Monday May 13, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 13: Day of the Week

May 13, 2024 is the 134th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

May 13 Historical Event(s)

1373
Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love.
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.
1804
Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city.
1864
American Civil War: Battle of Resaca – the battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia.
1940
World War II: Germany’s conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his “blood, toil, tears, and sweat” speech to the House of Commons.
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.
1969
Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1985
Police storm MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
2008
The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths.

Who were born on May 13?

1912
Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
1926
Wallace Breem, British author (d. 1990)
1956
Richard Madeley, English television presenter
1957
Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director and producer
1969
Buckethead, American musician
1975
Jamie Allison, Canadian professional ice hockey player
1979
Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland of Sweden
1981
Jimmy Wang Yang, American professional wrestler
1985
Jaroslav Halak, Slovak hockey player
1993
Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer

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