Notable Historical Events on May 13th
May 13th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
535 |
St Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
609 |
Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon in Rome into a Catholic church |
641 |
Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon |
1106 |
Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans |
1110 |
Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath |
1364 |
Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven |
1497 |
Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola |
1559 |
Exhumed corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel |
1568 |
Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside |
1588 |
King Henri III flees Paris |
1607 |
English colonists, led by John Smith, land near James River in Virginia |
1624 |
Admiral Hermites' fleet blockade Lima, Peru |
1637 |
Cardinal Richelieu of France reputedly creates the table knife |
1643 |
Battle of Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists |
1643 |
Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population |
1648 |
Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. |
1652 |
Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki |
1654 |
Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish |
1767 |
Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus" premieres in Salzburg |
1777 |
University library at Vienna opens |
1779 |
War of Bavarian Succession ends |
1787 |
Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia |
1820 |
Opera "Die Jagarsbrautt" is completed |
1830 |
Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president |
1835 |
1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms |
1846 |
US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins |
1848 |
First performance of Finland's national anthem. |
1861 |
Queen Victoria announces Britain's position of neutrality |
1861 |
The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. |
1864 |
-16] Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Resaca Georgia |
1865 |
Battle of Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville, Texas: final engagement of the American Civil War, Private John Jefferson Williams of B Company, 34th Regiment Indiana Infantry is last man killed |
1874 |
Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite" |
1876 |
Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens |
1877 |
Caesar Franck's "Lesson Eolides" premieres |
1882 |
Toba indians killed 20 members of French expedition |
1884 |
Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms in New York |
1887 |
15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.25 |
1888 |
DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat" |
1888 |
Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Auréa" abolishing slavery |
1890 |
18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75 |
1890 |
Lord Salisbury offers Helgoland to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria |
1891 |
17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25 |
1905 |
james j jeffries retires as boxing champion |
1906 |
Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem |
1909 |
Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands |
1909 |
The first Giro d'Italia takes place in Milan: Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna is the winner. |
1911 |
37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05 |
1911 |
NY Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) |
1912 |
Royal Flying Corps forms in Great Britain |
1913 |
1st four-engined aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky, Russia) |
1915 |
US Secretary of State Bryan sends a note to Germany demanding that Germany disavow the attacks on the Lusitania and make immediate reparations; however, the note is written only to 'pacify exited public opinion', according to Bryan |
1916 |
1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day |
1916 |
42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04 |
1917 |
1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal |
1917 |
Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres |
1918 |
1st US airmail stamps issued (24 cents) |
1922 |
48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6 |
1922 |
48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6 |
1923 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours) |
1926 |
German government of Luther falls |
1927 |
"Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange |
1927 |
VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk |
1930 |
Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas; only known fatality due to hail |
1931 |
Paul Doumer elected president of France |
1933 |
59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02 |
1934 |
Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies |
1936 |
Quiroga government takes office in Spain |
1939 |
65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8 |
1939 |
SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives |
1940 |
British bomb factory at Breda |
1940 |
Winston Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat |
1940 |
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England |
1940 |
German breakthrough at Grebbelinie |
1941 |
Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Chancellery in Germany |
1941 |
Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins |
1941 |
Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland |
1942 |
Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight |
1942 |
Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 HRs in a game |
1943 |
German & Italian forces in Africa surrender |
1943 |
German occupiers confiscate all radios |
1944 |
70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2 |
1945 |
US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa |
1946 |
Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey |
1946 |
US sentences 58 camp guards of Mauthausen concentration camp to death |
1946 |
Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam |
1947 |
US Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions |
1949 |
1st British-produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its 1st test flight |
1950 |
Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards |
1950 |
The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone. |
1952 |
Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings |
1952 |
Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India |
1952 |
The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting. |
1953 |
NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple |
1954 |
"Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances |
1954 |
Labour Party wins British municipal elections |
1954 |
Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row |
1954 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak |
1954 |
Chinese Middle School students in Singapore take part in anti-National Service riots. |
1955 |
Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463' |
1956 |
Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens |
1958 |
French settlers riot against French army in Algeria |
1958 |
Jordan & Iraq form Arab Federation |
1958 |
Pierre Pflimlin forms French government |
1958 |
Rioters attack US VP Richard Nixon in Venezuela |
1958 |
Stan Musial is 8th to get 3,000 hits |
1958 |
The trade mark Velcro is registered. |
1959 |
Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV |
1960 |
1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed |
1960 |
Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game |
1960 |
WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR |
1962 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open |
1965 |
Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction" |
1965 |
Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel |
1966 |
Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black" |
1966 |
US Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act |
1967 |
NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller |
1967 |
Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries |
1968 |
1,000,000 French demonstrate against Charles De Gaulle & Georges Pompidou |
1969 |
Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
1970 |
Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres |
1971 |
Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident |
1972 |
115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan) |
1972 |
Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12) |
1972 |
Battle at Springmartin: following a loyalist car bombing of a Catholic-owned pub in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast, clashes erupte between the PIRA, UVF and British Army |
1973 |
"Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances |
1973 |
Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in Calif |
1973 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open |
1975 |
"Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances |
1975 |
Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3 |
1975 |
Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville Tenn |
1976 |
9th & final ABA championship: NY Nets beat Denver Nuggets, 4 games to 2 |
1977 |
Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY |
1978 |
"Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances |
1978 |
Musical "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances, with Elizabeth Swados |
1978 |
Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4) |
1978 |
Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels |
1979 |
"Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC |
1979 |
Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament |
1979 |
Shah of Iran & family sentenced to death in Teheran |
1980 |
Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets |
1981 |
Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II |
1981 |
Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded by Turkish gunman Mehemet Ali Agca in St Peter's Square, Vatican City |
1982 |
Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy |
1982 |
Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead |
1982 |
Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros) |
1982 |
Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space |
1982 |
Terri Lea Utley, 20 (Arkansas) crowned 31st Miss USA |
1983 |
Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times |
1984 |
"Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 17 performances |
1984 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic |
1984 |
Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff's last competitive match |
1985 |
Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases |
1985 |
Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA |
1985 |
Philadelphia police attack a house held by group "Move", 11 killed |
1987 |
Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II |
1989 |
Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China |
1989 |
Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game |
1989 |
Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup |
1990 |
"Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs |
1990 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic |
1991 |
"Michael Jackson: Magic & Madness" goes on sale |
1991 |
Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0 |
1991 |
South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks |
1991 |
Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco |
1992 |
3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time |
1992 |
Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup |
1992 |
Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured |
1992 |
Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV |
1992 |
Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show |
1992 |
Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. |
1993 |
6th annual business person run held in Wall Street |
1993 |
Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands |
1993 |
CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands |
1993 |
KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR |
1993 |
Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50 |
1994 |
Indians begin a 18 home game home win streak at Jacobs Field |
1995 |
6.5 earthquake hits Greece |
1995 |
New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup |
1995 |
Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA |
1996 |
OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict |
1996 |
Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. |
1997 |
Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games |
1998 |
Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped. |
1998 |
India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. |
2000 |
In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. |
2001 |
Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing "House of Freedoms" coalition wins the Italian general election. |
2005 |
The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan. |
2006 |
2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil. |
2007 |
Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins. |
2007 |
Republic Protests in Turkey. |
2011 |
Portugal slips into double-dip recession after the economy contracts by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2011, with a 0.6% contraction in the last quarter of 2010, it is reported today |
2011 |
Romania officially leaves the recession after 2 years following economic growth of an annualised 1.6% in the first quarter |
2012 |
49 dismembered bodies are found on a Mexican highway as part of the Mexican drug war |
2012 |
Torrential rain in Hunan Province, China, destroys a bridge, 3,500 homes and displaces 28,000 people |
2012 |
Manchester City win the English Premier League for the first time |
2013 |
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield departs the International Space Station to return to Earth |
2014 |
Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria, is discovered north off the coast of Haiti |
2014 |
238 miners are killed by an underground explosion and mine fire in Soma Mine, Turkey |
2018 |
11 dead, 41 hurt as suicide bombers hit Indonesian churches |
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