Historical Events In May - 13

1979  On May - 13 nelly Aenders, actress (In Pyama), dies at 65  

1981  On May - 13 dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II  

1981  On May - 13 pope John Paul II is shot and wounded  

1981  On May - 13 pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St Peter's Square  

1981  On this day in history carl Weinrich, composer, dies at 76  

1982  On May - 13 braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy  

1982  On this day in history soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space  

1982  Terri Lea Utley, (20), from Arkansas, crowned 31st Miss USA on May - 13.  

1982  On May - 13 kara Abulfazogli Karayev, composer, dies at 64  

1983  Reggie Jackson becomes the first major league baseball player to strike out 2,000 times on this day in history.  

1985  Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA on May - 13.  

1985  Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move", kills 11 on this day in history.  

1985  Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91 on May - 13.  

1987  Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II on this day in history.  

1988  On May - 13 chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59  

1989  Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China on this day in history.  

1989  Thousands of students stage a hunger strike in China's Tiananmen Square on May - 13.  

1990  On May - 13 venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies  

1991  On this day in history "Michael Jackson The Magic & the Madness" goes on sale  

1991  Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0 on May - 13.  

1991  On this day in history south African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks  

1991  On May - 13 jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83  

1991  On this day in history "Michael Jackson: The Magic & the Madness" goes on sale  

1992  On May - 13 ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup  

1992  Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV on May - 13.  

1992  Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at 58 on May - 13.  

1993  6th annual business person run held in Wall Street on May - 13.  

1993  Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands on May - 13.  

1993  On this day in history cBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands  

1993  Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50 on this day in history.  

1993  On May - 13 borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71  

1994  Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history 6.5 earthquake hits Greece  

1995  On this day in history chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe;  

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1024  Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109) was born on May - 13.  

1254  On this day in history birth of maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)  

1314  Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)  

1592  John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist was born on May - 13.  

1638  Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712) was born on this day in history.  

1655  Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) was born on May - 13.  

1699  On May - 13 birth of marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)  

0384  Servatius/Aravatius, bishop of Tongeren, dies at 65+ on May - 13.  

1162  Death of Géza II of Hungary on this day in history.  

1176  On this day in history death of matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)  

1312  On May - 13 death of theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1263)  

1381  John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1390  On May - 13 robert II the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90), dies  

1573  On this day in history death of takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)  

1619  On May - 13 death of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, lands advocate, beheaded