May 13

Events

 * - : the forces of are defeated by a confederacy of  s under, her.
 * -   is executed in  after having been accused of treason.
 * - Construction of the at  was completed.
 * - : n and mediators at the  negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement  receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the ).
 * -  leaves,  with eleven ships full of convicts  to establish a  in.
 * - gains its independence.
 * - : The declares war on.
 * - First performance of 's.
 * - : issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the  as having belligerent rights.
 * 1861  -  discovered in.
 * - : – the  begins with    fighting toward.
 * - :  – In far south, more than a month after   's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a  victory.
 * - In, performs the first test of his.
 * - With the passage of the  (""), abolishes.
 * - The first took place in .    was the winner.
 * - In the, the (now the ) was established.
 * - becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine.
 * - Three peasant children report seeing the near,.
 * 1917  - The , the future , is consecrated  by.
 * - The first suicidal person jumps off of the.
 * - The first commercial  in the United States is launched in . The station later became.
 * - : 's conquest of begins as the  army crosses the .  makes his "" speech to the.
 * 1940 - Queen  flees the  invasion in the  to .  takes her children to  for their safety.
 * - : Yugoslav royal colonel starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
 * - :  and  troops in  surrender to  forces.
 * - : The is committed by  irregulars, the day before  of the state of  on.
 * - The, the of the , held its first sitting.
 * -, a riot in by Chinese Middle School students.
 * - During a visit to, , 's car is attacked by  demonstrators.
 * 1958  -  becomes  of.
 * 1958  - 's  is registered.
 * - Hundreds of students congregate for the first day of  against a visit by the . 31 students are arrested, and the  is born.
 * -  became 3rd  of . He was the first  . He held this position till,.
 * - s in, , later known as the.
 * - Faulty ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in . Blocked exits and nonfunctional elevators cause 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
 * - The final game in the history of the is played as the  defeat the  112-106 in New York to win the.
 * - An hits .  President  declares it a.
 * - attempts to   in  in .  was rushed to the  to undergo emergency, and managed to survive.
 * - police storm  headquarters to end a, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
 * - Large groups of students occupied and began a hunger strike. See.
 * - Severe s and a in  kill 600 people.
 * - carries out two  at, in addition to the three conducted on May 11.  and  impose s on.
 * - (21), who said  give women a platform to voice our choices and opinions is named  2000 in the  capital.
 * 2000  - In, the , a , killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
 * - 's  coalition wins the.
 * - completes a  of  for $1.4 billion.
 * 2005  - The  occurs in.
 * - : A major rebellion occurs in several prisons of the ian state.
 * - Construction of the between  and  begins.
 * 2007  -  in Turkey
 * 2007  -  in Turkey

Births

 * -, French saint (d. )
 * -, queen of France (d. )
 * -, Danish physician (d. )
 * -, French Biblical critic (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Danish statesman (d. )
 * - Empress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, French geologist (d. )
 * -, King Consort of Spain (d. )
 * -, three-time (d. )
 * -, French novelist (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, English physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, Greek doctor, inventor of the (d. )
 * -, 2nd (d. )
 * -, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. )
 * - Dame, English author (d. )
 * -, American film and television actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian musician (d. )
 * 1912  -, American rabbi (d. )
 * -, Liberian president (d. )
 * 1913  -, Greek actor (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.)
 * -, British flautist (d. )
 * -, British cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
 * -, British author
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, French film actor, director and screenwriter
 * 1928  -, President of Nicaragua
 * 1928 -, Champion Rodeo Cowboy
 * -, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate
 * 1930  -, Spanish writer
 * -, American cult leader (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American baritone
 * -, Canadian novelist
 * 1937  -, American author (d. )
 * 1937  -, English inventor of the
 * 1937  -, American actress
 * -, French Canadian businessman
 * 1938  -, Italian politician
 * -, American actor
 * -, British writer (d. )
 * -, Austrian actress
 * 1941  -, British singer
 * 1941  -, American singer (d. )
 * 1941  -, American collage basketball coach
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, American author
 * -, English-American actress
 * -, American singer and musician
 * 1950  -, British musician
 * -, , Minnesota
 * 1951  -,  drummer
 * -, Irish singer and songwriter
 * -, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
 * -, American screenwriter, director, and producer
 * 1957  -, Japanese writer (, )
 * 1957  -, German terrorist
 * -, American basketball player and actor
 * -, Mexican actor (d. )
 * 1962  -, Scottish poet
 * -, Australian former tennis player
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * 1964  -, American bodybuilder
 * 1964  -, American actor
 * -, Venezuelan (d. )
 * 1965  -, Japanese comedian
 * 1965  -, English violinist
 * 1965  -, American country music singer
 * -, American singer
 * 1966  -, Greek TV show host
 * 1966  -, Bulgarian entertainer
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1967 - , African American German pop singer, former member of . (d. )
 * -, English musician
 * 1968  -, Spanish politician (d. )
 * -, German musician
 * -, Welsh footballer
 * -, Dutch singer
 * 1977  -, American actor
 * 1977  -, English actress
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1978  -, American baseball player
 * 1978  -, American baseball player
 * - of Sweden
 * -, Japanese gravure idol and actress
 * 1980  -, Filipino singer
 * -, American wrestler
 * 1981  -, Canadian model
 * 1981  -, Swedish actress
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * 1982  -, American footballer
 * -, Australian singer
 * 1983  -, French singer (d. )
 * 1983  -, Ivorian footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, English actor
 * 1986  -, Swiss footballer
 * -, American actor

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, Dutch statesman (b. )
 * -, French Jesuit preacher (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, American statesman and judge (b. )
 * -, French naturalist (b. )
 * -, English architect (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, German physician (b. )
 * -, a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. )
 * -, Russian author (b. )
 * -, French poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, Russian writer and terrorist (b. )
 * -, Belgian Catholic prelate (b. )
 * -, winner (b. )
 * -, mother of (b. )
 * -, laureate (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American dental researcher (b. )
 * -, bishop, helped Nazi war criminals escape (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Mexican writer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American jazz trumpeter (b. )
 * -, Northern Irish sculptor (b. )
 * -, British racing driver (b. )
 * -, American golfer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Indian novelist (b. )
 * 2001  -, American playwright (b. )
 * -, American mathematician (b. )
 * 2005  -, American serial killer (b. )
 * 2005  -, French record producer  (b. )
 * -, American historian (b. )
 * 2006  -, American singer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American singer (b. )

Holidays and observances

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