Historical events on May 13
MAY 13, 2000
An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.
The Enschede fireworks disaster was a catastrophic fireworks explosion on 13 May 2000 in Enschede, Netherlands. The explosion killed 23 people including
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MAY 13, 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.
The 1909 Giro d'Italia was the 1st edition of the Giro d'Italia, organized and sponsored by the Italian major sport newspaper La
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MAY 13, 1913
The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian–American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2,
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MAY 13, 2005
Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500 people.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, is a body of the Government of Uzbekistan that is charged with
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MAY 13, 1992
Li Hongzhi introduced the Falun Gong movement at a public lecture in Changchun, China.
Li Hongzhi is a Chinese religious leader. He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, a United States–based
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MAY 13, 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.
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also
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MAY 13, 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.
Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute, but may refer to any kind of ecstasy or altered
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MAY 13, 1958
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of
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MAY 13, 1861
The Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great Comet of 1861, through whose tail the Earth passed later that year.
John Tebbutt was an Australian astronomer and meteorologist, famous for discovering the Great Comets of 1861 and 1881.
MAY 13, 1958
The Australian adventurer Ben Carlin 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.
Frederick Benjamin Carlin was an Australian adventurer who was the first person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle. Born in
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