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==Events==
[[File:Lei Áurea.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Lei Áurea]] ("Golden Law") abolished slavery on May 13, 1888]]
*[[1373]] – [[Julian of Norwich]] has [[Visions of Jesus and Mary|visions]] which are later transcribed in her ''[[Revelations of Divine Love]]''.
*[[1497]] – [[Pope Alexander VI]] [[excommunication|excommunicates]] [[Girolamo Savonarola]].
*[[1515]] – [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France]] and [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk]] are officially married at [[Greenwich]].
*[[1568]] – [[Battle of Langside]]: the forces of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], are defeated by a confederacy of [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Protestant]]s under [[James Stewart, Earl of Moray]], her [[Sibling#Half sibling|half-brother]].
*[[1619]] – [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[statesman]] [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]] is executed in [[The Hague]] after being convicted of [[treason]].
*[[1648]] – Construction of the [[Red Fort]] at [[Delhi]] is completed.
*[[1779]] – [[War of Bavarian Succession]]: [[Russia]]n and [[France|French]] mediators at the [[Congress of Teschen]] negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement [[Austria]] receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the [[Innviertel]]).
*[[1780]] – The [[Cumberland Compact]] is signed by leaders of the settlers in early [[Tennessee]].
*[[1787]] – [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] [[Arthur Phillip]] leaves [[Portsmouth]], [[England]], with eleven ships full of convicts (the "[[First Fleet]]") to establish a [[penal colony]] in [[Australia]].
*[[1804]] – Forces sent by [[Yusuf Karamanli]] of [[Tripoli]] to retake [[Darnah, Libya|Derne]] from the [[United States|Americans]] attack the city.
*[[1830]] – [[Ecuador]] gains its independence from [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1846]] – [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[United States]] declares war on [[Mexico]].
*[[1848]] – First performance of [[Finland]]'s [[Maamme|national anthem]].
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]] issues a "proclamation of [[Neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]]" which recognizes the [[Confederate States of America|breakaway states]] as having belligerent rights.
* 1861 – The [[Great Comet of 1861]] is discovered by [[John Tebbutt]] of [[Windsor, New South Wales]], [[Australia]].
* 1861 – [[Pakistan Railways|Pakistan’s]] (then a part of British India) [[History of rail transport in Pakistan|first railway line]] opens, from [[Karachi]] to [[Kotri]].
*[[1864]] – American Civil War: [[Battle of Resaca]] – the [[battle]] begins with [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman|Sherman]] fighting toward [[Atlanta, Georgia]].
*[[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.
*[[1880]] – In [[Menlo Park, New Jersey]], [[Thomas Edison]] performs the first test of his [[electric railway]].
*[[1888]] – With the passage of the ''[[Lei Áurea]]'' ("Golden Law"), [[Brazil]] abolishes [[slavery]].
*[[1909]] – The first [[Giro d'Italia]] starts from [[Milan]]. [[Italy|Italian]] [[cycling|cyclist]] [[Luigi Ganna]] will be the winner.
*[[1912]] – The [[Royal Flying Corps]] (now the [[Royal Air Force]]) is established in the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[1917]] – Three children report the first apparition of [[Our Lady of Fátima]] in [[Fátima, Portugal]].
*[[1923]] – [[Robert Bellarmine]], a [[Doctor of the Church|Doctor of the Catholic Church]], is beatified.
*[[1939]] – The first commercial [[Frequency Modulation|FM]] [[radio station]] in the United States is launched in [[Bloomfield, Connecticut]]. The station later becomes [[WDRC-FM]].
*[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]'s conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]. [[Winston Churchill]] makes his "[[blood, toil, tears, and sweat]]" speech to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].
* 1940 – Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] flees her country to [[Great Britain]] after the [[Nazism|Nazi]] invasion. [[Princess Juliana of the Netherlands|Princess Juliana]] takes her children to [[Canada]] for their safety.
*[[1941]] – World War II: [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] royal colonel [[Dragoljub Mihailović]] starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the [[Serbia]]n resistance.
*[[1943]] – World War II: German [[Afrika Korps]] and [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)#Fascism (1922–1943)|Italian]] troops in [[North Africa]] surrender to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces.
*[[1948]] – [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]: the [[Kfar Etzion massacre]] is committed by [[Arab]] irregulars, the day before [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|the declaration of independence]] of the state of [[Israel]] on [[May 14]].
*[[1950]] – The first round of the [[Formula One]] World Championship is held at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].
*[[1951]] – The 400th anniversary of the founding of the [[National University of San Marcos]] is commemorated by the opening of the [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|first large-capacity stadium in Peru]].
*[[1952]] – The [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of India]], holds its first sitting.
*[[1954]] – The [[1954 National Service Riots|anti-National Service Riots]], by [[Chinese people|Chinese]] Middle School students in [[Singapore]], take place.
*[[1958]] – During a visit to [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]]'s car is attacked by [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American]] demonstrators.
* 1958 – The [[Trademark|trade mark]] ''[[Velcro]]'' is registered.
* 1958 – [[May 1958 crisis]]: a group of French military officers lead a coup in [[Algiers]] demanding that a government of national unity be formed with [[Charles de Gaulle]] at its head in order to defend [[Algerie francaise|French control of Algeria]].
*[[1960]] – Hundreds of [[University of California, Berkeley]] students congregate for the first day of [[protest]] against a visit by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee|House Committee on Un-American Activities]]. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the [[Free Speech Movement]] is born.
*[[1963]] – The U.S. Supreme Court case [[Brady v. Maryland]] is decided.
*[[1967]] – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Dr. Zakir Hussain]] becomes the third [[President]] of [[India]]. He is the first [[Muslim]] [[President of India|President of the Indian Union]]. He holds this position until [[August 24]], [[1969]].
*[[1969]] – [[Race riot]]s, later known as the [[May 13 Incident]], take place in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]].
*[[1972]] – Faulty [[electrical wiring]] ignites a fire underneath the [[Sennichi Department Store Building fire|Playtown Cabaret]] in [[Osaka, Japan]]. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
*[[1980]] – An [[Fujita Scale|F3 tornado]] [[Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980|hits]] [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan]]. President [[Jimmy Carter]] declares it a federal [[disaster area]].
*[[1981]] – [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] [[Pope John Paul II assassination attempt|attempts to assassinate]] [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[St. Peter's Square]] in [[Rome]]. The Pope is rushed to the [[Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic]] to undergo emergency [[surgery]] and survives.
*[[1985]] – Police storm [[MOVE]] headquarters in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] to end a [[impasse|stand-off]], killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
*[[1989]] – Large groups of students [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|occupy]] [[Tiananmen Square]] and begin a hunger strike.
*[[1992]] – [[Li Hongzhi]] gives the first public lecture on [[Falun Gong]] in [[Changchun]], [[People's Republic of China]].
*[[1994]] – [[Johnny Carson]] makes his last television appearance on [[Late Show with David Letterman]].
*[[1996]] – Severe [[thunderstorm]]s and a [[tornado]] in [[Bangladesh]] kill 600 people.
*[[1998]] – [[Jakarta riots of May 1998|Race riots]] break out in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], where shops owned by Indonesians of [[Chinese Indonesian|Chinese descent]] are looted and women raped.
* 1998 – India carries out two [[nuclear testing|nuclear tests]] at [[Pokhran]], following the three conducted on [[May 11]]. The United States and [[Japan]] impose [[economic sanction]]s on India.
*[[2000]] – In [[Enschede]], Netherlands, a [[vuurwerkramp|fireworks factory explodes]], killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
*[[2005]] – The [[May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan|Andijan Massacre]] occurs in [[Uzbekistan]].
* 2005 – The [[Binh Bridge]] opens to traffic in [[Hai Phong]], Vietnam.
*[[2006]] – [[2006 São Paulo violence]]: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in [[Brazil]].
*[[2008]] – The [[Jaipur bombings]] in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths.

==Births==
*[[1024]] – [[Hugh of Cluny]], French saint (d. 1109)
*[[1254]] – [[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France|Maria of Brabant]], queen of France (d. 1321)
*[[1588]] – [[Ole Worm]], Danish physician (d. 1654)
*[[1638]] – [[Richard Simon]], French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
*[[1655]] – [[Pope Innocent XIII]] (d. 1724)
*[[1699]] – [[Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal|Marquis of Pombal]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (d. 1782)
*[[1712]] – [[Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff|Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff]], Danish statesman (d. 1772)
*[[1717]] – Queen [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa of Hungary and Bohemia]], Holy Roman Empress (d. 1780)
*[[1730]] – [[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1782)
*[[1742]] – [[Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen]] (d. 1798)
*[[1753]] – [[Lazare Carnot]], French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
*[[1792]] – Blessed [[Pope Pius IX]] (d. 1878)
*[[1794]] – [[Louis-Leopold Robert]], French painter (d. 1835)
*[[1795]] – [[Gérard Paul Deshayes]], French geologist (d. 1875)
*[[1822]] – [[Francis of Spain|Francis of Assisi of Bourbon]], King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
*[[1830]] – [[Zebulon Baird Vance]], three-time [[governor of North Carolina]] (d. 1894)
*[[1840]] – [[Alphonse Daudet]], French novelist (d. 1897)
*[[1842]] – [[Arthur Sullivan]], English composer (d. 1900)
*[[1856]] – [[Tom O'Rourke (boxing manager)|Tom O'Rourke]], American boxing manager (d. 1938)
*[[1857]] – [[Ronald Ross]], English physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. 1932)
*[[1881]] – [[Lima Barreto]], Brazilian author (d. 1922)
*[[1882]] – [[Georges Braque]], French painter (d. 1963)
*[[1883]] – [[Georgios Papanikolaou]], Greek doctor, inventor of the pap smear (d. 1962)
*[[1894]] – [[Ásgeir Ásgeirsson]], 2nd [[President of Iceland]] (d. 1972)
*[[1895]] – [[Nandor Fodor]], Hungarian-born psychologist and parapsychologist (d. 1964)
*[[1898]] – [[Justin Tuveri|Justin/Giustino Tuveri]], Italian World War I veteran (d. 2007)
*[[1904]] – [[Louis Duffus]], South African cricketer (d. 1984)
*[[1907]] – Dame [[Daphne du Maurier]], English author (d. 1989)
*[[1911]] – [[Robert Middleton]], American film and television actor (d. 1977)
*[[1912]] – [[Gil Evans]], Canadian musician (d. 1988)
* 1912 – [[Judah Nadich]], American rabbi (d. 2007)
*[[1913]] – [[William R. Tolbert, Jr.]], [[President of Liberia]] (d. 1980)
*[[1914]] – [[Joe Louis]], American boxer (d. 1981)
*[[1918]] – [[Balasaraswati|T. Balasaraswati]], Indian [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer (d. 1984)
*[[1920]] – [[Gareth Morris]], British flautist (d. 2007)
*[[1922]] – [[Michael Ainsworth]], British cricketer (d. 1978)
* 1922 – [[Beatrice Arthur]], American actress (d. 2009)
* 1922 – [[Otl Aicher]], German graphic designer (d. 1991)
*[[1923]] – [[Red Garland]], American hard bop jazz pianist (d.1984)
*[[1924]] – [[Harry Schwarz]], South African anti-apartheid politician, lawyer and diplomat (d. 2010)
* 1924 – [[Theodore Mann]], American theatre producer and director
*[[1926]] – [[Wallace Breem]], British author (d. 1990)
*[[1927]] – [[Archie Scott-Brown]], English race car driver (d. 1958)
* 1927 – [[Herbert Ross]], American director (d. 2001)
*[[1928]] – [[Enrique Bolaños]], Nicaraguan politician
* 1928 – [[Édouard Molinaro]], French film actor, director and screenwriter
* 1928 – [[Jim Shoulders]], American rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
*[[1930]] – [[Mike Gravel]], American politician
* 1930 – [[José Jiménez Lozano]], Spanish writer
* 1930 – [[Vernon Shaw]], [[List of Presidents of Dominica|President of Dominica]]
*[[1931]] – [[Jim Jones]], American businessman, and cult leader of the [[Peoples Temple]] (d. 1978)
*[[1934]] – [[Ehud Netzer]], Israeli archaeologist (d. 2010)
* 1934 – [[Leon Wagner]], American baseball player (d. 2004)
*[[1935]] – [[Dominic Cossa]], American baritone
*[[1937]] – [[Trevor Baylis]], English inventor
* 1937 – [[Roch Carrier]], Canadian novelist
* 1937 – [[Zohra Lampert]], American actress
* 1937 – [[Roger Zelazny]], American author (d. 1995)
*[[1938]] – [[Giuliano Amato]], Italian politician
* 1938 – [[Laurent Beaudoin]], French/Canadian businessman
*[[1939]] – [[Hildrun Claus]], German athlete
* 1939 – [[Harvey Keitel]], American actor
*[[1940]] – [[Bruce Chatwin]], British writer (d. 1989)
*[[1941]] – [[Senta Berger]], Austrian actress
* 1941 – [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], British singer
* 1941 – [[Jody Conradt]], American basketball coach
* 1941 – [[Ritchie Valens]], American singer (d. 1959)
*[[1942]] – [[Roger Young (director)|Roger Young]], American television director
*[[1943]] – [[Kurt Trampedach]], Danish artist
* 1943 – [[Mary Wells]], American singer (d. 1992)
*[[1944]] – [[Armistead Maupin]], American author
*[[1945]] – [[Sam Anderson]], American actor
* 1945 – [[Magic Dick]], American musician ([[The J. Geils Band]])
*[[1946]] – [[Waneta Hoyt]], American convicted serial killer (d. 1998)
*[[1947]] – [[Edgar Burcksen]], Dutch film editor
*[[1949]] – [[Zoë Wanamaker]], English/American actress
*[[1950]] – [[Danny Kirwan]], British musician ([[Fleetwood Mac]])
* 1950 – [[Manning Marable]], American academic and author (d. 2011)
* 1950 – [[Bobby Valentine]], American baseball player and manager
* 1950 – [[Stevie Wonder]], American singer and musician
*[[1951]] – [[Sharon Sayles Belton]], American politician
* 1951 – [[Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson]], British rock drummer ([[Roxy Music]])
* 1951 – [[James Whale (radio)|James Whale]], English radio personality
*[[1952]] – [[John Kasich]], American politician and political commentator
* 1952 – [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]], Canadian comedian and actress
*[[1954]] – [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]], Irish singer and songwriter
*[[1956]] – [[Richard Madeley]], English television presenter
* 1956 – [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], Indian spiritual figure
*[[1957]] – [[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]], American screenwriter, director, and producer
* 1957 – [[Andrea Klump]], German [[Red Army Faction]] terrorist
* 1957 – [[Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II]], Philippine politician
* 1957 – [[Koji Suzuki]], Japanese writer
*[[1958]] – [[Frances Barber]], British actress
*[[1961]] – [[Dennis Rodman]], American basketball player and actor
*[[1962]] – [[Kathleen Jamie]], Scottish poet
* 1962 – [[Paul McDermott (comedian)|Paul McDermott]], Australian comedian
* 1962 – [[Sean McDonough]], American sportscaster
* 1962 – [[Eduardo Palomo]], Mexican actor (d. 2003)
*[[1963]] – [[Wally Masur]], Australian tennis player
*[[1964]] – [[Stephen Colbert]], American comedian and actor
* 1964 – [[Ronnie Coleman]], American bodybuilder
* 1964 – [[Tom Verica]], American actor
*[[1965]] – [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006)
* 1965 – [[Tasmin Little]], English violinist
* 1965 – [[Hikari Ota]], Japanese comedian
* 1965 – [[Lari White]], American country music singer
*[[1966]] – [[Nikos Aliagas]], Greek TV show host
* 1966 – [[Alison Goldfrapp]], English musician
* 1966 – [[Darius Rucker]], American singer ([[Hootie & the Blowfish]])
* 1966 – [[Kamen Vodenicharov]], Bulgarian entertainer
*[[1967]] – [[Chuck Schuldiner]], American musician ([[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Control Denied]]) (d. 2001)
* 1967 – [[Melanie Thornton]], American pop singer ([[La Bouche]]) (d. 2001)
*[[1968]] – [[Miguel Ángel Blanco]], Spanish politician (d. 1997)
* 1968 – [[PMD (rapper)|PMD]], American rapper
*[[1969]] – [[Buckethead]], American musician
*[[1971]] – [[Tom Nalen]], American football player
*[[1972]] – [[Stefaan Maene]], Belgian swimmer
*[[1974]] – [[Brian Geraghty]], American actor
*[[1975]] – [[Cristian Bezzi]], Italian rugby player
* 1975 – [[Jamie Allison]], Canadian professional ice hockey player
*[[1976]] – [[Mark Delaney (footballer)|Mark Delaney]], Welsh footballer
* 1976 – [[Trajan Langdon]], American basketball player
*[[1977]] – [[Ilse DeLange]], Dutch singer
* 1977 – [[Robby Hammock]], American baseball player
* 1977 – [[Neil Hopkins]], American actor
* 1977 – [[Samantha Morton]], English actress
*[[1978]] – [[Mike Bibby]], American basketball player
* 1978 – [[Ryan Bukvich]], American baseball player
* 1978 – [[Steve Mildenhall]], English footballer
* 1978 – [[Dilshan Vitharana]], Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1978 – [[Barry Zito]], American baseball player
*[[1979]] – [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland]] of Sweden
* 1979 – [[Michael Madden (musician)|Michael Madden]], American musician ([[Maroon 5]])
*[[1980]] – [[Chris Barker (bassist)|Chris Barker]], American bassist ([[Anti-Flag]])
* 1980 – [[Waka Inoue]], Japanese [[gravure idol]] and actress
* 1980 – [[Mau Marcelo]], Filipino singer
*[[1981]] – [[Sunny Leone]], Canadian/American pornographic actress
* 1981 – [[Rebecka Liljeberg]], Swedish actress
* 1981 – [[James Yun|Jimmy Wang Yang]], American professional wrestler
*[[1982]] – [[Yoko Kumada]], Japanese gravure idol
* 1982 – [[Oguchi Onyewu]], American footballer
*[[1983]] – [[Anita Görbicz]], Hungarian handball player
* 1983 – [[Grégory Lemarchal]], French singer (d. 2007)
* 1983 – [[Yaya Touré]], Ivorian footballer
*[[1984]] – [[Benny Dayal]], Indian singer
* 1985 – [[Jaroslav Halak]], Slovak hockey player
* 1985 – [[Iwan Rheon]], Welsh stage/television actor and singer
* 1985 – [[Travis Zajac]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1986]] – [[Giuliana Marino]], German glamour model
* 1986 – [[Robert Pattinson]], English actor, musician and model
* 1986 – [[Alexander Rybak]], Norwegian singer
* 1986 – [[Scott Sutter]], English footballer
*[[1987]] – [[Candice Accola]], American actress/singer
* 1987 – [[Matt Doyle (actor)|Matt Doyle]], American broadway actor/singer
* 1987 – [[Hunter Parrish]], American actor
* 1987 – [[Carrie Prejean]], American beauty pageant contestant
*[[1988]] – [[Casey Donovan (singer)|Casey Donovan]], Australian singer
*[[1993]] – [[Romelu Lukaku]], Belgian footballer
* 1993 – [[Debby Ryan]], American actress
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==Deaths==
*[[1176]] &ndash; [[Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1119)
*[[1312]] &ndash; [[Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1263)
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Takeda Shingen]], Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]], Dutch statesman (b. 1547)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Louis Bourdaloue]], French [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] preacher (b. 1632)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (b. 1719)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Eliphalet Dyer]], American statesman and judge (b. 1721)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Beilby Porteus]], [[Bishop of London]], first Anglican to challenge the Church's position on slavery (b. 1731)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Georges Cuvier]], French naturalist (b. 1769)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], English architect (b. 1752)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Brashman]], Russian mathematician (b. 1796)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Daniel Auber]], French composer (b. 1782)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Joseph Henry]], American scientist (b. 1797)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Cyrus McCormick]], American inventor (b. 1809)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle]], German physician (b. 1809)
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Leopoldo Alas y Ureña]], a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Apolinario Mabini]], Filipino political theoretician and [[Prime Minister of the Philippines|Prime Minister]] (b. 1864)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Sholom Aleichem]], Russian author (b. 1859)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Jean Aicard]], French poet and novelist (b. 1848)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Boris Savinkov]], Russian writer and terrorist (b. 1879)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Libert H. Boeynaems]], Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Fridtjof Nansen]], Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate (b. 1861)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ketevan Geladze|Ekaterina Geladze]], Georgian mother of [[Joseph Stalin]] (b. 1858)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Charles Edouard Guillaume]], Swiss physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate]] (b. 1861)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Ōnishiki Uichirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26<sup>th</sup> [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1891)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Tubby Hall]], American jazz drummer (b. 1895)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]], Bengali poet (b. 1926)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Michael Fekete]], Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Gary Cooper]], American actor (b. 1901)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Henry Trendley Dean]], American dental researcher (b. 1893)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Alois Hudal]], Austrian-born Catholic bishop who assisted [[Nazism|Nazi]] war criminals in escaping (b. 1885)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Dan Blocker]], American actor (b. 1928)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Jaime Torres Bodet]], Mexican writer (b. 1902)
* 1974 &ndash; [[Arthur J. Burks]], "million-words-a-year" [[pulp magazines]] author (b. 1898)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Bob Wills]], American musician (b. 1905)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Mickey Spillane (gangster)|Mickey Spillane]], [[Irish-American]] gangster (b. 1934)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Leatrice Joy]], American actress (b. 1893)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Chet Baker]], American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[F. E. McWilliam]], Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)|Duncan Hamilton]], British racing driver (b. 1920)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Gene Sarazen]], American golfer (b. 1902)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Paul Bartel]], American actor (b. 1938)
* 2000 &ndash; [[Jumbo Tsuruta]], Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]], American playwright (b. 1939)
* 2001 &ndash; [[R.K. Narayan]], Indian novelist (b. 1906)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ruth Cracknell]], Australian actress (b. 1925)
* 2002 &ndash; [[Clinton Davis]], American artist (b. 1918)
* 2002 &ndash; [[Valeri Lobanovsky]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Eddie Barclay]], French record producer (b. 1921)
* 2005 &ndash; [[George Dantzig]], American mathematician (b. 1914)
* 2005 &ndash; [[Michael Bruce Ross|Michael Ross]], American serial killer (b. 1959)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], American historian (b. 1923)
* 2006 &ndash; [[Johnnie Wilder, Jr.]], American singer (b. 1949)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], [[List of emirs of Kuwait|Sheikh of Kuwait]] (b. 1930)
* 2008 &ndash; [[Ron Stone (reporter)|Ron Stone]], American television reporter (b. 1936)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Frank Aletter]], American character actor (b. 1926)
* 2009 &ndash; Rabbi [[Meir Brandsdorfer]], Belgian-born member of the [[Beth din|Rabbinical Court]] of the [[Edah HaChareidis]], [[Jerusalem]] (b. 1934)
* 2009 &ndash; [[Achille Compagnoni]], Italian mountaineer (b. 1914)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Derek Boogaard]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
* 2011 &ndash; [[Bruce Ricker]], American jazz and blues documentarian (b. 1942)

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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Abbotsbury Garland Day]] ([[Dorset]], [[England]])
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]:
** [[Gerard of Villamagna]]
** [[Saint Glyceria|Glyceria]]
** [[John the Silent]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[Julian of Norwich]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[Our Lady of Fatima]]
** [[Saint Servatius|Servatius]]
** [[May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* One of the three feast days of the [[Lemuria (festival)|Lemuralia]], observed in [[religion in ancient Rome|ancient Rome]]
* [[Rotuma Day]] ([[Fiji]])

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/13 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=05|day=13}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=May&day=13 On This Day in Canada]
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==Events==
[[File:Lei Áurea.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Lei Áurea]] ("Golden Law") abolished slavery on May 13, 1888]]
*[[1373]] &ndash; [[Julian of Norwich]] has [[Visions of Jesus and Mary|visions]] which are later transcribed in her ''[[Revelations of Divine Love]]''.
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VI]] [[excommunication|excommunicates]] [[Girolamo Savonarola]].
*[[1515]] &ndash; [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France]] and [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk]] are officially married at [[Greenwich]].
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Battle of Langside]]: the forces of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], are defeated by a confederacy of [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[Protestant]]s under [[James Stewart, Earl of Moray]], her [[Sibling#Half sibling|half-brother]].
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[statesman]] [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]] is executed in [[The Hague]] after being convicted of [[treason]].
*[[1648]] &ndash; Construction of the [[Red Fort]] at [[Delhi]] is completed.
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[War of Bavarian Succession]]: [[Russia]]n and [[France|French]] mediators at the [[Congress of Teschen]] negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement [[Austria]] receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the [[Innviertel]]).
*[[1780]] &ndash; The [[Cumberland Compact]] is signed by leaders of the settlers in early [[Tennessee]].
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] [[Arthur Phillip]] leaves [[Portsmouth]], [[England]], with eleven ships full of convicts (the "[[First Fleet]]") to establish a [[penal colony]] in [[Australia]].
*[[1804]] &ndash; Forces sent by [[Yusuf Karamanli]] of [[Tripoli]] to retake [[Darnah, Libya|Derne]] from the [[United States|Americans]] attack the city.
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]] gains its independence from [[Gran Colombia]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: The [[United States]] declares war on [[Mexico]].
*[[1848]] &ndash; First performance of [[Finland]]'s [[Maamme|national anthem]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]] issues a "proclamation of [[Neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]]" which recognizes the [[Confederate States of America|breakaway states]] as having belligerent rights.
* 1861 &ndash; The [[Great Comet of 1861]] is discovered by [[John Tebbutt]] of [[Windsor, New South Wales]], [[Australia]].
* 1861 &ndash; [[Pakistan Railways|Pakistan’s]] (then a part of British India) [[History of rail transport in Pakistan|first railway line]] opens, from [[Karachi]] to [[Kotri]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Resaca]] &ndash; the [[battle]] begins with [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman|Sherman]] fighting toward [[Atlanta, Georgia]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Palmito Ranch]] &ndash; 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.
*[[1880]] &ndash; In [[Menlo Park, New Jersey]], [[Thomas Edison]] performs the first test of his [[electric railway]].
*[[1888]] &ndash; With the passage of the ''[[Lei Áurea]]'' ("Golden Law"), [[Brazil]] abolishes [[slavery]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; The first [[Giro d'Italia]] starts from [[Milan]]. [[Italy|Italian]] [[cycling|cyclist]] [[Luigi Ganna]] will be the winner.
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[Royal Flying Corps]] (now the [[Royal Air Force]]) is established in the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; Three children report the first apparition of [[Our Lady of Fátima]] in [[Fátima, Portugal]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Robert Bellarmine]], a [[Doctor of the Church|Doctor of the Catholic Church]], is beatified.
*[[1939]] &ndash; The first commercial [[Frequency Modulation|FM]] [[radio station]] in the United States is launched in [[Bloomfield, Connecticut]]. The station later becomes [[WDRC-FM]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]'s conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]. [[Winston Churchill]] makes his "[[blood, toil, tears, and sweat]]" speech to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].
* 1940 &ndash; Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] flees her country to [[Great Britain]] after the [[Nazism|Nazi]] invasion. [[Princess Juliana of the Netherlands|Princess Juliana]] takes her children to [[Canada]] for their safety.
*[[1941]] &ndash; World War II: [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] royal colonel [[Dragoljub Mihailović]] starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the [[Serbia]]n resistance.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: German [[Afrika Korps]] and [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)#Fascism (1922–1943)|Italian]] troops in [[North Africa]] surrender to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces.
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]: the [[Kfar Etzion massacre]] is committed by [[Arab]] irregulars, the day before [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|the declaration of independence]] of the state of [[Israel]] on [[May 14]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; The first round of the [[Formula One]] World Championship is held at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; The 400th anniversary of the founding of the [[National University of San Marcos]] is commemorated by the opening of the [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|first large-capacity stadium in Peru]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; The [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of India]], holds its first sitting.
*[[1954]] &ndash; The [[1954 National Service Riots|anti-National Service Riots]], by [[Chinese people|Chinese]] Middle School students in [[Singapore]], take place.
*[[1958]] &ndash; During a visit to [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard Nixon]]'s car is attacked by [[Anti-Americanism|anti-American]] demonstrators.
* 1958 &ndash; The [[Trademark|trade mark]] ''[[Velcro]]'' is registered.
* 1958 &ndash; [[May 1958 crisis]]: a group of French military officers lead a coup in [[Algiers]] demanding that a government of national unity be formed with [[Charles de Gaulle]] at its head in order to defend [[Algerie francaise|French control of Algeria]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; Hundreds of [[University of California, Berkeley]] students congregate for the first day of [[protest]] against a visit by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee|House Committee on Un-American Activities]]. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the [[Free Speech Movement]] is born.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The U.S. Supreme Court case [[Brady v. Maryland]] is decided.
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Dr. Zakir Hussain]] becomes the third [[President]] of [[India]]. He is the first [[Muslim]] [[President of India|President of the Indian Union]]. He holds this position until [[August 24]], [[1969]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Race riot]]s, later known as the [[May 13 Incident]], take place in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; Faulty [[electrical wiring]] ignites a fire underneath the [[Sennichi Department Store Building fire|Playtown Cabaret]] in [[Osaka, Japan]]. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
*[[1980]] &ndash; An [[Fujita Scale|F3 tornado]] [[Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980|hits]] [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan]]. President [[Jimmy Carter]] declares it a federal [[disaster area]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] [[Pope John Paul II assassination attempt|attempts to assassinate]] [[Pope John Paul II]] in [[St. Peter's Square]] in [[Rome]]. The Pope is rushed to the [[Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic]] to undergo emergency [[surgery]] and survives.
*[[1985]] &ndash; Police storm [[MOVE]] headquarters in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] to end a [[impasse|stand-off]], killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
*[[1989]] &ndash; Large groups of students [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|occupy]] [[Tiananmen Square]] and begin a hunger strike.
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Li Hongzhi]] gives the first public lecture on [[Falun Gong]] in [[Changchun]], [[People's Republic of China]].
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Johnny Carson]] makes his last television appearance on [[Late Show with David Letterman]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; Severe [[thunderstorm]]s and a [[tornado]] in [[Bangladesh]] kill 600 people.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jakarta riots of May 1998|Race riots]] break out in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], where shops owned by Indonesians of [[Chinese Indonesian|Chinese descent]] are looted and women raped.
* 1998 &ndash; India carries out two [[nuclear testing|nuclear tests]] at [[Pokhran]], following the three conducted on [[May 11]]. The United States and [[Japan]] impose [[economic sanction]]s on India.
*[[2000]] &ndash; In [[Enschede]], Netherlands, a [[vuurwerkramp|fireworks factory explodes]], killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
*[[2005]] &ndash; The [[May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan|Andijan Massacre]] occurs in [[Uzbekistan]].
* 2005 &ndash; The [[Binh Bridge]] opens to traffic in [[Hai Phong]], Vietnam.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[2006 São Paulo violence]]: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in [[Brazil]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[Jaipur bombings]] in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths.

==Births==
*[[1024]] &ndash; [[Hugh of Cluny]], French saint (d. 1109)
*[[1254]] &ndash; [[Marie of Brabant, Queen of France|Maria of Brabant]], queen of France (d. 1321)
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[Ole Worm]], Danish physician (d. 1654)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Richard Simon]], French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent XIII]] (d. 1724)
*[[1699]] &ndash; [[Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal|Marquis of Pombal]], [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (d. 1782)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff|Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff]], Danish statesman (d. 1772)
*[[1717]] &ndash; Queen [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa of Hungary and Bohemia]], Holy Roman Empress (d. 1780)
*[[1730]] &ndash; [[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1782)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen]] (d. 1798)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Lazare Carnot]], French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
*[[1792]] &ndash; Blessed [[Pope Pius IX]] (d. 1878)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Louis-Leopold Robert]], French painter (d. 1835)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Gérard Paul Deshayes]], French geologist (d. 1875)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Francis of Spain|Francis of Assisi of Bourbon]], King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Zebulon Baird Vance]], three-time [[governor of North Carolina]] (d. 1894)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Alphonse Daudet]], French novelist (d. 1897)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Arthur Sullivan]], English composer (d. 1900)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Tom O'Rourke (boxing manager)|Tom O'Rourke]], American boxing manager (d. 1938)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Ronald Ross]], English physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. 1932)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Lima Barreto]], Brazilian author (d. 1922)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Georges Braque]], French painter (d. 1963)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Georgios Papanikolaou]], Greek doctor, inventor of the pap smear (d. 1962)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Ásgeir Ásgeirsson]], 2nd [[President of Iceland]] (d. 1972)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Nandor Fodor]], Hungarian-born psychologist and parapsychologist (d. 1964)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Justin Tuveri|Justin/Giustino Tuveri]], Italian World War I veteran (d. 2007)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Louis Duffus]], South African cricketer (d. 1984)
*[[1907]] &ndash; Dame [[Daphne du Maurier]], English author (d. 1989)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Robert Middleton]], American film and television actor (d. 1977)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Gil Evans]], Canadian musician (d. 1988)
* 1912 &ndash; [[Judah Nadich]], American rabbi (d. 2007)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[William R. Tolbert, Jr.]], [[President of Liberia]] (d. 1980)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Joe Louis]], American boxer (d. 1981)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Balasaraswati|T. Balasaraswati]], Indian [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer (d. 1984)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Gareth Morris]], British flautist (d. 2007)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Michael Ainsworth]], British cricketer (d. 1978)
* 1922 &ndash; [[Beatrice Arthur]], American actress (d. 2009)
* 1922 &ndash; [[Otl Aicher]], German graphic designer (d. 1991)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Red Garland]], American hard bop jazz pianist (d.1984)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Harry Schwarz]], South African anti-apartheid politician, lawyer and diplomat (d. 2010)
* 1924 &ndash; [[Theodore Mann]], American theatre producer and director
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Wallace Breem]], British author (d. 1990)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Archie Scott-Brown]], English race car driver (d. 1958)
* 1927 &ndash; [[Herbert Ross]], American director (d. 2001)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Enrique Bolaños]], Nicaraguan politician
* 1928 &ndash; [[Édouard Molinaro]], French film actor, director and screenwriter
* 1928 &ndash; [[Jim Shoulders]], American rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Mike Gravel]], American politician
* 1930 &ndash; [[José Jiménez Lozano]], Spanish writer
* 1930 &ndash; [[Vernon Shaw]], [[List of Presidents of Dominica|President of Dominica]]
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Jim Jones]], American businessman, and cult leader of the [[Peoples Temple]] (d. 1978)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Ehud Netzer]], Israeli archaeologist (d. 2010)
* 1934 &ndash; [[Leon Wagner]], American baseball player (d. 2004)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Dominic Cossa]], American baritone
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Trevor Baylis]], English inventor
* 1937 &ndash; [[Roch Carrier]], Canadian novelist
* 1937 &ndash; [[Zohra Lampert]], American actress
* 1937 &ndash; [[Roger Zelazny]], American author (d. 1995)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Giuliano Amato]], Italian politician
* 1938 &ndash; [[Laurent Beaudoin]], French/Canadian businessman
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Hildrun Claus]], German athlete
* 1939 &ndash; [[Harvey Keitel]], American actor
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Bruce Chatwin]], British writer (d. 1989)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Senta Berger]], Austrian actress
* 1941 &ndash; [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], British singer
* 1941 &ndash; [[Jody Conradt]], American basketball coach
* 1941 &ndash; [[Ritchie Valens]], American singer (d. 1959)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Roger Young (director)|Roger Young]], American television director
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Kurt Trampedach]], Danish artist
* 1943 &ndash; [[Mary Wells]], American singer (d. 1992)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Armistead Maupin]], American author
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sam Anderson]], American actor
* 1945 &ndash; [[Magic Dick]], American musician ([[The J. Geils Band]])
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Waneta Hoyt]], American convicted serial killer (d. 1998)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Edgar Burcksen]], Dutch film editor
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Zoë Wanamaker]], English/American actress
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Danny Kirwan]], British musician ([[Fleetwood Mac]])
* 1950 &ndash; [[Manning Marable]], American academic and author (d. 2011)
* 1950 &ndash; [[Bobby Valentine]], American baseball player and manager
* 1950 &ndash; [[Stevie Wonder]], American singer and musician
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Sharon Sayles Belton]], American politician
* 1951 &ndash; [[Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson]], British rock drummer ([[Roxy Music]])
* 1951 &ndash; [[James Whale (radio)|James Whale]], English radio personality
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[John Kasich]], American politician and political commentator
* 1952 &ndash; [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]], Canadian comedian and actress
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]], Irish singer and songwriter
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Richard Madeley]], English television presenter
* 1956 &ndash; [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], Indian spiritual figure
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Alan Ball (screenwriter)|Alan Ball]], American screenwriter, director, and producer
* 1957 &ndash; [[Andrea Klump]], German [[Red Army Faction]] terrorist
* 1957 &ndash; [[Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II]], Philippine politician
* 1957 &ndash; [[Koji Suzuki]], Japanese writer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Frances Barber]], British actress
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Dennis Rodman]], American basketball player and actor
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Jamie]], Scottish poet
* 1962 &ndash; [[Paul McDermott (comedian)|Paul McDermott]], Australian comedian
* 1962 &ndash; [[Sean McDonough]], American sportscaster
* 1962 &ndash; [[Eduardo Palomo]], Mexican actor (d. 2003)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Wally Masur]], Australian tennis player
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Stephen Colbert]], American comedian and actor
* 1964 &ndash; [[Ronnie Coleman]], American bodybuilder
* 1964 &ndash; [[Tom Verica]], American actor
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006)
* 1965 &ndash; [[Tasmin Little]], English violinist
* 1965 &ndash; [[Hikari Ota]], Japanese comedian
* 1965 &ndash; [[Lari White]], American country music singer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Nikos Aliagas]], Greek TV show host
* 1966 &ndash; [[Alison Goldfrapp]], English musician
* 1966 &ndash; [[Darius Rucker]], American singer ([[Hootie & the Blowfish]])
* 1966 &ndash; [[Kamen Vodenicharov]], Bulgarian entertainer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Chuck Schuldiner]], American musician ([[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Control Denied]]) (d. 2001)
* 1967 &ndash; [[Melanie Thornton]], American pop singer ([[La Bouche]]) (d. 2001)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Blanco]], Spanish politician (d. 1997)
* 1968 &ndash; [[PMD (rapper)|PMD]], American rapper
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Buckethead]], American musician
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Tom Nalen]], American football player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Stefaan Maene]], Belgian swimmer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Brian Geraghty]], American actor
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Cristian Bezzi]], Italian rugby player
* 1975 &ndash; [[Jamie Allison]], Canadian professional ice hockey player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Mark Delaney (footballer)|Mark Delaney]], Welsh footballer
* 1976 &ndash; [[Trajan Langdon]], American basketball player
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Ilse DeLange]], Dutch singer
* 1977 &ndash; [[Robby Hammock]], American baseball player
* 1977 &ndash; [[Neil Hopkins]], American actor
* 1977 &ndash; [[Samantha Morton]], English actress
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Mike Bibby]], American basketball player
* 1978 &ndash; [[Ryan Bukvich]], American baseball player
* 1978 &ndash; [[Steve Mildenhall]], English footballer
* 1978 &ndash; [[Dilshan Vitharana]], Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1978 &ndash; [[Barry Zito]], American baseball player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland]] of Sweden
* 1979 &ndash; [[Michael Madden (musician)|Michael Madden]], American musician ([[Maroon 5]])
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chris Barker (bassist)|Chris Barker]], American bassist ([[Anti-Flag]])
* 1980 &ndash; [[Waka Inoue]], Japanese [[gravure idol]] and actress
* 1980 &ndash; [[Mau Marcelo]], Filipino singer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Sunny Leone]], Canadian/American pornographic actress
* 1981 &ndash; [[Rebecka Liljeberg]], Swedish actress
* 1981 &ndash; [[James Yun|Jimmy Wang Yang]], American professional wrestler
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Yoko Kumada]], Japanese gravure idol
* 1982 &ndash; [[Oguchi Onyewu]], American footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Anita Görbicz]], Hungarian handball player
* 1983 &ndash; [[Grégory Lemarchal]], French singer (d. 2007)
* 1983 &ndash; [[Yaya Touré]], Ivorian footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Benny Dayal]], Indian singer
* 1985 &ndash; [[Jaroslav Halak]], Slovak hockey player
* 1985 &ndash; [[Iwan Rheon]], Welsh stage/television actor and singer
* 1985 &ndash; [[Travis Zajac]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Giuliana Marino]], German glamour model
* 1986 &ndash; [[Robert Pattinson]], English actor, musician and model
* 1986 &ndash; [[Alexander Rybak]], Norwegian singer
* 1986 &ndash; [[Scott Sutter]], English footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Candice Accola]], American actress/singer
* 1987 &ndash; [[Matt Doyle (actor)|Matt Doyle]], American broadway actor/singer
* 1987 &ndash; [[Hunter Parrish]], American actor
* 1987 &ndash; [[Carrie Prejean]], American beauty pageant contestant
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Casey Donovan (singer)|Casey Donovan]], Australian singer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Romelu Lukaku]], Belgian footballer
* 1993 &ndash; [[Debby Ryan]], American actress
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==Deaths==
*[[1176]] &ndash; [[Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1119)
*[[1312]] &ndash; [[Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1263)
*[[1573]] &ndash; [[Takeda Shingen]], Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]], Dutch statesman (b. 1547)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Louis Bourdaloue]], French [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] preacher (b. 1632)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (b. 1719)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Eliphalet Dyer]], American statesman and judge (b. 1721)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Beilby Porteus]], [[Bishop of London]], first Anglican to challenge the Church's position on slavery (b. 1731)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Georges Cuvier]], French naturalist (b. 1769)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], English architect (b. 1752)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Brashman]], Russian mathematician (b. 1796)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Daniel Auber]], French composer (b. 1782)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Joseph Henry]], American scientist (b. 1797)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Cyrus McCormick]], American inventor (b. 1809)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle]], German physician (b. 1809)
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Leopoldo Alas y Ureña]], a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Apolinario Mabini]], Filipino political theoretician and [[Prime Minister of the Philippines|Prime Minister]] (b. 1864)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Sholom Aleichem]], Russian author (b. 1859)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Jean Aicard]], French poet and novelist (b. 1848)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Boris Savinkov]], Russian writer and terrorist (b. 1879)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Libert H. Boeynaems]], Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Fridtjof Nansen]], Norwegian explorer, scientist and diplomat, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate (b. 1861)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ketevan Geladze|Ekaterina Geladze]], Georgian mother of [[Joseph Stalin]] (b. 1858)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Charles Edouard Guillaume]], Swiss physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate]] (b. 1861)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Ōnishiki Uichirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26<sup>th</sup> [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1891)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Tubby Hall]], American jazz drummer (b. 1895)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]], Bengali poet (b. 1926)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Michael Fekete]], Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Gary Cooper]], American actor (b. 1901)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Henry Trendley Dean]], American dental researcher (b. 1893)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Alois Hudal]], Austrian-born Catholic bishop who assisted [[Nazism|Nazi]] war criminals in escaping (b. 1885)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Dan Blocker]], American actor (b. 1928)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Jaime Torres Bodet]], Mexican writer (b. 1902)
* 1974 &ndash; [[Arthur J. Burks]], "million-words-a-year" [[pulp magazines]] author (b. 1898)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Bob Wills]], American musician (b. 1905)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Mickey Spillane (gangster)|Mickey Spillane]], [[Irish-American]] gangster (b. 1934)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Leatrice Joy]], American actress (b. 1893)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Chet Baker]], American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[F. E. McWilliam]], Northern Irish sculptor (b. 1909)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Duncan Hamilton (racing driver)|Duncan Hamilton]], British racing driver (b. 1920)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Gene Sarazen]], American golfer (b. 1902)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Paul Bartel]], American actor (b. 1938)
* 2000 &ndash; [[Jumbo Tsuruta]], Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]], American playwright (b. 1939)
* 2001 &ndash; [[R.K. Narayan]], Indian novelist (b. 1906)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ruth Cracknell]], Australian actress (b. 1925)
* 2002 &ndash; [[Clinton Davis]], American artist (b. 1918)
* 2002 &ndash; [[Valeri Lobanovsky]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Eddie Barclay]], French record producer (b. 1921)
* 2005 &ndash; [[George Dantzig]], American mathematician (b. 1914)
* 2005 &ndash; [[Michael Bruce Ross|Michael Ross]], American serial killer (b. 1959)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], American historian (b. 1923)
* 2006 &ndash; [[Johnnie Wilder, Jr.]], American singer (b. 1949)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], [[List of emirs of Kuwait|Sheikh of Kuwait]] (b. 1930)
* 2008 &ndash; [[Ron Stone (reporter)|Ron Stone]], American television reporter (b. 1936)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Frank Aletter]], American character actor (b. 1926)
* 2009 &ndash; Rabbi [[Meir Brandsdorfer]], Belgian-born member of the [[Beth din|Rabbinical Court]] of the [[Edah HaChareidis]], [[Jerusalem]] (b. 1934)
* 2009 &ndash; [[Achille Compagnoni]], Italian mountaineer (b. 1914)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Derek Boogaard]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982)
* 2011 &ndash; [[Bruce Ricker]], American jazz and blues documentarian (b. 1942)

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==Holidays and observances==
* [[Abbotsbury Garland Day]] ([[Dorset]], [[England]])
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]:
** [[Gerard of Villamagna]]
** [[Saint Glyceria|Glyceria]]
** [[John the Silent]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[Julian of Norwich]] ([[Roman Catholic]])
** [[Our Lady of Fatima]]
** [[Saint Servatius|Servatius]]
** [[May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* One of the three feast days of the [[Lemuria (festival)|Lemuralia]], observed in [[religion in ancient Rome|ancient Rome]]
* [[Rotuma Day]] ([[Fiji]])

==External links==
{{commons}}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/13 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=05|day=13}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=May&day=13 On This Day in Canada]
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{{Months}}

[[Category:Days of the year]]
[[Category:May]]

[[af:13 Mei]]
[[ang:13 Þrimilcemōnaþ]]
[[ar:ملحق:13 مايو]]
[[an:13 de mayo]]
[[frp:13 mê]]
[[ast:13 de mayu]]
[[az:13 may]]
[[bn:মে ১৩]]
[[zh-min-nan:5 goe̍h 13 ji̍t]]
[[be:13 мая]]
[[be-x-old:13 траўня]]
[[bcl:Mayo 13]]
[[bs:13. maj]]
[[br:13 Mae]]
[[bg:13 май]]
[[ca:13 de maig]]
[[cv:Çу, 13]]
[[ceb:Mayo 13]]
[[cs:13. květen]]
[[co:13 di maghju]]
[[cy:13 Mai]]
[[da:13. maj]]
[[de:13. Mai]]
[[dv:މެއި 13]]
[[et:13. mai]]
[[el:13 Μαΐου]]
[[myv:Панжиковонь 13 чи]]
[[es:13 de mayo]]
[[eo:13-a de majo]]
[[eu:Maiatzaren 13]]
[[fa:۱۳ مه]]
[[hif:13 May]]
[[fo:13. mai]]
[[fr:13 mai]]
[[fy:13 maaie]]
[[fur:13 di Mai]]
[[ga:13 Bealtaine]]
[[gv:13 Boaldyn]]
[[gd:13 an Cèitean]]
[[gl:13 de maio]]
[[gan:5月13號]]
[[gu:મે ૧૩]]
[[xal:Хөн сарин 13]]
[[ko:5월 13일]]
[[hy:Մայիսի 13]]
[[hr:13. svibnja]]
[[io:13 di mayo]]
[[ig:May 13]]
[[ilo:Mayo 13]]
[[bpy:মে ১৩]]
[[id:13 Mei]]
[[ia:13 de maio]]
[[ie:13 may]]
[[os:13 майы]]
[[is:13. maí]]
[[it:13 maggio]]
[[he:13 במאי]]
[[jv:13 Mei]]
[[kl:Maaji 13]]
[[kn:ಮೇ ೧೩]]
[[pam:Mayu 13]]
[[ka:13 მაისი]]
[[csb:13 môja]]
[[kk:Мамырдың 13]]
[[sw:13 Mei]]
[[ht:13 me]]
[[ku:13'ê gulanê]]
[[krc:13 май]]
[[la:13 Maii]]
[[lv:13. maijs]]
[[lb:13. Mee]]
[[lt:Gegužės 13]]
[[li:13 mei]]
[[lmo:13 05]]
[[hu:Május 13.]]
[[mk:13 мај]]
[[mg:13 Mey]]
[[ml:മേയ് 13]]
[[mr:मे १३]]
[[arz:13 مايو]]
[[ms:13 Mei]]
[[mn:5 сарын 13]]
[[nah:Tlamācuīlti 13]]
[[nl:13 mei]]
[[nds-nl:13 meie]]
[[ne:१३ मे]]
[[new:मे १३]]
[[ja:5月13日]]
[[nap:13 'e maggio]]
[[no:13. mai]]
[[nn:13. mai]]
[[nrm:13 Mai]]
[[nov:13 de maye]]
[[oc:13 de mai]]
[[mhr:13 Ага]]
[[uz:13-may]]
[[pa:੧੩ ਮਈ]]
[[nds:13. Mai]]
[[pl:13 maja]]
[[pt:13 de maio]]
[[ksh:13. Meij]]
[[ro:13 mai]]
[[qu:13 ñiqin aymuray killapi]]
[[rue:13. май]]
[[ru:13 мая]]
[[sah:Ыам ыйын 13]]
[[se:Miessemánu 13.]]
[[sco:13 Mey]]
[[sq:13 Maj]]
[[scn:13 di maiu]]
[[simple:May 13]]
[[sk:13. máj]]
[[sl:13. maj]]
[[sr:13. мај]]
[[sh:13.5.]]
[[su:13 Méi]]
[[fi:13. toukokuuta]]
[[sv:13 maj]]
[[tl:Mayo 13]]
[[ta:மே 13]]
[[tt:13 май]]
[[te:మే 13]]
[[th:13 พฤษภาคม]]
[[tg:13 май]]
[[tr:13 Mayıs]]
[[tk:13 maý]]
[[uk:13 травня]]
[[ur:13 مئی]]
[[vec:13 de majo]]
[[vi:13 tháng 5]]
[[vo:Mayul 13]]
[[fiu-vro:13. lehekuu päiv]]
[[wa:13 di may]]
[[vls:13 meie]]
[[war:Mayo 13]]
[[yi:13טן מיי]]
[[yo:13 May]]
[[zh-yue:5月13號]]
[[bat-smg:Gegožė 13]]
[[zh:5月13日]]

Revision as of 10:31, 16 July 2011

Screw your history, all I care about is J+N on this day.

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