What Happened In May 2013 In History

Historical Events for May, 2013

• 6th » Ariel Castro kidnappings known as Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio. Ariel Castro, is taken into custody.
• 7th » 27 people are killed and more than 30 injured, when a tanker truck crashes and 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion e.g explodes outside Mexico City.
• 10th » One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
• 11th » At least 46 people are killed in a 2013 Reyhanlı bombings called bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
• 14th » Nigerian President of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno State Borno, Yobe State Yobe and Adamawa State Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.
• 15th » An May 2013 Iraq attacks called upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
• 17th » Two Metro-North Railroad named Metro-North commuter trains Fairfield train crash known as collide near Bridgeport, Connecticut injuring at least 72 people.
• 20th » An Enhanced Fujita Scale EF5 2013 Moore tornado tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Oklahoma Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
• 23rd » The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse named collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
• 25th » Suspected Naxalite named Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley named an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
• 30th » Nigeria passes a law Same-sex marriage in Nigeria or banning same-sex marriage.
• 31st » The asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2 1998 QE2 and its Natural satellite moon make their List of asteroid close approaches to Earth closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.

Famous Birthdays on May in 2013

• 10th » Taufaʻahau Manumataongo of Tonga

Famous Deaths for May 2013

• 1st » Chris Kelly (rapper) or Chris Kelly, American rapper (Kris Kross) (b. 1978)
• 1st » Martin Kevan, Kenyan-Canadian actor (b. 1947)
• 1st » Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 1st » Gregory Rogers, Australian author and illustrator (b. 1957)
• 1st » Ruby Stone, American politician (b. 1924)
• 1st » Stuart Wilde, English author (b. 1946)
• 2nd » Ernie Field, English boxer (b. 1943)
• 2nd » Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer) (b. 1964)
• 2nd » Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (b. 1947)
• 2nd » Dvora Omer, Israeli author (b. 1932)
• 2nd » Jo Pitt, Scottish horse rider (b. 1979)
• 2nd » Sarabjit Singh, Indian spy (b. 1963)
• 2nd » Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980)
• 2nd » Charles Banks Wilson, American painter (b. 1918)
• 3rd » Joe Astroth, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 3rd » Herbert Blau, American Engineer and academic (b. 1926)
• 3rd » Cedric Brooks, Jamaican-American saxophonist (The Skatalites and The Sound Dimensions) (b. 1943)
• 3rd » Keith Carter (swimmer) or Keith Carter, American swimmer (b. 1924)
• 3rd » Brad Drewett, Australian tennis player (b. 1958)
• 3rd » David Morris Kern, American pharmacist, co-invented Orajel (b. 1909)
• 3rd » Curtis Rouse, American football player (b. 1960)
• 3rd » Branko Vukelić, Croatian politician, 11th Ministry of Defence (Croatia) e.g Minister of Defence for Croatia (b. 1958)
• 4th » Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (b. 1918)
• 4th » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 4th » Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (b. 1948)
• 4th » Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (b. 1914)
• 4th » Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)
• 4th » Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (b. 1914)
• 4th » César Portillo de la Luz, Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
• 5th » Rossella Falk, Italian actress (b. 1926)
• 5th » Dean Jeffries, American car designer and stuntman (b. 1933)
• 5th » Sarah Kirsch (poet) e.g Sarah Kirsch, German poet (b. 1935)
• 5th » Greg Quill, Australian-Canadian singer-songwriter and journalist (b. 1947)
• 5th » Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)
• 5th » Dirk Vekeman, Belgian footballer (b. 1960)
• 6th » Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919)
• 6th » Steve Carney, English footballer (b. 1957)
• 6th » Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (b. 1909)
• 6th » Esperanza Magaz, Cuban-Venezuelan actress (b. 1922)
• 6th » Severo Aparicio Quispe, Peruvian bishop (b. 1923)
• 6th » Michelangelo Spensieri, Italian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 7th » Romanthony, American singer and producer (b. 1967)
• 7th » Ray Harryhausen, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1920)
• 7th » Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 7th » Teri Moïse, American singer (b. 1970)
• 7th » Peter Rauhofer, Austrian DJ and producer (b. 1965)
• 7th » George Sauer, Jr., American football player (b. 1943)
• 7th » Aubrey Woods, English actor and singer (b. 1928)
• 8th » Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)
• 8th » Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 8th » Taylor Mead, American actor (b. 1924)
• 8th » Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
• 8th » Asaph Schwapp, American football player (b. 1987)
• 8th » Hugh J. Silverman, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945)
• 8th » Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player (Help Yourself (band) known as Help Yourself, Ducks Deluxe, and Man (band) known as Man) (b. 1946)
• 8th » Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (b. 1935)
• 9th » Ramón Blanco Rodríguez, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 9th » Sanaullah Haq, Pakistani criminal (b. 1961)
• 9th » George M. Leader, American politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1918)
• 9th » Humberto Lugo Gil, Mexican politician, 23rd Governor of Hidalgo (b. 1933)
• 9th » Ottavio Missoni, Italian hurdler and fashion designer, founded Missoni (b. 1921)
• 9th » Malcolm Shabazz, American criminal (b. 1984)
• 9th » Andrew Simpson (sailor) e.g Andrew Simpson, English sailor (b. 1976)
• 10th » Félix Agramont Cota, Mexican engineer and politician, 8th Governor of Baja California Sur (b. 1918)
• 10th » John Bush (Royal Navy officer) known as John Bush, English admiral (b. 1914)
• 10th » Vincent Dowling, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1929)
• 10th » Laurence Haddon, American actor (b. 1922)
• 10th » Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, English politician (b. 1937)
• 10th » Per Maurseth, Norwegian historian and politician (b. 1932)
• 11th » Johnny Bos, American boxer and author (b. 1952)
• 11th » Jack Butler (American football) known as Jack Butler, American football player (b. 1927)
• 11th » Mike Davison (baseball) or Mike Davison, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 11th » Joe Farman, English physicist (b. 1930)
• 11th » Ollie Mitchell, American trumpet player (The Wrecking Crew (music) called The Wrecking Crew) (b. 1927)
• 11th » Lenny Yochim, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 11th » Arnold Peters (actor) or Arnold Peters, English actor (b. 1925)
• 12th » Mr. Kenneth, American hairdresser (b. 1927)
• 12th » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)
• 12th » Bill Miles, American director and producer (b. 1931)
• 12th » Constantino Romero, Spanish actor and game show host (b. 1947)
• 12th » Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (b. 1924)
• 12th » Peter Worthington, Canadian journalist (b. 1927)
• 13th » Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (b. 1927)
• 13th » Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
• 13th » Luciano Lutring, Italian criminal (b. 1937)
• 13th » Jagdish Mali, Indian photographer (b. 1954)
• 13th » Chuck Muncie, American football player (b. 1953)
• 13th » Fyodor Tuvin, Russian footballer (b. 1973)
• 13th » Lynne Woolstencroft, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
• 14th » Joy Baluch, Australian politician (b. 1932)
• 14th » Wayne Brown (politician) e.g Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa, Arizona called Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
• 14th » Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
• 14th » Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
• 14th » Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (b. 1925)
• 14th » Ray Guy (humorist) or Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
• 15th » Paddy Buggy, Irish hurdler (b. 1929)
• 15th » Linden Chiles, American actor (b. 1933)
• 15th » Robert Hunt (police officer) known as Robert Hunt, English police officer (b. 1935)
• 15th » Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (b. 1925)
• 15th » Billy Raymond, Scottish-Australian television host (b. 1938)
• 15th » Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
• 16th » Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
• 16th » Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
• 16th » Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 16th » Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
• 16th » Paul Shane, English actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 16th » Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 16th » Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 17th » Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973)
• 17th » Penne Hackforth-Jones, American-Australian actress (b. 1949)
• 17th » Peter Schulz, German politician, List of mayors of Hamburg known as Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930)
• 17th » Albert Seedman, American police officer (b. 1918)
• 17th » Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931)
• 17th » Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 42nd President of Argentina (b. 1925)
• 18th » Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
• 18th » Jo Benkow, Norwegian politician (b. 1924)
• 18th » Mario Bichón, Chilean politician (b. 1932)
• 18th » Neil Chrisley, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 18th » Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1924)
• 18th » Steve Forrest (actor) e.g Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)
• 18th » Zahra Shahid Hussain, Pakistani politician (b. 1944)
• 18th » Ernst Klee, German journalist and author (b. 1942)
• 18th » David McMillan (American football) called David McMillan, American football player (b. 1981)
• 18th » Newton Russell, American politician (b. 1927)
• 18th » Lothar Schmid, German chess player (b. 1928)
• 18th » Claramae Turner, American opera singer and actress (b. 1920)
• 18th » Arthur Malet, English actor (b. 1927)
• 19th » Bella Flores, Filipino actress (b. 1929)
• 19th » G. Sarsfield Ford, American jurist (b. 1933)
• 19th » Robin Harrison (pianist) called Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932)
• 19th » Carlo Monni, Italian actor (b. 1943)
• 19th » Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
• 20th » Flavio Costantini, Italian illustrator (b. 1926)
• 20th » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
• 20th » Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (b. 1947)
• 20th » Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 20th » Ray Manzarek American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Doors, Rick & the Ravens, Manzarek–Krieger, and Nite City) (b. 1939)
• 20th » Denys Roberts, English judge and politician (b. 1923)
• 20th » Zach Sobiech, American singer (b. 1995)
• 21st » Count Christian of Rosenborg (b. 1942)
• 21st » Frank Comstock, American trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1922)
• 21st » Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 21st » Mohammad Khaled Hossain, Bangladeshi mountaineer (b. 1979)
• 21st » Leonard Marsh (businessman) named Leonard Marsh, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1933)
• 21st » Bob Thompson (musician) named Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
• 21st » Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935)
• 21st » David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1953)
• 22nd » Bill Austin, American football player and coach (b. 1928)
• 22nd » Mick McManus (wrestler) e.g Mick McManus, English wrestler (b. 1920)
• 22nd » Lee Rigby, English soldier and drummer (b. 1987)
• 22nd » Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (b. 1985)
• 23rd » William Demby, American author (b. 1922)
• 23rd » Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)
• 23rd » Hazel Hawke, Australian wife of Bob Hawke (b. 1929)
• 23rd » Hayri Kozakçıoğlu, Turkish politician, 15th List of Governors of Istanbul Province or Governor of Istanbul Province (b. 1938)
• 23rd » Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1926)
• 23rd » Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 23rd » Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1941)
• 23rd » James Sisnett, Barbadian super-centenarian (b. 1900)
• 23rd » Luis Zuloaga, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1922)
• 24th » Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (b. 1929)
• 24th » Ron Davies (footballer born 1942) known as Ron Davies, Welsh footballer (b. 1942)
• 24th » Gotthard Graubner, German painter (b. 1930)
• 24th » Haynes Johnson, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 24th » Yevgeny Kychanov, Russian orientalist and historian (b. 1932)
• 24th » John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 24th » Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 25th » Tyrone Brunson (musician) e.g Tyrone Brunson, American singer (b. 1956)
• 25th » Gene Burns, American radio host (b. 1940)
• 25th » Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (b. 1950)
• 25th » Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (Bill Haley & His Comets and The Jodimars) (b. 1933)
• 25th » Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1953)
• 25th » T. M. Soundararajan, Indian singer (b. 1922)
• 25th » Jimmy Wray, Scottish politician (b. 1935)
• 25th » Lewis Yocum, American surgeon (b. 1947)
• 26th » Ray Barnhart, American businessman and politician (b. 1928)
• 26th » John Bierwirth, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1924)
• 26th » Roberto Civita, Italian-Brazilian businessman (b. 1936)
• 26th » Héctor Garza, Mexican wrestler (b. 1969)
• 26th » John Q. Hammons, American businessman (b. 1919)
• 26th » Tom Lichtenberg, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
• 26th » Otto Muehl, Austrian painter (b. 1925)
• 26th » Jack Vance, American author (b. 1916)
• 27th » György Bárdy, Hungarian actor (b. 1921)
• 27th » Nazmiye Demirel, Turkish wife of Süleyman Demirel, 9th List of spouses of President of Turkey known as First Lady of Turkey (b. 1927)
• 27th » Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (b. 1917)
• 27th » Little Tony (singer) named Little Tony, Italian-Sammarinese singer and actor (b. 1941)
• 27th » Bill Pertwee, English actor (b. 1926)
• 27th » Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, List of heads of government of Mali named Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1931)
• 28th » Eddi Arent, German actor (b. 1925)
• 28th » Nino Bibbia, Italian bobsledder (b. 1922)
• 28th » Viktor Kulikov, Russian marshal (b. 1921)
• 28th » Fotis Polymeris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1920)
• 28th » Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 28th » Gerd Schmückle, German general (b. 1917)
• 28th » Caesar Trunzo, American politician (b. 1926)
• 29th » Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (b. 1940)
• 29th » Françoise Blanchard, French actress (b. 1954)
• 29th » Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (b. 1928)
• 29th » Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (b. 1955)
• 29th » Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (b. 1923)
• 29th » Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (b. 1928)
• 29th » Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (b. 1949)
• 29th » Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (b. 1970)
• 30th » Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (b. 1916)
• 30th » Güzin Dino, Turkish-French linguist and scholar (b. 1910)
• 30th » Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 30th » Helen Hanft, American actress (b. 1934)
• 30th » Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (b. 1953)
• 30th » Larry Jones (American football coach) named Larry Jones, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 30th » Vina Mazumdar, Indian academic and activist (b. 1927)
• 31st » Gerald E. Brown, American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
• 31st » Abir Goswami, Indian actor (b. 1976)
• 31st » Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author (b. 1933)
• 31st » Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (b. 1930)
• 31st » Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (b. 1957)
• 31st » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (b. 1987)
• 31st » Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (b. 1923)

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