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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 Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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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)
1515
Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk are officially married at Greenwich.
1619
Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
1830
Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia.
1861
American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a “proclamation of neutrality” which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
1888
With the passage of the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law”), Brazil abolishes slavery.
1939
The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
1958
During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon’s car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
1958
The trade mark Velcro is registered.
1998
Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
2006
2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
Who were born on May 13?
1857
Ronald Ross, English physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
1924
Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid politician, lawyer and diplomat (d. 2010)
1938
Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
1947
Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
1954
Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
1967
Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
Carrie Prejean, American beauty pageant contestant
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