Tukuk-OS📅 May 13
21 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 13? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal won the contest for the first time, with the song "Amar pelos dois," performed by Salvador Sobral (pictured).
Eurovision Song Contest 2017Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017Amar pelos dois
- 2014 — The worst mining disaster in Turkish history took place when an explosion caused an underground mine fire at a coal mine in Soma, Manisa, leaving 301 people dead.
- 2012 — Mexican authorities discovered 49 dismembered bodies in Cadereyta Jiménez.
- 2011 — Two bomb explosions in Charsadda District, Pakistan, killed 98 people and wounded 140 others.
- 2008 — Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, India, killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others.
- 2005 — Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500 people.
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)State Security Service (Uzbekistan)Andijan massacre
- 2000 — An explosion at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.
- 1995 — Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen.
- 1992 — Li Hongzhi introduced the Falun Gong movement at a public lecture in Changchun, China.
- 1985 — Eleven people, including five children, were killed after the Philadelphia Police Department dropped bombs from a helicopter during a raid on a house occupied by the Black liberation group MOVE.
Philadelphia Police Department1985 MOVE bombingBlack theology
- 1972 — The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.
- 1969 — Sino-Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 190 people dead, with the government declaring a state of emergency and suspending the Parliament of Malaysia until 1971.
- 1967 — Zakir Husain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India.
- 1958 — US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1958 — The Australian adventurer Ben Carlin (pictured) became the only person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 80,000 kilometres (50,000 miles) by land and sea.
- 1913 — The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.
- 1909 — The inaugural edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner.
- 1779 — Negotiated by Russian and French mediators, the Treaty of Teschen was signed by Austria and Prussia, leading to the end of the War of the Bavarian Succession.
- 1725 — Johann Sebastian Bach first performed the church cantata Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183 in Leipzig, Germany.
Johann Sebastian BachSie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 183Leipzig
- 1373 — The English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Christ, which she later described in the first known English-language book written by a woman.
- 1110 — Baldwin I of Jerusalem captured Beirut from the Fatimid Caliphate with the help of a Genoese fleet.
Baldwin I of JerusalemSiege of Beirut (1110)Fatimid Caliphate
Births
- 2005 — Romain Esse, English footballer
- 2003 — Jaxson Dart, American football player
- 2003 — Javi Guerra, Spanish footballer
- 2003 — Jabari Smith Jr., American basketball player
- 2002 — Diego López, Spanish footballer
- 1999 — Óscar Mingueza, Spanish footballer
- 1999 — Aníbal Moreno, Argentine footballer
- 1998 — Adrià Pedrosa, Spanish footballer
- 1998 — Luca Zidane, Algerian footballer
- 1997 — Nico Hoerner, American baseball player
- 1994 — Percy Tau, South African footballer
- 1993 — Abby Dahlkemper, American footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri (born 1939)
- 2025 — Danny Lendich, New Zealand businessperson (born 1944)
- 2025 — José Mujica, Uruguayan politician, 40th President of Uruguay (born 1935)
- 2024 — Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer (born 1931)
- 2024 — Cyril Wecht, American forensic pathologist (born 1931)
- 2024 — Samm-Art Williams, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1946)
- 2022 — Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (born 1948)
Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab Emirates
- 2019 — Doris Day, American singer and actress (born 1922)
- 2019 — Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician (born 1933)
- 2016 — Murray A. Straus, American sociologist and academic (born 1926)
- 2015 — Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player (born 1931)
- 2015 — Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (born 1927)
Observances & holidays
- Abbotsbury Garland Day (Dorset, England)
- Christian feast day: André-Hubert Fournet
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Fátima
- Christian feast day: Conchita Barrecheguren (Roman Catholic)
- Christian feast day: Gerard of Villamagna
- Christian feast day: Glyceria
- Christian feast day: John the Silent (Roman Catholic)
- Christian feast day: Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic)
- Christian feast day: Frances Perkins (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Servatius
- Christian feast day: May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Rotuma Day (Rotuma)
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