1300s / 14th century history on the 13th of May
1373 : Julian of Norwich had visions of Jesus while during a life-threatening illness, which were later featured in her book Revelations of Divine Love. The book is the earliest surviving book in English written by a woman.
1700s / 18th century history on the 13th of May
1717 : MARiA THERESA the Austrian ruler was born Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina in Vienna, Austria. She was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions, and had a 40-year reign from 1740 until she died in 1780 aged 63.
1800s / 19th century history on the 13th of May
1861 : The Great Comet of 1861 was discovered by John Tebbutt, an Australian astronomer in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
1861 : The 1st railway line in Pakistan (then part of British India) opened from Karachi to Kotri.
1888 : The Golden Law abolished slavery in the Empire of Brazil, with the passage of the Lei Áurea.
1900s / 20th century history on the 13th of May
1912 : The Royal Flying Corps were established in the United Kingdom, and is now known as the Royal Air Force.
1922 : Bea Arthur the American actress was born Bernice Frankel in New York City, USA (died in 2009 aged 86).
1937 : Trevor Baylis the English inventor of the wind-up radio was born Kilburn, London, England (died in 2018 aged 80). Website : TreorBaylisBrands.com
1940 : Winston Churchill made his “blood, toil, tears, and sweat” speech to the House of Commons, during World War II.
1950 : STEViE WONDER the American musician was born Stevland Hardaway in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. Official website : StevieWonder.net
1958 : Ben Carlin became the first person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle, after travelling over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 miles) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 miles) by land in 10 years.
1961 : Gary Cooper the American actor died from prostate cancer aged 60 (born in 1901).
1964 : Stephen Colbert the American comedian and talk show host was born in Washington D.C., USA.
1968 : Scott Morrison the 30th Prime Minister of Australia was born in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia. Official website : ScottMorrisonMP.com
1988 : Casey Donovan the Australian singer was born in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Official website : CaseyDonovan.com
1989 : Students occupied Tiananmen Square and started a hunger strike.
1993 : TONES AND I the Australian singer-songwriter was born Toni Watson in Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia. She is best known for Dance Monkey her number 1 hit song in 46 countries around the world in 2019. Dance Monkey was the 6th highest selling single of 2019 (11.4 million units), most Shazamed song of all time (36.6 million searches), and the most-streamed song on Spotify (2 billion streams). Official website : tonesandi.com
1993 : Stefan Kraft the Austrian ski jumper was born in Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria. He became one of the most successful ski jumpers in the world after he won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles, both twice. Stefan Kraft has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 feet) since 2017.
1995 : Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to conquer Mount Everest without oxygen or the help from Sherpas. The 33 year old British mother died 3 months later while descending from the summit of K2, on the 13th August 1995.
1996 : Bangladesh severe thunderstorms and a tornado killed 600 people.
2000s / 21st century history on the 13th of May
2019 : Doris Day the American singer and actress died aged 97 (born in 1922). Official website : DorisDay.com
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