May 13
Today is the 133rd day of 2017, there are 232 days left in the year.
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England.
1607 - English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).
1846 - The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
1917 - Three shepherd children, Lucia de Jesus dos Santos and two of her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal; it was the first of six such apparitions that the children claimed to have witnessed.
1918 - The first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were issued to the public. (On a few of the stamps, the biplane was inadvertently printed upside-down, making them collector's items.)
1935 - T.E. Lawrence, who earned international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England; he died six days later.
1938 - Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans jazz classic, "When the Saints Go Marching In", on Decca Records.
1940 - Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister, saying: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
1958 - Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-American demonstrators in Venezuela.
1981 - Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.
1985 - A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group's row house; 11 people died in the resulting fire that destroyed 61 homes.
1996 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 44 Liquormart v. Rhode Island to strike down Rhode Island's ban on ads that listed or referred to liquor prices, saying the law violated free speech rights.
2003 - The government unveiled a new version of the $20 bill --- the first to be colorized in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.
2007 - President George W. Bush made a pilgrimage to the site of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia in observance of the 400th anniversary of its founding.
2011 - Two suicide bombers attacked paramilitary police recruits heading home after months of training in northwest Pakistan, killing 87 people in what the Pakistan Taliban called revenge for the U.S. slaying of Osama bin Laden.
Birthdays
24 - Debby Ryan (actress)
26 - Maddye Whitby (actress)
30 - Candice King (actress)
30 - Hunter Parrish (actor)
31 - Robert Pattinson (actor)
31 - Lena Dunham (actress)
32 - Iwan Rheon (actor)
33 - Dawn Harper-Nelson (runner)
44 - Nicole Barber-Lane (actress)
51 - Darius Rucker (singer)
53 - Stephen Colbert (TV host)
56 - Dennis Rodman (basketball player)
65 - John Kasich (politician)
67 - Stevie Wonder (R&B singer)
72 - Sam Anderson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 13
1911 - Fred Merkle of the New York Giants becomes the first player to record six RBIs in an inning.
1914 - Boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama.
1952 - Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings.
1954 - Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row.
1958 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the eighth player in major league history to record 3,000 hits.
1967 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits his 500th career home run.
1973 - Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.
1975 - The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the New York Islanders to win the Stanley Cup.
1976 - The New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets in six games to win the final ABA championship.
1983 - Reggie Jackson becomes the first player in major league history to strike out 2,000 times.
1989 - Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins becomes the 35th player to hit four doubles in a game.
1993 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hits his 300th career home run.
1997 - Eddie Murray becomes the sixth player in major league history to play in 3,000 games.
2007 - Canada defeated Finland 4-2 to win the world ice hockey championship.
Today is the 133rd day of 2017, there are 232 days left in the year.
1568 - Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England.
1607 - English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).
1846 - The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.
1917 - Three shepherd children, Lucia de Jesus dos Santos and two of her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary near Fatima, Portugal; it was the first of six such apparitions that the children claimed to have witnessed.
1918 - The first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were issued to the public. (On a few of the stamps, the biplane was inadvertently printed upside-down, making them collector's items.)
1935 - T.E. Lawrence, who earned international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, was critically injured in a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England; he died six days later.
1938 - Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans jazz classic, "When the Saints Go Marching In", on Decca Records.
1940 - Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister, saying: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
1958 - Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-American demonstrators in Venezuela.
1981 - Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.
1985 - A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group's row house; 11 people died in the resulting fire that destroyed 61 homes.
1996 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 44 Liquormart v. Rhode Island to strike down Rhode Island's ban on ads that listed or referred to liquor prices, saying the law violated free speech rights.
2003 - The government unveiled a new version of the $20 bill --- the first to be colorized in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.
2007 - President George W. Bush made a pilgrimage to the site of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia in observance of the 400th anniversary of its founding.
2011 - Two suicide bombers attacked paramilitary police recruits heading home after months of training in northwest Pakistan, killing 87 people in what the Pakistan Taliban called revenge for the U.S. slaying of Osama bin Laden.
Birthdays
24 - Debby Ryan (actress)
26 - Maddye Whitby (actress)
30 - Candice King (actress)
30 - Hunter Parrish (actor)
31 - Robert Pattinson (actor)
31 - Lena Dunham (actress)
32 - Iwan Rheon (actor)
33 - Dawn Harper-Nelson (runner)
44 - Nicole Barber-Lane (actress)
51 - Darius Rucker (singer)
53 - Stephen Colbert (TV host)
56 - Dennis Rodman (basketball player)
65 - John Kasich (politician)
67 - Stevie Wonder (R&B singer)
72 - Sam Anderson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 13
1911 - Fred Merkle of the New York Giants becomes the first player to record six RBIs in an inning.
1914 - Boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama.
1952 - Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings.
1954 - Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row.
1958 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the eighth player in major league history to record 3,000 hits.
1967 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits his 500th career home run.
1973 - Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.
1975 - The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the New York Islanders to win the Stanley Cup.
1976 - The New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets in six games to win the final ABA championship.
1983 - Reggie Jackson becomes the first player in major league history to strike out 2,000 times.
1989 - Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins becomes the 35th player to hit four doubles in a game.
1993 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hits his 300th career home run.
1997 - Eddie Murray becomes the sixth player in major league history to play in 3,000 games.
2007 - Canada defeated Finland 4-2 to win the world ice hockey championship.
