private companies under the new national policy announced in Parliament.
- 1996 Lok Sabha election results (534 out of 537) announced, giving BJP (161) the position of the largest single party.
- 1996 M. Karunanidhi (DMK) sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM.
- 1996 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
- 1997 Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
- 1998 - Following India's second round of nuclear tests the United States and Japan impose economic sanctions.
- 1998 India carries out two more nuclear tests at Pokharan in Rajasthan.
- 1998 India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokharan. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions.
- 1998 World Bank cancels India donors meet.
- 2000 Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to voice our choices and opinions is named [Miss Universe 2000]] in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
- 2000 The Union Government gives its approval for the creation of the three new states of Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh to be carved out of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
- 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)
- 1962 - Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
- 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
- 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 (b. 1858)
- 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
- Commemoration of Julian of Norwich (Anglican)
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
- Roman Empire - Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae)
- Abbotsbury Garland Day, Dorset, England
- World Fair Trade Day (2006)
External links
May 12 - May 14 - April 13 - June 13 – listing of all days