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What happend on 13. May in History
In our data base we found 358 events happened on 13. May:
• 1024: Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) [category: Births]
• 1176: Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119) [category: Deaths]
• 1254: Marie of Brabant, Queen of France(d. 1321) [category: Births]
• 1312: Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263) [category: Deaths]
• 1373: Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love. [category: Events]
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• 1497: Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. [category: Events]
• 1515: Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1573: Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521) [category: Deaths]
• 1588: Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654) [category: Births]
• 1619: Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
• 1619: Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. [category: Events]
• 1638: Richard Simon, French critic (d. 1712) [category: Births]
• 1648: Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. [category: Events]
• 1655: Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724) [category: Births]
• 1699: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1704: Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1712: Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1717: Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1730: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782) [category: Births]
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• 1735: Horace Coignet, French composer (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1742: Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1742: Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1753: Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1759: Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 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 it (the Innviertel). [category: Events]
• 1780: The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee. [category: Events]
• 1787: Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia. [category: Events]
• 1792: Pope Pius IX (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1794: Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1795: Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1804: Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city. [category: Events]
• 1807: Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Beilby Porteus, Anglican reformer and abolitionist, Bishop of London(b. 1731) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: Francis, Duke of Cádiz (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1830: Zebulon Baird Vance, American politician and military officer, Governor of North Carolina (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1830: Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia. [category: Events]
• 1832: Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: John Nash, English architect (b. 1752) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1842: Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1846: Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1848: First performance of Finland's national anthem. [category: Events]
• 1856: Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1857: Ronald Ross, English physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. [category: Events]
• 1861: Pakistan’s (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri. [category: Events]
• 1861: The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. [category: Events]
• 1864: American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1866: Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Sumner Paine, American shooter (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1871: Daniel Auber, French composer (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Joseph Henry, American scientist (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. [category: Events]
• 1881: Lima Barreto, Brazilian author (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1882: Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1883: Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek pathologist, invented the pap smear (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1884: Cyrus McCormick, American inventor, founded International Harvester Company (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1885: Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery. [category: Events]
• 1894: Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic educator and politician, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1895: Nandor Fodor, Hungarian psychologist and parapsychologist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1898: Justin Tuveri, Italian army soldier (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1901: Leopoldo Alas, Spanish novelist and critic (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Apolinario Mabini, Filipino philosopher and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1907: Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1909: Ken Darby, American composer, lyricist, and conductor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1909: The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner. [category: Events]
• 1911: Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1911: Robert Middleton, American actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1912: Gil Evans, Canadian pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1912: Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1912: The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) is established in the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1913: William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1914: Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1914: Johnnie Wright, American country singer, half of the Johnnie & Jack duo. (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1916: Sholom Aleichem, Russian author (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1918: Balasaraswati, Indian dancer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1920: Gareth Morris, English flautist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Bea Arthur, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1922: Michael Ainsworth, English cricketer (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1922: Otl Aicher, German graphic designer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1923: Red Garland, American pianist (Miles Davis Quintet) (d.1984) [category: Births]
• 1923: Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce, singer's/songwriter's,(aka, 1930s Three X Sisters)first documented performance at BF Keith's Theater,Syracuse,NY. [category: Events]
• 1923: Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, is beatified. [category: Events]
• 1924: Harry Schwarz, South African politician, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Theodore Mann, American producer and director (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1925: Boris Savinkov, Russian writer and terrorist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Wallace Breem, English author (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1926: Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian Catholic prelate (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1927: Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1928: Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician [category: Births]
• 1928: Jim Shoulders, American rodeo cowboy (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1930: José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer [category: Births]
• 1930: Mike Gravel, American politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Vernon Shaw, Dominican politician, 5th President of Dominica [category: Births]
• 1930: Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Jim Jones, American founder and leader of the Peoples Temple (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1933: John Roseboro, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1934: Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1934: Leon Wagner, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1935: Dominic Cossa, American singer [category: Births]
• 1935: Teddy Randazzo, American singer-songwriter and composer (The Three Chuckles) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1936: Bill Rompkey, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist [category: Births]
• 1937: Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1937: Trevor Baylis, English stunt man and inventor, invented the wind-up radio [category: Births]
• 1937: Zohra Lampert, American actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Ekaterina Geladze, Russian mother of Joseph Stalin (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Giuliano Amato, Italian politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Laurent Beaudoin, French-Canadian businessman [category: Births]
• 1938: Charles Edouard Guillaume, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Harvey Keitel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Hildrun Claus, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1939: The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM. [category: Events]
• 1940: Bruce Chatwin, English writer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1940: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the Nazi invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1941: Jody Conradt, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1941: Joe Brown, English singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1941: Ritchie Valens, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1941: Senta Berger, Austrian actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Frederick Christian, English cricket player (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. [category: Events]
• 1942: Roger Young, American director [category: Births]
• 1943: Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist [category: Births]
• 1943: Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces. [category: Events]
• 1944: Armistead Maupin, American author [category: Births]
• 1945: Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band) [category: Births]
• 1945: Sam Anderson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Tubby Hall, American jazz drummer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1947: Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor [category: Births]
• 1947: Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian-Bengali poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1949: Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Bobby Valentine, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1950: Danny Kirwan, English singer-songwriter and musician (Fleetwood Mac) [category: Births]
• 1950: Manning Marable, American educator and author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and activist [category: Births]
• 1950: The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone. [category: Events]
• 1951: James Whale, English radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1951: Paul Thompson, English drummer (Roxy Music and Concrete Blonde) [category: Births]
• 1951: Sharon Sayles Belton, American politician [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1952: John Kasich, American politician and commentator [category: Births]
• 1952: Mary Walsh, Canadian comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1952: The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting. [category: Events]
• 1954: Johnny Logan, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1954: The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1956: Ravi Shankar, Indian spiritual leader, founded the Art of Living Foundation [category: Births]
• 1956: Richard Madeley, English television presenter and columnist [category: Births]
• 1956: Steve Blackwood, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1957: Andrea Klump, German Red Army Faction terrorist [category: Births]
• 1957: Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Mar Roxas, Philippine politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Frances Barber, English actress [category: Births]
• 1958: During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1958: The trade mark Velcro is registered. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1962: Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul McDermott, Australian comedian, actor, writer, and singer (Doug Anthony All Stars) [category: Births]
• 1962: Sean McDonough, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1962: Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Wally Masur, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1963: Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided. [category: Events]
• 1964: Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder [category: Births]
• 1964: Stephen Colbert, American comedian, writer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Tom Verica, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1965: János Marozsán, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Lari White, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Tasmin Little, English violinist [category: Births]
• 1966: Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Goldfrapp) [category: Births]
• 1966: Darius Rucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hootie & the Blowfish) [category: Births]
• 1966: Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian actor, singer, and businessman [category: Births]
• 1967: Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and musician (Death, Control Denied, and Voodoocult) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1967: Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1968: Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1968: PMD, American rapper (EPMD [category: Births]
• 1968: Sonja Zietlow, German television host [category: Births]
• 1968: Susan Floyd, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Buckethead, American musician and songwriter (Guns N' Roses, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Praxis, and Deli Creeps) [category: Births]
• 1969: Nikos Aliagas, Greek television host [category: Births]
• 1969: Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [category: Events]
• 1970: Doug Evans, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Espen Lind, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Espionage) [category: Births]
• 1971: Fana Mokoena, South African actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Imogen Boorman, English actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Rob Fredrickson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Tom Nalen, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Darryl Sydor, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Pieta van Dishoeck, Dutch rower [category: Births]
• 1972: Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1972: Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1973: Bridgett Riley, American boxer and stuntwoman [category: Births]
• 1973: Eric Lewis, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1974: Arthur J. Burks, American writer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Brian Geraghty, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Cristian Bezzi, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Itatí Cantoral, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Jamie Allison, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter, musician, and bandleader (Light Crust Doughboys) (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ana Popović, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1976: Magdalena Walach, Polish actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Trajan Langdon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Anthony Q. Farrell, American writer and actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Brian Thomas Smith, American actor, comedian, and producer [category: Births]
• 1977: Christopher Ralph, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Neil Hopkins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Robby Hammock, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Samantha Morton, English actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Mickey Spillane, Irish-American gangster (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Barry Zito, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Brooke Anderson, American journalist and producer [category: Births]
• 1978: Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1978: Germán Magariños, Argentine director, producer, screenwriter, and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Mike Bibby, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Steve Mildenhall, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jenny Winkler, German actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Lauren Phoenix, Canadian porn actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Madden, American bassist (Maroon 5) [category: Births]
• 1979: Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris Barker, American bassist (Anti-Flag) [category: Births]
• 1980: L. J. Smith, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Waka Inoue, Japanese model and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area. [category: Events]
• 1981: Anne Lindfjeld, Danish model and television host [category: Births]
• 1981: Holger Göpfert, German singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1981: James Yun, American wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Nicolas Jeanjean, French rugby player [category: Births]
• 1981: Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress and doctor [category: Births]
• 1981: Shaun Phillips, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Sunny Leone, Canadian-American porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1982: Albert Crusat, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Yoko Kumada, Japanese model and singer [category: Births]
• 1983: Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1983: Jacob Reynolds, American actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Natalie Cassidy, English actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Benny Dayal, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ginger Orsi, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1984: J. B. Cox, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Liam O'Kane, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Jaroslav Halak, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Javier Balboa, Equatoguinean footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Police storm MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. [category: Events]
• 1986: Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1986: David Hernandez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Eun-Hee Ji, South Korean golfer [category: Births]
• 1986: Giuliana Marino, German model [category: Births]
• 1986: Kris Versteeg, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1986: Lena Dunham, American actress, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1986: Robert Pattinson, English actor, model, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1986: Scott Sutter, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Antonio Adán, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Candice Accola, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Carrie Prejean, American model and author, Miss California USA 2009 [category: Births]
• 1987: Hunter Parrish, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Laura Izibor, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1987: Marianne Vos, Dutch bicyclist [category: Births]
• 1987: Matt Doyle, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Mei Kurokawa, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Casey Donovan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1988: Paulo Avelino, Filipino actor, model, and television host [category: Births]
• 1988: Chet Baker, American singer and musician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: P.K. Subban, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike. [category: Events]
• 1991: Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model [category: Births]
• 1992: F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. [category: Events]
• 1993: Debby Ryan, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Duncan Hamilton, English race car driver (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. [category: Events]
• 1995: Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer [category: Births]
• 1995: 33-year-old British mother Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. [category: Events]
• 1996: Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1998: Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped. [category: Events]
• 1999: Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. [category: Events]
• 2001: Jason Miller, American playwright (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Valeri Lobanovsky, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Eddie Barclay, French record producer, founded Barclay Records (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: George Dantzig, American mathematician (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Michael Ross, American serial killer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan. [category: Events]
• 2005: The Binh Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 2006: Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil. [category: Events]
• 2008: Ron Stone, American reporter (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti political leader, emir of Kuwait (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths. [category: Events]
• 2009: Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Frank Aletter, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian Rabbi, member of the Rabbinical Court of the Edah HaChareidis (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Alain Voss, Brazilian-French comics artist (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bruce Ricker, American documentarian (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Derek Boogaard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founder of McCain Foods (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: In the 2011 Charsadda bombing in the Charsadda District of Pakistan, two bombs explode, resulting in 98 deaths 140 wounded. [category: Events]
• 2012: Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American activist, theologian, and educator (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician, member of the Afghan High Peace Council [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, producer, and actor (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Blues Brothers, and The Mar-Keys) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jean McFarlane, Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, English nurse, member of the House of Lords (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lee Richardson, English motorcycle rider (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Les Leston, English race car driver (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nguyen Van Thien, Vietnamese bishop (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abbotsbury Garland Day (Dorset, England) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gerard of Villamagna [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Glyceria [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: John the Silent (Roman Catholic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: One of the three feast days of the Lemuralia, observed in ancient Rome [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of Fatima [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rotuma Day (Fiji) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Servatius [category: Holidays and observances]