May, 13th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 13, 2005:
The United States Department of Defense issues a list of bases to be closed as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process (BRAC 2005).

Saturday 13, 2000:
In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.

Wednesday 13, 1998:
Following India's second round of nuclear tests the United States and Japan impose economic sanctions.

Monday 13, 1996:
Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.

Saturday 13, 1995:
In Dublin, Ireland, Secret Garden win the fortieth Eurovision Song Contest for Norway performing "Nocturne".

Monday 13, 1985:
The mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, orders police to storm the radical group's MOVE headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents in the resulting fire.

Wednesday 13, 1981:
Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome.

Thursday 13, 1976:
The New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets and win the American Basketball Association championship, 112-106, in the final ABA game ever played.

Tuesday 13, 1969:
Race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, later known as the 13 May Incident.

Friday 13, 1960:
First ascent of Dhaulagiri, world's seventh-highest mountain.

Tuesday 13, 1958:
1958 - Velcro's trade mark is registered.

Thursday 13, 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.

Thursday 13, 1943:
World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.

Monday 13, 1940:
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees the Nazi invasion in the Netherlands to Britain. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.

Sunday 13, 1917:
Three peasant children claim to see the Blessed Virgin Mary above a holmoak tree in Cova da Iria near Fatima, Portugal.

Tuesday 13, 1913:
Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft.

Monday 13, 1912:
In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) was established.

Thursday 13, 1909:
The first Giro d'Italia took place in Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the winner.

Sunday 13, 1888:
With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.

Thursday 13, 1880:
In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

Saturday 13, 1865:
American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.

Friday 13, 1864:
American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.

Monday 13, 1861:
American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.

Saturday 13, 1848:
First performance of Finland's national anthem.

Wednesday 13, 1846:
Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.

Thursday 13, 1830:
Ecuador gains its independence.

Sunday 13, 1787:
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.

Thursday 13, 1779:
War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the Inn District).

Monday 13, 1619:
Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.

Sunday 13, 1607:
Jamestown, Virginia, is settled as an English colony.

Monday 13, 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.

Thursday 13, 1497:
Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 13

1981:
Sunny Leone, Canadian model (b: May 13, 1981) (Biography of Sunny Leone)
Jimmy Yang, American professional wrestler (b: May 13, 1981) (Biography of James Yun)

1979:
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden (b: May 13, 1979) (Biography of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Wermelandia)

1978:
Mike Bibby, American basketball player (b: May 13, 1978) (Biography of Mike Bibby)
Barry Zito, baseball player (b: May 13, 1978) (Biography of Barry Zito)

1977:
Samantha Morton, English actress (b: May 13, 1977) (Biography of Samantha Morton)

1967:
Chuck Schuldiner, American singer (Death) (b: May 13, 1967 ; d: December 13, 2001) (Biography of Chuck Schuldiner)

1966:
Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & The Blowfish) (b: May 13, 1966) (Biography of Darius Rucker)

1962:
Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b: May 13, 1962 ; d: November 6, 2003) (Biography of Eduardo Palomo)

1961:
Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor (b: May 13, 1961) (Biography of Dennis Rodman)

1954:
Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter (b: May 13, 1954) (Biography of Johnny Logan (singer))

1951:
Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota (b: May 13, 1951) (Biography of Sharon Sayles Belton)

1950:
Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician (b: May 13, 1950) (Biography of Stevie Wonder)

1947:
Stephen R. Donaldson, American author (b: May 13, 1947) (Biography of Stephen R. Donaldson)

1944:
Armistead Maupin, American author (b: May 13, 1944) (Biography of Armistead Maupin)

1941:
Ritchie Valens, American singer (b: May 13, 1941 ; d: February 3, 1959) (Biography of Ritchie Valens)
Senta Berger, Swedish actress (b: May 13, 1941) (Biography of Senta Berger)

1940:
Bruce Chatwin, British writer (b: May 13, 1940 ; d: January 8, 1989) (Biography of Bruce Chatwin)

1939:
Harvey Keitel, American actor (b: May 13, 1939) (Biography of Harvey Keitel)

1937:
Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist (b: May 13, 1937) (Biography of Roch Carrier)
Roger Zelazny, American author (b: May 13, 1937 ; d: June 14, 1995) (Biography of Roger Zelazny)

1934:
Leon Wagner, baseball player (b: May 13, 1934 ; d: January 3, 2004) (Biography of Leon Wagner)

1931:
Jim Jones, American cult leader (b: May 13, 1931 ; d: November 18, 1978) (Biography of Jim Jones)

1927:
Herbert Ross, American director (b: May 13, 1927) (Biography of Herbert Ross)

1926:
Wallace Breem, British author (b: May 13, 1926 ; d: March 12, 1990) (Biography of Wallace Breem)

1923:
Beatrice Arthur, American actress (b: May 13, 1923) (Biography of Beatrice Arthur)

1914:
Joe Louis, American boxer (b: May 13, 1914 ; d: April 12, 1981) (Biography of Joe Louis)

1913:
Gil Evans, Canadian musician (b: May 13, 1913) (Biography of Gil Evans)

1907:
Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (b: May 13, 1907 ; d: April 19, 1989) (Biography of Daphne du Maurier)

1894:
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (b: May 13, 1894) (Biography of Ásgeir Ásgeirsson)

1882:
Georges Braque, French painter (b: May 13, 1882 ; d: August 31, 1963) (Biography of Georges Braque)

1842:
Arthur Sullivan, English composer (b: May 13, 1842 ; d: November 22, 1900) (Biography of Arthur S. Sullivan)

1840:
Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (b: May 13, 1840 ; d: December 17, 1897) (Biography of Alphonse Daudet)

1830:
Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (b: May 13, 1830) (Biography of Zebulon Baird Vance)

1792:
Pope Pius IX (b: May 13, 1792 ; d: February 7, 1878) (Biography of Pope Pius IX)

1753:
Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b: May 13, 1753 ; d: August 22, 1823) (Biography of Lazare Carnot)

1717:
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (b: May 13, 1717) (Biography of Maria Theresa of Austria)

1699:
Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b: May 13, 1699 ; d: May 15, 1782) (Biography of Marquis of Pombal)

1655:
Pope Innocent XIII (b: May 13, 1655 ; d: March 7, 1724) (Biography of Pope Innocent XIII)

1638:
Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b: May 13, 1638 ; d: April 11, 1712) (Biography of Richard Simon)

1588:
Ole Worm, Danish physician (b: May 13, 1588 ; d: August 31, 1654) (Biography of Ole Worm)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-may/births.html

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People who died on May 13

2005:
George Dantzig (d: May 13, 2005) (Biography of George Dantzig)

2001:
R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b: October 10, 1906 ; d: May 13, 2001) (Biography of R.K. Narayan)

2000:
Paul Bartel, American actor, writer, and director (b: August 6, 1938 ; d: May 13, 2000) (Biography of Paul Bartel)

1999:
Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b: February 27, 1902 ; d: May 13, 1999) (Biography of Gene Sarazen)

1988:
Chet Baker (d: May 13, 1988) (Biography of Chet Baker)

1985:
Leatrice Joy, American actress (b: November 7, 1893 ; d: May 13, 1985) (Biography of Leatrice Joy)

1975:
Bob Wills, American singer (b: March 6, 1905 ; d: May 13, 1975) (Biography of Bob Wills)

1972:
Dan Blocker, American actor (b: December 10, 1928 ; d: May 13, 1972) (Biography of Dan Blocker)

1961:
Gary Cooper, American actor (b: May 7, 1901 ; d: May 13, 1961) (Biography of Gary Cooper)

1945:
Tubby Hall (d: May 13, 1945) (Biography of Tubby Hall)

1938:
Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: February 15, 1861 ; d: May 13, 1938) (Biography of Charles Edouard Guillaume)

1930:
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: October 10, 1861 ; d: May 13, 1930) (Biography of Fridtjof Nansen)

1926:
Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (b: August 18, 1857 ; d: May 13, 1926) (Biography of Libert H. Boeynaems)

1916:
Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish novelist (b: March 2, 1859 ; d: May 13, 1916) (Biography of Sholom Aleichem)

1884:
Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (b: February 15, 1809 ; d: May 13, 1884) (Biography of Cyrus McCormick)

1871:
Daniel Auber, French composer (b: January 29, 1782 ; d: May 13, 1871) (Biography of Daniel Auber)

1835:
John Nash (architect) (d: May 13, 1835) (Biography of John Nash (architect))

1704:
Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b: August 20, 1632 ; d: May 13, 1704) (Biography of Louis Bourdaloue)

1619:
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b: September 14, 1547 ; d: May 13, 1619) (Biography of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt)

1573:
Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b: December 1, 1521 ; d: May 13, 1573) (Biography of Takeda Shingen)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-may/deaths.html