What are the important events that happened on May 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 13 is the 134th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 30, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,715,558,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontatetragon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 261 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,161 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 13 Historical Events
- 1888 –With the passage of the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law”), Brazil abolishes slavery.
- 1909 –The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
- 1950 –The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
- 1958 –The trade mark Velcro is registered.
- 1960 –Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
- 1963 –The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided.
- 1969 –Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 1992 –Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People’s Republic of China.
- 1995 –A 33 years old British mother Alison Hargreaves, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
- 2008 –The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths.
Who were born on May 13?
- 1840 –Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
- 1883 –Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the pap smear (d. 1962)
- 1934 –Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (d. 2010)
- 1943 –Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist
- 1951 –James Whale, English radio personality
- 1952 –John Kasich, American politician and political commentator
- 1982 –Albert Crusat, Spanish footballer
- 1982 –Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
- 1983 –Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
- 1986 –Robert Pattinson, English actor, musician and model
Who died on May 13?
- 1573 –Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b. 1521)
- 1619 –Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (b. 1547)
- 1901 –Leopoldo Alas y Ureña, a.k.a. “Clarín”, Spanish novelist and literary critic (b. 1851)
- 1921 –Jean Aicard, French poet and novelist (b. 1848)
- 1957 –Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
- 1975 –Bob Wills, American musician (b. 1905)
- 1999 –Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
- 2000 –Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1951)
- 2001 –R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (b. 1906)
- 2008 –Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (b. 1930)
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