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Events on the 13th of May in history

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13 May 0535 St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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13 May 0609 Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
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13 May 0641 Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon
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13 May 1106 Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Netherlands-Lutherans
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13 May 1110 Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
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13 May 1364 Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven
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13 May 1373 Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love.
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13 May 1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
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13 May 1515 Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich.
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13 May 1559 Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
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13 May 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.
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13 May 1568 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside
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13 May 1588 King Henri III flees Paris
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13 May 1607 English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia
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13 May 1619 Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
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13 May 1624 Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
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13 May 1637 Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
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13 May 1643 Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
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13 May 1643 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
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13 May 1648 Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed.
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13 May 1652 Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
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13 May 1654 Venetian fleet under Admiral Adeler beats Turkish
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13 May 1767 Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus" premieres in Salzburg
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13 May 1777 University library at Vienna opens
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13 May 1779 War of the 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 it (the Innviertel).
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13 May 1779 War of Bavarian Succession ends
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13 May 1780 The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee.
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13 May 1787 Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
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13 May 1787 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
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13 May 1804 Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
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13 May 1820 The opera "Die J
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13 May 1828 US passes Tariff of Abominations
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13 May 1830 Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
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13 May 1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
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13 May 1835 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms
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13 May 1835 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii is established
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13 May 1846 Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
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13 May 1846 US declares war on M
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13 May 1848 First performance of Finland's national anthem.
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13 May 1861 Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
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13 May 1861 The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
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13 May 1861 American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
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13 May 1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
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13 May 1862 The USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship.
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13 May 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
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13 May 1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca GA
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13 May 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.
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13 May 1865 South Brownsville TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
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13 May 1874 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
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13 May 1874 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Greek-Ruthenian rite"
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13 May 1876 Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens
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13 May 1877 C
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13 May 1880 In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
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13 May 1882 Toba-Indians killed 20 members of French expedition
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13 May 1884 Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is founded
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13 May 1887 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39
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13 May 1888 DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
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13 May 1888 With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
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13 May 1888 Brazil abolishes slavery
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13 May 1888 DeWolf Hopper 1st recited "Casey at the Bat"
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13 May 1888 Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aur
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13 May 1890 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75
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13 May 1890 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
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13 May 1891 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52
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13 May 1905 James J Jeffries retires as boxing champion
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13 May 1906 Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
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13 May 1909 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in the Netherlands
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13 May 1909 The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
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13 May 1911 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05
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13 May 1911 New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
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13 May 1912 Royal Flying Corps forms in England
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13 May 1912 The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
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13 May 1912 Royal Flying Corps is established in England
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13 May 1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
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13 May 1916 Native American Day is 1st observed
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13 May 1916 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
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13 May 1916 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04
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13 May 1917 Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
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13 May 1917 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal
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13 May 1917 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres
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13 May 1918 1st US airmail stamps issued (24 cents)
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13 May 1922 48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
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13 May 1922 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
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13 May 1923 Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, is beatified.
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13 May 1923 Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
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13 May 1926 German Government of Luther falls
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13 May 1927 "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
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13 May 1927 "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
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13 May 1927 VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk
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13 May 1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas
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13 May 1930 Only known fatality due to hail
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13 May 1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock TX; this is the only known fatality due to hail
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13 May 1931 Paul Doumer elected President of France
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13 May 1932 Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich marries Nina Varsar
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13 May 1933 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
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13 May 1934 Great dustbowl storm
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13 May 1936 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain
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13 May 1939 The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
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13 May 1939 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8
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13 May 1939 SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives
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13 May 1940 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
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13 May 1940 World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
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13 May 1940 British bomb factory at Breda
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13 May 1940 Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
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13 May 1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
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13 May 1940 German breakthrough at Grebbelinie
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13 May 1941 World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
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13 May 1941 Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany
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13 May 1941 Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
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13 May 1941 Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
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13 May 1942 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
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13 May 1942 Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 homeruns in a game
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13 May 1943 World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
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13 May 1943 German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
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13 May 1943 German occupiers confiscate all radios
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13 May 1944 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2
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13 May 1945 US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
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13 May 1946 Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wicket for Indians vs Surrey
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13 May 1946 US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
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13 May 1946 Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
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13 May 1947 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
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13 May 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.
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13 May 1949 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
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13 May 1950 The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
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13 May 1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
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13 May 1951 The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
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13 May 1952 The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
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13 May 1952 Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
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13 May 1952 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
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13 May 1953 New York Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 homeruns & a triple
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13 May 1954 "Pajama Game" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
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13 May 1954 The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
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13 May 1954 The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
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13 May 1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections
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13 May 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row
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13 May 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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13 May 1955 Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive homeruns of at least 463'
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13 May 1956 Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens
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13 May 1958 Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela
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13 May 1958 Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
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13 May 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 French control of Algeria.
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13 May 1958 The trademark Velcro is registered.
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13 May 1958 During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
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13 May 1958 French settlers riot against French army in Algeria
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13 May 1958 Jordan & Iraq form the Arab Federation
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13 May 1958 Pierre Pflimlin forms French Government
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13 May 1958 Rioters attack US Vice President Nixon in Venezuala
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13 May 1958 Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
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13 May 1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
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13 May 1960 Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
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13 May 1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
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13 May 1960 Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
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13 May 1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo Puerto Rico
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13 May 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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13 May 1963 The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided.
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13 May 1965 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
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13 May 1965 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
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13 May 1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
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13 May 1966 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
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13 May 1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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13 May 1966 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
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13 May 1967 Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
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13 May 1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career homerun #500 off Stu Miller
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13 May 1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
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13 May 1968 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle & Pompidou
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13 May 1969 Race riots, later known as the 13 May incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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13 May 1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
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13 May 1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
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13 May 1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
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13 May 1972 The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
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13 May 1972 Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
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13 May 1972 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan)
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13 May 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
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13 May 1973 "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
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13 May 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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13 May 1973 Tennis hustler Bobby Riggs beats Margaret Smith Court in a Mother's Day match in California
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13 May 1975 "Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
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13 May 1975 Flyers 4-Isles 1 - Semifinals - Flyers win semifinals 4-3
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13 May 1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee
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13 May 1975 Stanley Cup ; Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Islanders 4-3
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13 May 1976 9th & final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2
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13 May 1977 Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York
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13 May 1978 "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
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13 May 1978 "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
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13 May 1978 Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in New York City
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13 May 1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 meter steeplechase (8:05.4)
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13 May 1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
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13 May 1978 Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
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13 May 1979 "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens and closes at Mark Hellinger, New York City
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13 May 1979 "The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
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13 May 1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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13 May 1979 Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
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13 May 1980 An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
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13 May 1980 Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 homeruns in 5th inning vs New York Mets
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13 May 1981 Mehmet Ali Ağca 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.
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13 May 1981 Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II
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13 May 1981 Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
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13 May 1982 Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
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13 May 1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
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13 May 1982 Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
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13 May 1982 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space
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13 May 1982 Terri Lea Utley, (20), from Arkansas, crowned 31st Miss USA
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13 May 1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
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13 May 1984 "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances
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13 May 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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13 May 1984 Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
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13 May 1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move, " kills 11
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13 May 1985 Police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
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13 May 1985 Carlton Fisk becomes the 5th catcher to steal 100 bases
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13 May 1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
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13 May 1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
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13 May 1989 Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.
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13 May 1989 Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
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13 May 1989 Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes the 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
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13 May 1989 Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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13 May 1990 "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 performances
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13 May 1990 Dinamo Zagreb-Red Star Belgrade riot
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13 May 1990 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
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13 May 1991 "Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale
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13 May 1991 Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco
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13 May 1991 "Michael Jackson: The Magic & the Madness" goes on sale
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13 May 1991 Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
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13 May 1991 South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
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13 May 1992 Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
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13 May 1992 Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
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13 May 1992 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time
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13 May 1992 Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup
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13 May 1992 Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured
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13 May 1992 Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
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13 May 1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
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13 May 1993 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands
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13 May 1993 CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands
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13 May 1993 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th homerun
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13 May 1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50
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13 May 1994 Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field
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13 May 1994 Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman.
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13 May 1995 Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
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13 May 1995 6.5 earthquake hits Greece
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13 May 1995 Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe; Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-New York), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
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13 May 1995 New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
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13 May 1996 Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
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13 May 1996 OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
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13 May 1997 Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
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13 May 1998 India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
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13 May 1998 Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
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13 May 2000 In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
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13 May 2005 The Bính Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
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13 May 2005 The Andijan massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
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13 May 2006 São Paulo violence: A major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
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13 May 2008 The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths.
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13 May 2011 Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
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13 May 2012 49 dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
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13 May 2014 Major floods in Southeast Europe kill at least 47 people.
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13 May 2014 An explosion at an underground coal mine in south-western Turkey kills 301 miners.
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13 May 2015 An industrial fire in Valenzuela, Philippines killing 72 people.
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