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What Happened On 13th May 1998 In History

May 13th (1998) was a Wednesday. It's the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 13th May, 1998

  • » Jakarta riots of May 1998 known as Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese Indonesian known as Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
  • » India carries out two nuclear testing named nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.

May 13th Holidays in History

  • » Abbotsbury Garland Day (Dorset, England)
  • » Christian Calendar of saints e.g Feast Day:
  • » Our Lady of Fatima
  • » Gerard of Villamagna
  • » Saint Glyceria known as Glyceria
  • » John the Silent (Roman Catholic)
  • » Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic)
  • » Frances Perkins (Episcopal Church (USA)
  • » Saint Servatius e.g Servatius
  • » May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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World History for the 13th May