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Events from History on May 13

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 : Excavated 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 (John Smith) lands near James River in VA
1624 : Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru
1637 : Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1643 : Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
1643 : Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
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
1820 : Opera "Die J„garsbraut" is completed
1828 : US passes Tariff of Abominations
1830 : Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1835 : 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms
1846 : US declares war on M‚xico, 2 months after fighting begins
1861 : Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
1864 : -16] Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia
1865 : PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1865 : S Brownsville, TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War
1874 : Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite"
1876 : Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens
1877 : C‚sar Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres
1882 : Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition
1884 : Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms
1888 : DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat"
1888 : Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aur‚a" abolishing slavery
1890 : Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar,
1890 : Uganda & Equatoria
1905 : James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ
1906 : Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
1909 : Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
1911 : NY Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1912 : Royal Flying Corps forms in England
1913 : 1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
1916 : 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day
1916 : Native American Day is 1st observed
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›)
1923 : Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours)
1926 : German govt 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
1930 : Only known fatality due to hail
1931 : Paul Doumer elected president of France
1932 : Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
1934 : Great dustbowl storm
1936 : Quiroga govt takes office in Spain
1939 : SS St Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives
1940 : British bomb factory at Breda
1940 : 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 Party 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
1943 : German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 : German occupiers confiscate all radios
1945 : US troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa
1946 : Sarwate & Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians v Surrey
1946 : US convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
1946 : Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
1947 : Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
1949 : 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
1950 : Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
1952 : Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings
1952 : Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
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 : Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row
1954 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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 govt
1958 : Rioters attack US VP Nixon in Venezuela
1958 : Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1959 : Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
1960 : 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 : WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
1965 : Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"
1965 : Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it
1965 : established diplomatic relations with Israel
1966 : Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in
1966 : Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1966 : the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
1967 : Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1968 : 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle & Pompidou
1970 : Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
1971 : C J van Houten, I van Houten-Groeneveld & T Gehrels discover asteroid
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 Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1973 : "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 49 performances
1973 : Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in Calif
1975 : "Rodgers & Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 108 performances
1975 : Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3
1977 : Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor NY
1978 : "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
1978 : "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 199 performances
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
1978 : Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in NYC
1979 : "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens & closes at Mark Hellinger NYC
1979 : Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
1980 : Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
1981 : Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square
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 : Johan Cruyffs 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 : Phila Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
1989 : Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
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
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 : 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
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
1995 : 6.5 earthquake hits Greece
1995 : Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe
1995 : New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
1995 : Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA
1996 : OJ Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict
2002 : Indian Parliament turns 50 - Celebrates its Golden Jubliee.

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