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May 13 is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 232 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Pope Alexander VI ( 1 January 1431 &ndash 18 August 1503) born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja ( Excommunication is a religious Censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community Girolamo Savonarola ( September 21, 1452 &ndash May 23, 1498) was an Italian Dominican priest and leader of Florence from
• 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. The Battle of Langside, fought on May 13 1568, was one of the more unusual contests in Scottish history bearing a superficial resemblance to a grand family quarrel Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray (c 1531 &ndash January 23, 1570) was Regent of Scotland from 1567 until his Assassination in 1570
• 1619 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a Politician or other notable figure of State who has had a long and respected career in Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ( September 14, 1547, Amersfoort &ndash May 13, 1619, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman
• 1648 - Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. This article is about the Red Fort in Delhi India The Agra Fort is also known as the "Red Fort" Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population
• 1779 - War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The War of the Bavarian Succession was a war that occurred in 1778 and 1779. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Treaty of Teschen was signed on May 13, 1779 in Cieszyn between Austria and Prussia, which officially ended the War of the In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the Innviertel). Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Innviertel (literally German for the Inn quarter or district is a traditional Austrian region south-east of the Inn river.
• 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts (First Fleet) to establish a penal colony in Australia. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Please see Captain (naval for other versions of this naval rank Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 &ndash 31 August 1814 was a British naval Admiraland colonial administrator History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 Ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. A penal colony is a Settlement used to detain Prisoners and generally use them for Penal labour in an economically underdeveloped part of the state's For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
• 1830 - Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics.
• 1846 - Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America.
• 1848 - First performance of Finland's national anthem. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Our Land, Maamme ( Finnish) or Vårt land ( Swedish) is the title of Finland 's National anthem.
• 1861 - American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861
• 1861 - The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. The Great Comet of 1861 formally designated C/1861 J1 and 1861 II, was a Comet that was visible to the Naked eye for approximately John Tebbutt ( May 25 1834 &ndash November 29 1916) was an Australian Astronomer, credited with discovering the "Great Comet Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Battle of Resaca was part of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three
• 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – in far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Battle of Palmito Ranch, also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill and the Battle of Palmeto Ranch, was fought on May 12 &ndash May 13 Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Robert Edward Lee (January 19 1807 &ndash October 12 1870 was a career United States Army officer, an Engineer, and among the most celebrated
• 1880 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edison Township (usually known as Edison) is a township in Middlesex County New Jersey, United States. Railway electrification supplies electrical energy to railway Locomotives and Multiple units so they can operate without having a Reciprocating
• 1888 - With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Lei Áurea ("Golden Law" adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. The Lei Áurea ("Golden Law" adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
• 1909 - The first Giro d'Italia takes place in Milan. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Giro d'Italia ( Tour of Italy) also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance Road bicycle racing Stage race for professional Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles Luigi Ganna ( December 1 1883 - October 2 1957) was an Italian professional road racing Cyclist.
• 1912 - The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The Royal Flying Corps (RFC was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1913 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Igor Sikorsky (25 May 1889 &ndash 26 October 1972 was born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Игорь Иванович Сикорский
• 1939 - The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Bloomfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The station later becomes WDRC-FM. WDRC-FM, known as DRC-FM is a Radio station based in Bloomfield Connecticut, which primarily serves the Hartford market
• 1940 - World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Meuse (in Dutch and in German: "Maas" in Latin: "Mosa" in Celtic:"Mus" (the rootword presumingly Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 The famous phrase Blood toil tears and sweat was originally used by Theodore Roosevelt in an address to the Naval War College on June 2 1897 following his appointment as The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords
• 1940 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees the Nazi invasion in the Netherlands to Great Britain. Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie 31 August 1880 &ndash 28 November 1962) was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety. Juliana (Juliana Emma Louise Marie Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau 30 April 1909 &ndash 20 March 2004) was Queen regnant of the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• 1941 - World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović ( Cyrillic script: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић also known as "Чича Дража" or "
• 1943 - World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War.
• 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. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kfar Etzion massacre was an act committed by Arab armed forces on May 13, 1948, the day before the Declaration of Independence of the state The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding This article is about declarations of independence in general For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the
• 1950 - The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article refers to the village For the motor racing circuit see Silverstone Circuit.
• 1952 - The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States" is the Upper house of the Parliament of India. An upper house is one of two chambers of a Bicameral Legislature, the other chamber being the Lower house. The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is the federal and supreme Legislative body of India.
• 1954 - The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) 1954 National Service Riots or Anti-National Service Riots is a riot in Singapore that occurred in 1954 due to the Communist influence Singapore
• 1958 - During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, is opposition or hostility to the people culture or policies of the United States.
• 1958 - The trade mark Velcro is registered. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual Velcro is a brand name of fabric hook-and-loop fasteners. It consists of two layers a "hook" side which is a piece of Fabric covered with tiny hooks
• 1960 - Hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations sometimes in favor though more often opposed The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born. The Free Speech Movement (FSM was a Student protest which took place during the 1964-1965 school year on the campus of the University of California Berkeley under
• 1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Doctor ( gen: doctoris) means teacher in Latin. The word is originally an Agentive noun of the verb docēre ('teach' Dr Zakir Hussain ( February 8, 1897 - May 3, 1969) ( Urdu: زاکِر حسین was the third President of India from President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country He is the first Muslim President of Indian Union. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The President of India or Rashtrapati ( Hindi: राष्ट्रपति a Sanskrit Neologism, lit He holds this position till August 24, 1969. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1969 - Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Race Riot is a 1929 animated Short subject, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The May 13 Incident is a term for the Sino - Malay Race riots in Kuala Lumpur (then part of the state of Selangor Kuala Lumpur (ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər Malay /kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ/ and locally /kwɑləlʊmpɔ/ or even /kɔlɔmpɔ/ or often abbreviated as K For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and
• 1972 - Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Electrical wiring in general refers to insulated conductors used to carry Electricity, and associated devices is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū Blocked exits and non-functional elevators cause 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
• 1980 - An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures The Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980 struck downtown Kalamazoo Michigan, on May 13, 1980. Kalamazoo County is a county in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 238603 President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 A disaster area is a region or a locale heavily damaged by either natural hazards such as Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Floods,
• 1981 - Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Mehmet Ali Ağca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish Assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, An attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II occurred on May 13, 1981. Pope Saint Peter's Square, or Saint Peter's Piazza ( Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is located directly in front of St Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and The Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli is a large general Hospital in Rome, Italy. Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental
• 1985 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police storm MOVE headquarters to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə MOVE is an organization formed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in 1972 by John Africa and Donald Glassey
• 1989 - Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 culminating in the Tiananmen Square Massacre (referred to in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident, to avoid confusion with two Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace
• 1994 - Johnny Carson makes last television appearance on The David Letterman Show. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) John William “Johnny” Carson ( October 23, 1925 &ndash January 23, 2005) was an American Television host and The David Letterman Show was a live morning NBC Talk show hosted by David Letterman every weekday from
• 1996 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially
• 1998 - Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Jakarta Riots of May 1998 were Riots that occurred in several parts of Indonesia, notably Jakarta and Surakarta during May 1998. Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.
• 1998 - India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Pokhran (also spelled Pokaran) is a city and a Municipality located in Jaisalmer district Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Economic sanctions are domestic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries on another for a variety of reasons India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 2000 - In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. or Eanske in the local dialect ( Twents) is a Municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the The Enschede Fireworks disaster, called Vuurwerkramp (Dutch literally "fireworks disaster" was caused by a Fire which broke out in the
• 2001 - Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms coalition wins the Italian general elections. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. (born 29 September 1936 is an Italian politician, Entrepreneur, Real estate and Insurance Tycoon, Bank and Media proprietor Casa delle Libertà ( CDL; Italian for House of Freedoms) was a major Italian Center-right Political alliance led by A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic
• 2005 - The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Andijan massacre occurred when Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops fired into a crowd of Protesters in Andijan Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly
• 2006 - 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2006 São Paulo violence began on the night of May 12, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in South America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
• 2007 - Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Calafat-Vidin Bridge (Мост Видин-Калафат Most Vidin-Kalafat or Дунав мост 2 Dunav most 2; Podul Calafat-Vidin is a planned road Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian
• 2007 - Republic Protests in Turkey. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Republic Protests (Cumhuriyet Mitingleri were a series of peaceful mass rallies that took place in Turkey in the spring of 2007 in support of the Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches

Births

• 1024 - Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. Hugh of Cluny ( May 13 1024 - April 28 1109) was an Abbot of Cluny. 1109)
• 1254 - Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. Maria of Brabant ( 13 May 1254, Leuven &ndash January 10, 1321, Murel) Queen consort of France 1321)
• 1588 - Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. Ole Worm ( May 13, 1588 &ndash August 31, 1655) (pronounced "Olə Vorm" who often went by the Latinized form of his name 1654)
• 1638 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. Richard Simon ( 13 May 1638 - 11 April 1712) was a French biblical Critic. 1712)
• 1655 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Pope Innocent XIII ( May 13, 1655 &ndash March 7, 1724) was pope from 1721 until his death 1724)
• 1699 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo 1st Count of Oeiras 1st Marquis of Pombal (in Portuguese, Marquês de Pombal, pron In Portugal, the post of Prime Minister ( Portuguese: primeiro-ministro, Pron. 1782)
• 1707 - Carl von Linné, Swedish scientist (d. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for 1778)
• 1712 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Johann Hartwig Ernst Count of Bernstorff ( 13 May 1712 &ndash 18 February 1772) Danish Statesman, who came of a very 1772)
• 1717 - Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia see also names in other languages; May 13, 1717 November 29 1780) was the Archduchess regnant 1780)
• 1730 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG, PC (13 May 1730 &ndash 1 July 1782 styled The Hon The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1782)
• 1742 - Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia von Habsburg-Lothringen ( 13 May 1742 - 24 June 1798) (→ Family Tree) called "Mimi" 1798)
• 1753 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Comte Carnot ( May 13, 1753 &mdash August 2, 1823) the Organizer of Victory in the French 1823)
• 1792 - Pope Pius IX (d. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Blessed Pope Pius IX (May 13 1792 &ndash February 7 1878 born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was Pope from June 16 1846 until 1878 1878)
• 1794 - Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis-Leopold Robert ( May 13, 1794 - March 20, 1835) Swiss painter, was born at La Chaux-de-Fonds ( 1835)
• 1795 - Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Gérard Paul Deshayes ( May 13, 1795 - June 9, 1875) was a French Geologist and Conchologist. 1875)
• 1822 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the 1902)
• 1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Zebulon Baird Vance ( May 13, 1830 April 14, 1894) was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, twice The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the U 1894)
• 1840 - Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Alphonse Daudet ( 13 May 1840 &ndash 16 December 1897) was a French Novelist. 1897)
• 1842 - Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 &ndash 22 November 1900 was an English composer of Irish and Italian descent best known for his operatic 1900)
• 1856 - Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Tom O'Rourke (born May 13 1856 in Boston) was a Boxing manager in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries 1938)
• 1857 - Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Sir Ronald Ross KCB, ( 13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was an Indian Physician. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1932)
• 1882 - Georges Braque, French painter (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georges Braque ( May 13, 1882 &ndash August 31, 1963) was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor 1963)
• 1883 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Georgios N Papanikolaou (or George Papanicolaou; Γεώργιος Παπανικολάου) ( May 13, 1883 &ndash February 19, The Papanicolaou test (also called Pap smear, Pap test, cervical smear, or smear test) is a screening test used in Gynecology 1962)
• 1894 - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (ˈausceir̥ ˈausceir̥sɔn (13 May 1894 &ndash 15 September 1972 was the 2nd president of Iceland, from 1952 to 1968 The President of Iceland (forseti Íslands is Iceland 's elected Head of state. 1972)
• 1898 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Justin Tuveri ( May 13, 1898 &ndash October 5, 2007) was at age 109 one of the last Italian veterans of the First World 2007)
• 1904 - Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Louis George Duffus (born May 13, 1904 in Melbourne, Australia; died July 24, 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was a 1984)
• 1907 - Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British 1989)
• 1911 - Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Middleton (born Samuel G Messer; May 13, 1911 &ndash June 14, 1977) was an American film 1977)
• 1912 - Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Gil Evans ( 13 May 1912 in Toronto Canada – 20 March 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Jazz 1988)
• 1912 - Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Rabbi Judah Nadich ( May 13, 1912 &ndash August 26, 2007) was a Conservative Rabbi who served congregations in Buffalo and Chicago 2007)
• 1913 - William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian president (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Richard Tolbert Jr ( May 13, 1913 April 12, 1980) was president of Liberia from 1971 to 1980 1980)
• 1913 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Lambros Konstantaras (Λάμπρος Κωσταντάρας ( March 13, 1913 - June 28, 1985) was a Greek stage and screen actor 1985)
• 1914 - Joe Louis, American boxer (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Louis Barrow ( May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) better known as Joe Louis, was a heavyweight boxing champion. 1981)
• 1918 - T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Balasaraswati ( 13 May 1918 - 9 February 1984) was a celebrated Indian dancer and her rendering of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance 1984)
• 1920 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Gareth Charles Walter Morris ( 13 May 1920 - 14 February 2007) was a British Flautist. 2007)
• 1922 - Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Lionel Yeoward Ainsworth ( 13 May 1922 - 28 August 1978) was an English Cricketer: a right-handed batsman who 1978)
• 1922 - Beatrice Arthur, American actress
• 1924 - Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
• 1924 - Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
• 1926 - Wallace Breem, British author
• 1927 - Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harry Heinz Schwarz (born May 13, 1924) is a former South African anti- Apartheid politician diplomat and jurist Theodore Mann (born May 13, 1924) is an American Theatre producer and director and the Artistic Director of the Circle in the Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallace Breem (1926&ndash1990 was a British Librarian and author the Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts of the Inner Temple Law Library at his death Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Archibald Scott Brown, known as Archie, ( May 13, 1927, Paisley, Renfrewshire – May 19, 1958, 1958)
• 1927 - Herbert Ross, American director (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herbert Ross ( May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American Film director, producer, Choreographer 2001)
• 1928 - Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
• 1928 - Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
• 1928 - Jim Shoulders, Champion Rodeo Cowboy
• 1930 - Mike Gravel, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate
• 1930 - José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer
• 1930 - Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
• 1931 - Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Édouard Molinaro (born May 13 1928) is an Academy Award -nominated French Film director, Actor, and Screenwriter Enrique José Bolaños Geyer (born 13 May 1928) was the President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007 James A "Jim" Shoulders ( May 13 1928 &ndash June 20 2007) was a Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame cowboy who has won more World Championship Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel (grəˈvɛl (born May 13 1930 is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from José Jiménez Lozano ( May 13, 1930 -) is a Spanish writer Biography Jiménez Lozano was born in Langa, a village in Ávila (province Vernon Lorden Shaw (born May 13, 1930) is a former President of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13 1931 &ndash November 18 1978 was the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18 1978 1978)
• 1934 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leon Lamar Wagner ( May 13, 1934 - January 3, 2004) was an American Left fielder in Major League Baseball who 2004)
• 1935 - Dominic Cossa, American baritone
• 1937 - Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
• 1937 - Roger Zelazny, American author (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dominic Cossa (born May 13, 1935) who in the words of the New Yorker "possesses one of the most beautiful baritone voices you are likely to come across anywhere" Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roch Carrier, OC, (born 13 May 1937) is a celebrated Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the Short Roger Joseph Zelazny ( May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of Fantasy and Science fiction 1995)
• 1937 - Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio
• 1937 - Zohra Lampert, American actress
• 1938 - Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
• 1938 - Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
• 1939 - Harvey Keitel, American actor
• 1939 - Hildrun Claus, German athlete
• 1940 - Bruce Chatwin, British writer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 For the cricketer see Trevor Bayliss Trevor G Baylis OBE (born 13 May 1937 in Kilburn London) is an A clockwork radio or windup radio is a radio that is powered by human muscle power rather than batteries or the Electrical grid. Zohra Lampert (born May 13 1937) is an American Character actress, who's had roles on film television and stage Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Laurent Beaudoin, CC, OQ, FCA (born May 13, 1938) is a Canadian Businessman. Bombardier Inc (bɔ̃baʁdje is a Canadian conglomerate, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 Giuliano Amato (born May 13, 1938) is an Italian politician He was Prime Minister of Italy twice first from 1992 to 1993 and then Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harvey Keitel (born 13 May 1939 is an Academy Award -nominated American actor Hildrun Claus (born May 13, 1939 in Dresden) is a former East German athlete, who competed mainly in the Long Jump Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bruce Charles Chatwin ( 13 May 1940 - 18 January 1989) was an English novelist and Travel writer. 1989)
• 1941 - Senta Berger, Austrian actress
• 1941 - Joe Brown, British singer
• 1941 - Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Senta Berger (born May 13, 1941) is an Austrian actress and producer born in Vienna. Joseph Roger Brown (born 13 May 1941) known as Joe Brown, is a British Entertainer of the 1960s and beyond Ritchie Valens ( Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13 1941 February 3 1959) was an American singer songwriter and guitarist 1959)
• 1941 - Jody Conradt, American collage basketball coach
• 1943 - Mary Wells, American singer (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jody Conradt (born May 13, 1941) is a retired women's basketball coach Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Esther Wells ( May 13, 1943 &ndash July 26, 1992) was an American singer who sung a repertoire that included R&B 1992)
• 1944 - Armistead Maupin, American author
• 1945 - Sam Anderson, American actor
• 1945 - Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
• 1947 - Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
• 1949 - Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress
• 1950 - Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
• 1950 - Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1950 - Bobby Valentine, Major League baseball manager
• 1951 - Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1951 - Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont
• 1951 - Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
• 1952 - John Kasich, U. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Armistead Jones Maupin Jr (born) is an American Writer best known for his Tales of the City series of Novels based in San Francisco Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Sam Anderson (born May 13, 1945 in Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States) is an American Actor from Wahpeton Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz (born May 13, 1945 in New London, Connecticut) was the harmonica player for The J The J Geils Band was an American rock band who were formed in 1967 in Worcester Massachusetts, that had a successful R&B -influenced Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edgar Burcksen (born 13 May 1947, Apeldoorn) is a Dutch film editor who moved to he United States in 1985 after editing over 15 Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born May 13, 1950 in Brixton, South London) is a British musician best known for his role as Fleetwood Mac are a British / American Robert John Valentine (born May 13 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut) nicknamed Bobby V, is a former player and manager in Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Sharon Sayles Belton (born May 13, 1951) is an American community leader politician and Activist. This is a list of mayors of Minneapolis Minnesota. Minneapolis List Timeline James H "Jim" Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the U A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Paul Thompson (born 13 May 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is the Drummer for Roxy Music from 1971 to 1980 and from 2001 onwards British rock and roll, or Brit rock, was born out of the influence of Rock and roll and Rhythm and blues from the United States, but added Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Richard Kasich (born May 13, 1952, McKees Rocks Pennsylvania) is a former Republican United States Representative who is S. Republican Congressman
• 1954 - Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
• 1956 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
• 1956 - Richard Madeley, Television presenter
• 1957 - Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1957 - Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer (Ring, Dark Water)
• 1957 - Andrea Klump, German terrorist
• 1961 - Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
• 1962 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Johnny Logan (born on 13 May 1954 in Frankston near Melbourne, Australia, real name Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ( Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀ ರವಿಶಂಕರ್ Tamil: ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ ரவிஷங்கர் is a spiritual and Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Madeley (born May 13, 1956) and Judith 'Judy' Finnigan (born May 16, 1948) are married Television presenters. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Alan E Ball (born May 13 1957) is an American director, Writer, Actor and producer for Film Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司 Suzuki Kōji born May 13 1957) is a Japanese Writer, who was born in Hamamatsu and currently is a Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki, first published in 1991 and set in modern day Japan Dark Water is the English title of a collection of short stories by Koji Suzuki, originally published in Japan as Honogurai mizu no Andrea Martina Klump (born 13 May 1957 in Wiesbaden) was a Red Army Faction terrorist Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13 1961 is a retired American professional Basketball National Basketball Association (NBA player of the Detroit Pistons Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eduardo Estrada Palomo ( May 13, 1962, Mexico City - November 6, 2003, Los Angeles, California) was a 2003)
• 1962 - Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
• 1962 - Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
• 1963 - Wally Masur, Australian former tennis player
• 1964 - Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
• 1964 - Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
• 1964 - Tom Verica, American actor
• 1965 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Kathleen Jamie (born May 13, 1962) is a Scottish Poet, raised in Currie Edinburgh. Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American Television Sportscaster. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wally Masur (b 13 May, 1963, in Southampton, England) is a Tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( born May 13 1964 is an American Comedian, satirist, Actor and Writer, known for his ironic style For the American football player see Ronnie Coleman (American football Ronald Dean Coleman (born May 13, 1964 in Tom Verica (born May 13, 1964) is an American Actor and director known for his role of Jack Pryor on the NBC drama Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. José Antonio Delgado Sucre ( May 13, 1965 — July 22, 2006) was the first Venezuelan Mountaineer to reach the summit of “Alpinist” redirects here See also Alpinist (magazine Mountaineering is the Sport, Hobby or Profession of 2006)
• 1965 - Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
• 1965 - Tasmin Little, English violinist
• 1965 - Lari White, American country music singer
• 1966 - Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
• 1966 - Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
• 1966 - Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
• 1967 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. is a comedian and is currently one of the most recognized faces on prime-time Japanese Television. Tasmin Little (born 13 May 1965) is an English Violinist. She was born in London, where she studied under Pauline Scott Lari White (born May 13 1965 in Dunedin Florida) is an American Country music artist and occasional actress Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Darius Rucker (born May 1 1966 in Charleston South Carolina) is an American musician Hootie & the Blowfish was an American rock band that enjoyed widespread popularity in the second half of the 1990s Nikos Aliagas (born May 13, 1969 in Paris) (Νίκος Αλιάγας is a French-born Greek host of the French music reality program Kamen Vodenicharov (Камен Воденичаров (born May 13, 1966) is a famous Bulgarian actor showman singer and businessman Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner ( May 13 1967, Long Island, New York &ndash December 13 2001) was an Death was an influential American Death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death The band Control Denied was formed by Chuck Schuldiner to create progressive / Power metal, mixed with elements of Death metal recognizable in 2001)
• 1967 - Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Melanie Janene Thornton ( May 13, 1967 – November 24, 2001) was an American - German pop singer who found La Bouche is a Eurodance / Dance-pop duo formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1994 consisting of Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray (d. 2001)
• 1968 - Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
• 1968 - Buckethead, Guitarist
• 1968 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alison Goldfrapp (born Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrap on May 13 1966, in Enfield, London) is an English Singer Brian Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an American Guitarist and Songwriter. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido ( 13 May, 1968 – 13 July, 1997) was a local politician in Ermua ( Biscay) in the Basque 1997)
• 1968 - PMD, American rapper
• 1969 - André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk)
• 1971 - Tom Nalen, American football player
• 1974 - Brian Geraghty, American actor
• 1974 - Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat)
• 1976 - Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
• 1977 - Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
• 1977 - Neil Hopkins, American actor
• 1977 - Samantha Morton, English actress
• 1977 - Robby Hammock, baseball player
• 1978 - Mike Bibby, American basketball player
• 1978 - Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
• 1978 - Barry Zito, American baseball player
• 1978 - Steve Mildenhall, English football player
• 1978 - Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1979 - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
• 1979 - Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5)
• 1980 - Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
• 1980 - Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
• 1981 - Jimmy Yang, American wrestler
• 1981 - Sunny Leone, Canadian model
• 1981 - Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
• 1982 - Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
• 1982 - Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
• 1983 - Casey Donovan, Australian singer
• 1983 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Parrish J Smith (born May 13, 1968) better known as PMD (Parrish Makes Dollars is an east coast rapper from Smithtown, Long Island Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. All related projects of industrial musician André Schmechta redirect here All related projects of industrial musician André Schmechta redirect here Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Thomas (Tom Andrew Nalen (born May 13, 1971) is an American football center for the Denver Broncos of the National Football Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Brian Timothy Geraghty (born 13 May, 1974) is an American Film and television Actor. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Tim McMahon was the frontman and vocalist for the New Jersey Straight edge Hardcore punk band Mouthpiece from 1991 to 1996 For the US Game show, see Triple Threat (game show; for American football see Triple threat man. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the footballer (soccer player not the boxer Mark Anthony Delaney (born May 13, 1976 in Haverfordwest Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born May 13, 1977) is a Dutch Country and pop Singer, better known as Ilse DeLange Neil Edward Hopkins (born May 13, 1977) is an American television and movie actor Samantha Morton (born May 13, 1977) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and two-time Academy Award -nominated English actress Robert Wade "Robby" Hammock is a player for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization in Major League Baseball. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Michael "Mike" Bibby (born May 13 1978, in Cherry Hill New Jersey) is an American professional Basketball Point Ryan Adrian Bukvich (ˈbʌkˌvɪtʃ born May 13, 1978 in Naperville Illinois) is a Relief pitcher in Major League Baseball Barry William Zito (born May 13, 1978 in) is a Left handed Starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball Stephen "Steve" James Mildenhall (born May 13, 1978 in Swindon) is an English professional football goalkeeper Dorake Witharanage Ashana Niroshan Dilshan Vitharana, (born May 13 1978 in Kandy) but more commonly known as Dilshan Vitharana, is a Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Michael "Mickey" Madden (born May 13, 1979 in Austin Texas) is an American Musician. Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award -winning American Pop rock band Formed with only two members at the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts and expanded Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Waka Inoue (井上 和香 Inoue Waka, born May 13, 1980) is a Japanese idol, Tarento and actress. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 James Carson Yun They made their pay-per-view debut at New Blood Rising, losing a ladder match to 3 Count Sunny Leone (born Karen Malhotra on May 13 1981 is an award winning Indian-American pornographic actress and former ''Penthouse'' Pet Rebecka Månstråle Liljeberg (born 13 May, 1981) is a Swedish actress Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Yoko Kumada (熊田曜子 Kumada Yōko 、 May 13, 1982) is a Japanese Gravure idol and singer originally from Gifu city, Oguchialu Jacob "Oguchi" Onyewu or "Gooch" (born May 13, 1982 in Washington D Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Casey Donovan (born May 13, 1988) is an Australian singer and was the youngest winner of the Australian Idol series winning the second season of Grégory Jean-Paul Lemarchal ( May 13, 1983 – April 30, 2007) was a French Singer and winner of the fourth series 2007)
• 1983 - Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
• 1984 - Caitlin Murphy, Australian actress and Model
• 1985 - Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 - Giuliana Marino, Playboy Playmate of the Year, Germany 2005
• 1986 - Robert Pattinson, English actor
• 1986 - Scott Sutter, Swiss footballer
• 1987 - Hunter Parrish, American actor

Deaths

• 1162 - Géza II of Hungary
• 1176 - Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gnegneri Yaya Touré also spelled Yahya Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Caitlin Murphy (born August 2 1986) is an Australian actress and model of Irish descent who is best known for her role as Veronica "Ronny" Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Travis Zajac (born May 13, 1985 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is an ice hockey player who currently plays for the New Jersey Devils Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Giuliana Marino (born 13 May 1986 in Nuremberg Germany) was Playmate of the Month for April 2005 in the German edition of Playboy Robert Thomas-Pattinson (born 13 May 1986 is an English actor model and Musician, known for playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Scott Lee Sutter (born May 13, 1986) is a footballer from Potters Bar, England who currently plays as defender for Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Hunter Parrish (born May 13, 1987) is an American Actor. He is known for playing Silas Botwin in Showtime's television series Géza II ( Hungarian: II Géza, Croatian: Gejza I, Slovak: Gejza II) (1130 Tolna &ndash 31 May Matthias I (1119 – May 13, 1176) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death as the eldest son and successor of Simon I and Adelaide 1119)
• 1312 - Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. Theobald II (Thiébaud or Thiébaut (1263 &ndash May 13 1312) was the Duke of Lorraine from 1303 to his death 1263)
• 1573 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. ( December 1, 1521 &ndash May 13, 1573) of Shinano and Kai Provinces was a preeminent Daimyo or feudal lord 1521)
• 1619 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt ( September 14, 1547, Amersfoort &ndash May 13, 1619, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman 1547)
• 1704 - Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Bourdaloue ( August 20, 1632 - May 13, 1704) French Jesuit and preacher was born in Bourges. 1632)
• 1742 - Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt ( German: Ludwig) ( December 15, 1719 &ndash May 13, 1790) was the Landgrave of 1719)
• 1807 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eliphalet Dyer ( September 14, 1721 &ndash May 13, 1807) was a Lawyer, Jurist, and Statesman from Windham 1721)
• 1832 - Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier ( August 23 1769 &ndash May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist 1769)
• 1835 - John Nash, English architect (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common John Nash ( 18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was an English Architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency 1752)
• 1866 - Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman ( June 14, 1796 &ndash May 13, 1866) was a Russian Mathematician of Czech origin 1796)
• 1871 - Daniel Auber, French composer (b. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Daniel François Esprit Auber ( January 29, 1782 – May 13, 1871) was a French Composer. 1782)
• 1884 - Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr ( February 15 1809 &ndash May 13 1884) of Rockbridge County Virginia was an American 1809)
• 1885 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (b. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (July 9 1809 - May 13 1885 was a German Physician, Pathologist and Anatomist. 1809)
• 1901 - Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Leopoldo Alas y Ureña ( 25 April 1852 - 13 June 1901) also known as Clarín was a Spanish realist novelist k. a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)
• 1903 - Apolinario Mabini, Filipino political theoretician and Prime Minister (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting 1864)
• 1916 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian author (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Sholem Aleichem (שלום־עליכם Шолом-Алейхем &ndash May 13, 1916) was the Pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich the popular 1859)
• 1921 - Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Jean François Victor Aicard ( February 4, 1848 - May 13, 1921) was a French Poet, Dramatist and Novelist 1848)
• 1925 - Boris Savinkov, Russian writer and terrorist (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boris Viktorovich Savinkov (RussianБорис Викторович Савинков ( 19 January 1879 - 7 May 1925) was a Russian 1879)
• 1926 - Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Libert H Boeynaems, formally Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems, SS 1857)
• 1930 - Fridtjof Nansen, Nobel Peace Prize winner (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (October 10 1861 – May 13 1930 was a Norwegian Explorer, Scientist and Diplomat. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1861)
• 1937 - Ekaterina Geladze, mother of Joseph Stalin (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party 1858)
• 1938 - Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Édouard Guillaume ( February 15 1861, Fleurier &ndash May 13 1938, Sèvres) was a French-Swiss Physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1861)
• 1945 - Tubby Hall, American musician (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Alfred "Tubby" Hall ( 12 October, 1895 - 13 May, 1945) was a Jazz Drummer. 1895)
• 1961 - Gary Cooper, American actor (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star 1901)
• 1962 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Trendley Dean ( August 25, 1893 &ndash May 13, 1962) was the first director of the U 1893)
• 1963 - Alois Hudal, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alois Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May, 1885 in Graz, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 13 May, 1963 in 1885)
• 1972 - Dan Blocker, American actor (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dan Blocker ( December 10 1928 &ndash May 13 1972) was an American Actor best remembered for his role as Eric 'Hoss' 1928)
• 1974 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Jaime Torres Bodet ( 17 April 1902 – 13 May 1974) was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet 1902)
• 1975 - Bob Wills, American musician (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Robert (Bob Wills ( March 6, 1905 &ndash May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician Songwriter 1905)
• 1985 - Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Leatrice Joy ( November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985)was an American film Actress best known for her career in the early 1893)
• 1988 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter (b. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr ( Yale Oklahoma, 23 December 1929 - Amsterdam, 13 May 1988) was an American 1929)
• 1992 - F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) FE McWilliam ( 30 April 1909 - 13 May 1992) Irish surrealist sculptor, born in Banbridge, County Down 1909)
• 1994 - Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Duncan Hamilton (born County Cork, Ireland, April 30 1920 - died Sherborne, Dorset, May 13 1994) 1920)
• 1999 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) PGA Tour wins (39 1922 (3 Southern (Spring Open US Open, PGA Championship 1923 (1 PGA Championship 1902)
• 2000 - Paul Bartel, American actor (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Paul Bartel ( August 6, 1938 &ndash May 13, 2000) was an American Actor, Writer and director. 1938)
• 2001 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. For other users see Narayan (disambiguation R K Narayan ( October 10, 1906 - May 13 2001) born Rasipuram Krishnaswami 1906)
• 2001 - Jason Miller, American playwright (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jason Miller (April 22 1939 – May 13 2001 was an American Actor and Pulitzer Prize -winning Playwright. 1939)
• 2002 - Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi - or Valery Vasilyevich Lobanovsky - (Валерий Васильевич Лобановский ( January 6 1939 Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. 1939)
• 2002 - Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Cracknell, AM ( 6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian Theatre and Television character 1925)
• 2005 - George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Bernard Dantzig ( Nov 8 1914 &ndash May 13 2005) was an American Mathematician, and the Professor Emeritus of Transportation 1914)
• 2005 - Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Michael Ross or Mike Ross may refer to Mike Ross, American politician US Representative from Arkansas Michael Ross (screenwriter 1959)
• 2005 - Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eddie Barclay ( January 26, 1921 &ndash May 13, 2005) was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques 1921)
• 2006 - Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan ( 17 December 1923 – 13 May 2006) was one of the world's leading scholars in the History of Christianity and 1923)
• 2006 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johnnie Wilder Jr (Johnnie James Wilder Jr 3 July 1949 – 13 May 2006) was the co-founder and lead vocalist, of the international 1949)
• 2008 - Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah ( Arabic: سعد العبد الله السالم الصباح Saʿd al-ʿAbd Allāh as-Sālim as-Sabāh 1930)
• 2008 - Ron Stone, American television reporter (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ron Stone ( April 6 1936 &ndash May 13 2008) was an American News anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston Texas 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Commemoration of Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic). Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julian of Norwich (c November 8, 1342 – c 1416 is considered one of the greatest English mystics Little is known of her life aside
• Roman Empire - Feast of the Lemures (See Larvae). The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial In Roman religion, the Lemuralia or Lemuria was a feast during which the ancient Romans performed Rites to exorcise the malevolent In Roman mythology, the larvae or lemures (singular lemur) were the spectres or spirits of the dead they were the malignant version of the
• Abbotsbury Garland Day, Dorset, England. Held on 13 May each year the Abbotsbury Garland Day celebrations have taken place in the Dorset village of Abbotsbury since about the early 19th century Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• Rotuma Day in Fiji. Rotuma Day is an annual celebration on the island of Rotuma, a Fijian dependency. Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य
• Our Lady of Fatima

Saints of the Christian Church:

• Abban the Hermit
• Saint Servatus
• Saint Robert Bellarmine
• Saint Gerald of Villamagna
• Saint John the Silent

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Our Lady of Fátima (ˈfatimɐ is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Church (disambiguation Christian Church and the word church are used to denote both a Christian association of people and a Place of worship Abban the Hermit is a Roman Catholic Saint, once revered in Abingdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) though little is known about Saint Servatius ( Dutch: Sint Servaas; French: Saint Servais) (traditionally died 384 was Bishop of Tongeren &mdashRoman Robert Bellarmine ( Roberto Francesco Romolo Cardinale Bellarmino) (4 October 1542 Montepulciano, Siena, Italy – 17 September 1621 Blessed Gerard of Villamagna, also known as Gerard of Monza, was a Franciscan tertiary. John the Silent ( January 8, 452 &ndash May 13, 558) is a Christian Saint.

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