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| May 13th |
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| About May 13th is the 133rd day of the year (134th day during leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Birthdays 1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, North Carolina governor 1856 - Tom O'Rourke, boxing manager 1911 - Robert Middleton, actor 1912 - Judah Nadich, rabbi 1914 - Joe Louis, boxer 1922 - Beatrice Arthur, actress (Golden Girls) 1924 - Theodore Mann, theatre producer, director 1927 - Herbert Ross, director 1931 - Jim Jones, cult leader 1935 - Dominic Cossa, baritone 1937 - Roger Zelazny, author 1937 - Zohra Lampert, actress 1939 - Harvey Keitel, actor 1941 - Ritchie Valens, singer 1941 - Jody Conradt, college basketball coach 1943 - Mary Wells, singer 1944 - Armistead Maupin, author 1945 - Sam Anderson, actor 1949 - Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress 1950 - Stevie Wonder, singer, musician 1950 - Bobby Valentine, Major League baseball manager 1951 - Jim Douglas, Vermont governor 1952 - John Kasich, U.S. Congressman 1961 - Dennis Rodman, professional basketball player, actor 1962 - Sean McDonough, sports newscaster 1964 - Stephen Colbert, comedian, actor 1964 - Ronnie Coleman, bodybuilder 1965 - Lari White, country music singer 1966 - Darius Rucker, musician 1971 - Tom Nalen, professional football player 1974 - Brian Geraghty, actor 1977 - Neil Hopkins, actor 1978 - Barry Zito, professional baseball player 1979 - Michael Madden, musician 1981 - Jimmy Yang, professional wrestler 1987 - Hunter Parrish, actor 1993 - Debby Ryan, actress Deaths 1807 - Eliphalet Dyer, statesman, judge 1884 - Cyrus McCormick, inventor 1945 - Tubby Hall, musician 1961 - Gary Cooper, actor 1962 - Henry Trendley Dean, researcher 1972 - Dan Blocker, actor 1975 - Bob Wills, musician 1977 - Mickey Spillane, Irish-American gangster 1985 - Leatrice Joy, actress 1988 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter 1999 - Gene Sarazen, golfer 2000 - Paul Bartel, actor 2005 - George Dantzig, mathematician 2005 - Michael Ross, serial killer 2006 - Jaroslav Pelikan, historian 2006 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., singer 2008 - Ron Stone, television reporter Events 1846 - The United States declares war on Mexico which begins the Mexican-American War. 1861 - During the American Civil War, Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. 1864 - During the American Civil War, the Battle of Resaca begins with General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. 1865 - 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. 1880 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. 1913 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft. 1939 - The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM. 1940 - Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River during World War II. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. 1943 - In World War II, German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces. 1950 - The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone. 1958 - During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. 1958 - The trade mark Velcro is registered. 1960 - Hundreds of UC Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born. 1980 - An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area. 1985 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police storm MOVE headquarters to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. 1994 - Johnny Carson makes last television appearance on The David Letterman Show. |
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