Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 13
This is a list of selected May 13 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (requires undeletion)
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Isabel the Redeemer (requires undeletion)
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Isabel the Redeemer -
Lúcia Santos (middle) with her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto -
Great Famine National Monument, Ireland
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 1619 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. | refimprove |
| 1848 – Maamme, the national anthem of Finland written by German composer Fredrik Pacius and Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, was performed for the first time. | tagged for cleanup |
| 1909 – The first Giro d'Italia long distance road bicycle racing stage race began in Italy, with Italian professional road racing cyclist Luigi Ganna becoming the eventual winner. | refimprove |
| 1912 – The Royal Flying Corps, which later became part of the Royal Air Force, was established in the United Kingdom. | needs more footnotes |
| 1952 – The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting. | needs wikification |
| 1958 – Algerian War: A group of French military officers led a coup in Algiers, demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. | refimprove |
| 1969 – Chinese–Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, leaving at least 190 people dead, and leading the government to declare a state of emergency and suspend Parliament until 1971. | Tagged with {{POV}} |
| 1985 – Eleven members of the black liberation group MOVE were killed when a police helicopter dropped a bomb on their house during a raid in Philadelphia. | external links |
| 1992 – Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong in a public lecture in Changchun, Jilin province, China. | external links |
Eligible
- 1888 – Princess Isabel of the Empire of Brazil signed the Lei Áurea into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil.
- 1917 – Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos (pictured middle) and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima.
- 2005 – Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, Uzbekistan, killing anywhere from 187, the official count of the government, to a reported 5,000 people.
May 13: Mother's Day in several countries (2012); Rotuma Day in Fiji; National Famine Commemoration Day in Ireland (2012)
- 1846 – The United States declared war on Mexico after a series of disputes in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, starting the Mexican–American War.
- 1913 – Russian American Igor Sikorsky flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz (pictured), which he designed himself.
- 1967 – Zakir Hussain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India.
- 1972 – The Troubles: A car bomb planted by loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.
- 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca shot and critically wounded Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City.