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May 13 is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days remaining until the end of the year. April 2007 is the fourth month of the year. ...
May 2007 is the fifth month of that year. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
May 2007 is the fifth month of that year. ...
May 2006 : â - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â May 1, 2006 (Monday) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association outraged Vatican by planning to ordain another bishop, Liu Xinhong in Anhui Province. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21...
May 13, 2004 Scaled Composites sets a new civilian altitude record of 60 kilometres in a craft called SpaceShipOne during a test flight above Californias Mojave Desert in preparation for the X-Prize. ...
May 13, 2003 The Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the Treasury Department of the United States releases a new 20 dollar note, aimed at defeating the technological advances of counterfeiters. ...
2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: May 1 - Chandra Levy disapears while jogging. ...
2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in May, 2000. ...
May 1999 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December May 2 - Norman J. Sirnic and Karen Sirnic are murdered by Angel Maturino Resendiz in a parsonage in Weimar, Texas. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
[edit] Events - 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
- 1568 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
- 1619 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason.
- 1648 - Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi was completed.
- 1779 - War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from them (the Innviertel).
- 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts (First Fleet) to establish a penal colony in Australia.
- 1830 - Ecuador gains its independence.
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
- 1848 - First performance of Finland's national anthem.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
- 1861 - Great Comet of 1861 discovered in Australia.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch – In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General 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.
- 1888 - With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery.
- 1909 - The first Giro d'Italia took place in Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the winner.
- 1912 - In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) was established.
- 1913 - Igor Sikorsky becomes the first man to pilot a four-engine aircraft.
- 1917 - Three peasant children report seeing the Blessed Virgin Mary near Fátima, Portugal.[1]
- 1917 - The Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV.
- 1929 - The first suicidal person jumps off of the Statue of Liberty.
- 1939 - The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later became WDRC-FM.
- 1940 - World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse River. Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
- 1940 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees the Nazi invasion in the Netherlands to Britain. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
- 1941 - World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.
- 1943 - World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrender to Allied forces.
- 1948 - 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
- 1952 - The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting.
- 1954 - Anti-National Service Riots, a riot in Singapore by Chinese Middle School students.
- 1958 - During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard M. Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
- 1958 - Pierre Pflimlin becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1958 - Velcro's trade mark 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. 31 students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
- 1967 - Dr. Zakir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
- 1969 - Race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, later known as the May 13 Incident.
- 1972 - Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka. Blocked exits and nonfunctional elevators cause 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths.
- 1976 - The final game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets 112-106 in New York to win the 1976 ABA Championship.
- 1980 - An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
- 1981 - Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope was rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery, and managed to survive.
- 1985 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police storm MOVE headquarters to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
- 1989 - Large groups of students occupied Tiananmen Square and began a hunger strike. See Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
- 1996 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
- 1998 - India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
- 2000 - Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to voice our choices and opinions is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.
- 2000 - In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
- 2001 - Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms coalition wins the Italian general elections.
- 2005 - Malcolm Glazer completes a hostile takeover of Manchester United for $1.4 billion.
- 2005 - The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan.
- 2006 - 2006 São Paulo violence: A major rebellion occurs in several prisons of the Brazilian state.
- 2007 - Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins.
- 2007 - Republic Protests in Turkey
1497 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Pope Alexander VI (1 January 1431 â 18 August 1503), born Roderic Borja (Italian: Borgia), (reigned from 1492 to 1503), is the most controversial of the secular popes of the Renaissance and one whose surname became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era. ...
Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ...
Girolamo Savonarola by Fra Bartolomeo, c. ...
Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ...
The Battle of Langside was a battle fought on May 13, 1568 between the forces of Mary Queen of Scots and a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother (who won the battle). ...
Mary, Queen of Scots redirects here. ...
This article is about the country. ...
Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (c. ...
Brother and Sister redirect here. ...
Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ...
Statesman is a respectful term used to refer to politicians, and other notable figures of state. ...
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (September 14, 1547, Amersfoort â May 13, 1619, The Hague) was a Dutch statesman, who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain. ...
Hague redirects here. ...
1648 (MDCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
There used to be a redirect from the Red Fort in Delhi to Agra Fort in Agra. ...
For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ...
1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The War of the Bavarian Succession was a war that occurred in 1778 and 1779. ...
The Treaty of Teschen was signed on May 13, 1779, between Austria and Prussia and ended the War of the Bavarian Succession. ...
The Inn District (German Innviertel) is an Austrian region southeast of the Inn river, belonging to Upper Austria and bordering Bavaria. ...
Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ...
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 â 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. ...
For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on May 13, 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. ...
A penis colony is a colony used to detain prisoners and generally use them for penal labor in an economically underdeveloped part of the states (usually colonial) territories, and on a far larger scale than a prison farm. ...
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Combatants United States Mexico Commanders Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Stephen W. Kearney Antonio López de Santa Anna Mariano Arista Pedro de Ampudia José Mariá Flores Strength 78,790 soldiers 25,000â40,000 soldiers Casualties KIA: 1733 Total dead: 13,271 Wounded: 4,152 AWOL: 9,200+ 25,000...
Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Maamme in The Tales of Ensign Stål Our Land, Maamme (Finnish), or Vårt land (Swedish), is the title of Finlands de facto national anthem. ...
Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Queen Victoria redirects here. ...
Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861âApril 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Religion...
The Great Comet of 1861 (formally designated C/1861 J1) was a comet that was visible to the naked eye for approximately 3 months. ...
1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders William T. Sherman Joseph E. Johnston Strength Military Division of the Mississippi Army of Tennessee Casualties 2,747 2,800 The Battle of Resaca was part of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. ...
For other uses, see Battle (disambiguation). ...
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
âGeneral Shermanâ redirects here. ...
Atlanta redirects here. ...
1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Theodore H. Barrett John Rip Ford Strength Detachments from the: 62nd U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiment, 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Detachments from: Giddingâs Regiment, Andersonâs Battalion of Cavalry, and other Confederate units and Southern...
For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...
Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861âApril 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Religion...
This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
For other uses, see Robert E. Lee (disambiguation). ...
Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861âApril 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Religion...
Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Edison Township is a township located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...
Edison redirects here. ...
This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...
For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Lei Ãurea (Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that finally abolished slavery in Brazil. ...
The Lei Ãurea (Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that finally abolished slavery in Brazil. ...
Slave redirects here. ...
Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ...
Type Anti-tank Nationality Joint France/Germany Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA, Bharat Dynamics (under license) Date of design 70s Production period since 1972 Service duration since 1972 Operators 41 countries Variants MILAN 1, MILAN 2, MILAN 2T, MILAN 3, MILAN...
Police officer on a bicycle Cycling is a means of transport, a form of recreation and a sport. ...
Luigi Ganna is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. // Formed by Royal Warrant on 13 May 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ...
RAF redirects here. ...
Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For another meanings and similar spellings, see Sikorsky. ...
Flying machine redirects here. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fatima (pron. ...
District or region Santarém Municipality Ourém Area 71. ...
Karl-Josef Rauber; Nuncio for Belgium Nuncio is an ecclesiastical diplomatic title, derived from the ancient Latin Nuntius, meaning any envoy. ...
The Venerable Pius XII, born Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Eugenio Pacelli (Rome, March 2, 1876 - October 9, 1958) served as the Pope from March 2, 1939 to 1958. ...
Pope Pius XII (Latin: ), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (March 2, 1876 â October 9, 1958), reigned as the 260th pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City, from March 2, 1939 until his death. ...
In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ...
Pope Benedict XV (Latin: ), (Italian: Benedetto XV), (November 21, 1854 â January 22, 1922), born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from September 3, 1914 to January 22, 1922; he succeeded Pope Pius X (1903â14). ...
Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other monuments to freedom, see Monument of Liberty. ...
Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In telecommunications, frequency modulation (FM) conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its frequency. ...
A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ...
Bloomfield is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut. ...
WDRC-FM, known as DRC-FM, is a radio station based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, which primarily serves the Hartford market. ...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The Meuse (Maas) at Maastricht Meuse near Grave The Meuse (Dutch & German Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea. ...
Churchill redirects here. ...
On 13 May 1940 Winston Churchill made his famous blood, toil, tears, and sweat speech to the House of Commons of the British Parliament, three days after replacing Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister in the first year of World War II. Churchill gave the brief speech after calling for a...
Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin...
For other uses, see Wilhelmina (disambiguation). ...
Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ...
Queen Juliana Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (April 30, 1909 - March 20, 2004) of the House of Orange-Nassau was Queen of the Netherlands from her mothers abdication in 1948 to her own abdication in 1980 and Queen Mother (with the title of Princess) from...
For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
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аиловиÑ, also ÄiÄa, Draža MihailoviÄ), (April 26, 1893âJuly 17, 1946) was a Serbian general who became a war hero in World War I and who later led the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland, also referred to as Chetniks during World War II. After...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The seal of the Deutsches Afrikakorps. ...
Northern Africa (UN subregion) geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Israel Haganah Irgun Lehi Palmach Foreign Volunteers Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen[2], Holy War Army, Arab Liberation Army Commanders Yaakov Dori, Yigael Yadin John Bagot Glubb, Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Hasan Salama, Fawzi Al-Qawuqji, Ahmed Ali al-Mwawi Strength Israel: 29,677 initially...
The Kfar Etzion massacre was an atrocity committed by Arab armed forces on May 13, 1948, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel. ...
For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ...
A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. ...
May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Executive President Vice-President Prime Minister Dy. ...
For the demesne in The Keys to the Kingdom series, see The House An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. ...
Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1954 National Service Riots is a riot in Singapore that occurred in 1954 due to the communist influence. ...
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Nickname: La Sultana del Avila (English:The Avilas Sultan) La Sucursal del paraiso Motto: Ave MarÃa SantÃsima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ...
The Vice President of the United States (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[1] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ...
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 â April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ...
Anti-Americanism, often Anti-American sentiment, is defined as being opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies. ...
Pierre Pflimlin (February 5, 1907 in Roubaix - June 27, 2000 in Strasbourg) was a French Christian Democratic politician who served as the penultimate Prime Minister of the Fourth Republic for a few weeks in 1958, before being replaced by Charles de Gaulle during the crisis of that year. ...
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ...
Velcro: hooks (left) and loops (right). ...
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Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ...
Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ...
HUAC hearings House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA) (1938â1975) was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. ...
The Free Speech Movement was a student protest which began in 1964 - 1965 on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley under the informal leadership of student Mario Savio and others. ...
Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the use and history of doctor as a title. ...
Dr Zakir Husain (February 8, 1897 - May 3, 1969) was the third President of India from May 13, 1967 until his death. ...
President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ...
There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: Ù
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The President of India (Hindi: Rashtrapati) is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. ...
is the 236th day of the year (237th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil unrest in which race is a key factor. ...
Nickname: Motto: Maju dan makmur (English: Progress and Prosper) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Country State Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area - Total 243. ...
The May 13 Incident saw numerous cases of arson in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur. ...
Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Electrical wiring in general refers to insulated conductors used to carry electricity, and associated devices. ...
Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the league that began in 1999, see American Basketball Association (2000-). The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a professional basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged, in part, with the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...
The New Jersey Nets are a National Basketball Association team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ...
For the original defunct Denver Nuggets, see Denver Nuggets (original). ...
The 1976 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Associations 1975-1976 season. ...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Kalamazoo Tornado of 1980 struck downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, on May 13, 1980. ...
Kalamazoo County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
For other persons named Jimmy Carter, see Jimmy Carter (disambiguation). ...
A disaster area is a region or locale heavily damaged by either natural events, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes), or by war. ...
Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
Mehmet Ali AÄca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981. ...
An attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II occurred on May 13, 1981. ...
Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan PaweÅ II) born []; 18 May 1920 â 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of...
Berninis piazza was extended by the Via della Conciliazione, Mussolinis grand avenue of approach. ...
For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Pope (disambiguation). ...
The Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (Italian: Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli) is a large general hospital in Rome, Italy. ...
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This article is about the year. ...
Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ...
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Stand-off, as regards warfare and weaponry, is the distance that one can safely attack an enemy while still being beyond the effective-range of their opponent. ...
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...
For the 1989 protest, see Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. ...
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly referred to as the Tiananmen Square Massacre,[1] were a series of demonstrations led by students, intellectuals, and labor activists in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) between April 15 and June 4, 1989. ...
Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...
A shelf cloud associated with a heavy or severe thunderstorm over Enschede, The Netherlands. ...
This article is about the weather phenomenon. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1980s. ...
Pokhran (also spelt Pokaran) is a city and a municipality in Jaisalmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. ...
Economic sanctions are economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
Lara Dutta, (born April 16, 1978) is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and the 2000 Miss Universe. ...
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Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ...
District Nicosia District Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2004) - City 270,000 (Greek part) 85,000 (Turkish part) 355,000 (Total) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: www. ...
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Memorial to the disaster Vuurwerkramp (Dutch for fireworks disaster) is the name of the fireworks incident that happened on May 13, 2000 in the Dutch town of Enschede. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
(born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ...
Casa delle Libertà (CDL; Italian for House of Freedoms), was a major Italian center-right political alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi. ...
A national general election was held in Italy on May 13, 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Malcolm Irving Glazer (born May 25, 1928 in Rochester, New York) is an American businessman and sports-team owner. ...
A takeover in business refers to one company (the acquirer, or bidder) purchasing another (the target). ...
Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...
In May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan reached a head when Uzbek troops fired into a crowd of protesters in the eastern city of Andijan, killing an estimated 400 to 1000 people on 13 May, in what has been termed the Andijan massacre. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2006 São Paulo violence began on May 12, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in South America. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
The Calafat-Vidin Bridge (Bulgarian: , Most Vidin-Kalafat or ÐÑнав моÑÑ 2, Dunav most 2; Romanian: ) is a planned road and rail bridge between the cities of Calafat, Romania and Vidin, Bulgaria. ...
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[edit] Births - 1024 - Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)
- 1254 -Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)
- 1588 - Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
- 1638 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
- 1655 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
- 1699 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
- 1712 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
- 1717 - Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780)
- 1730 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782)
- 1742 - Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
- 1753 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
- 1792 - Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
- 1794 - Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
- 1795 - Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
- 1822 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
- 1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (d. 1894)
- 1840 - Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
- 1842 - Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
- 1857 - Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1932)
- 1882 - Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
- 1883 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. 1962)
- 1894 - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
- 1898 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
- 1907 - Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
- 1911 - Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. 1977)
- 1912 - Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
- 1912 - Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
- 1913 - William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian president (d. 1980)
- 1913 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
- 1914 - Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
- 1918 - T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984)
- 1920 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
- 1923 - Beatrice Arthur, American actress
- 1924 - Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
- 1926 - Wallace Breem, British author
- 1927 - Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001)
- 1928 - Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
- 1928 - Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
- 1928 - Jim Shoulders, Champion Rodeo Cowboy
- 1930 - Mike Gravel, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate
- 1930 - José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer
- 1931 - Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
- 1934 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1935 - Dominic Cossa, American baritone
- 1937 - Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
- 1937 - Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995)
- 1937 - Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio
- 1937 - Zohra Lampert, American actress
- 1938 - Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
- 1938 - Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
- 1939 - Harvey Keitel, American actor
- 1940 - Bruce Chatwin, British writer (d. 1989)
- 1941 - Senta Berger, Austrian actress
- 1941 - Joe Brown, British singer
- 1941 - Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1941 - Jody Conradt, American collage basketball coach
- 1943 - Mary Wells, American singer (d. 1992)
- 1944 - Armistead Maupin, American author
- 1947 - Stephen R. Donaldson, American author
- 1949 - Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress
- 1950 - Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
- 1950 - Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1951 - Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1951 - Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
- 1954 - Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
- 1956 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
- 1957 - Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1957 - Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer (Ring, Dark Water)
- 1957 - Andrea Klump, German terrorist
- 1961 - Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
- 1962 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
- 1962 - Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
- 1963 - Wally Masur, Australian former tennis player
- 1964 - Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
- 1964 - Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
- 1964 - Tom Verica, American actor
- 1965 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
- 1965 - Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
- 1965 - Tasmin Little, English violinist
- 1965 - Lari White, American country music singer
- 1966 - Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
- 1966 - Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
- 1966 - Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
- 1967 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
- 1967 - Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. (d.
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