May 13th, 1935

Born on May 13th, 1935

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 13th?

May 13th, 2005

Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500 people.

May 13th, 2000

An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.

May 13th, 1972

The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.

May 13th, 1969

Sino-Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 190 people dead, with the government declaring a state of emergency and suspending the Parliament of Malaysia until 1971.

May 13th, 1958

US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.

May 13th, 1913

The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.

May 13th, 1909

The first edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner.

May 13th, 1861

The Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great Comet of 1861, through the tail of which the Earth passed later that year.

May 13th, 1373

The English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Christ, which she later described in the first known English-language book written by a woman.

May 13th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre occurs, a day prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

May 13th, 1945

World War II: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine.

May 13th, 1943

World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.

May 13th, 1941

World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.

May 13th, 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.

May 13th, 1917

Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 13th

Born on May 13th, 1935

88

Luciano Benetton

Italian businessman

*May 13th, 1935, Treviso

88

Jan Saudek

Czech photographer

*May 13th, 1935, Prague

67

David Todd Wilkinson

American cosmologist

*May 13th, 1935, Hillsdale †September 5th, 2002, Princeton

80

Kája Saudek

Illustrator

*May 13th, 1935, Prague †June 25th, 2015, Prague

88

Stella Rimington

Director General of MI5; spy fiction writer

*May 13th, 1935, London

88

Waldemar De Gregori

Brazilian sociologist

*May 13th, 1935, Faxinal do Soturno

88

Jean-Paul Poirier

French physicist and engineer

*May 13th, 1935, Paris

79

Erich Leist

German association football player (1935-2014)

*May 13th, 1935, Marpingen †August 13th, 2014, Marpingen

87

Burny Mattinson

American animator (1935–2023)

*May 13th, 1935, San Francisco †February 27th, 2023, Canoga Park

88

Taku Miki

Japanese writer

*May 13th, 1935, Tokyo †November 18th, 2023

88

Ching-i Tu

Chinese academic

*May 13th, 1935, Nanjing

88

Kamal as-Sajjid Ali

Egyptian amateur wrestler

*May 13th, 1935, Cairo

88

Eckehard Feigenspan

German footballer

*May 13th, 1935, Wöllstadt

88

Linda Geiser

Swiss actress

*May 13th, 1935, Köniz

68

Teddy Randazzo

American singer-songwriter

*May 13th, 1935, Brooklyn †November 21st, 2003, Orlando

87

Charles Treger

American violinist

*May 13th, 1935, Iowa City †January 12th, 2023

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Who's birthday is on May 13th?

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

30

Tones and I

Australian singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 13th, 1993, Shire of Mornington Peninsula

86

Zohra Lampert

Actress

*May 13th, 1937, New York City

47

Jim Jones

American cult leader (1931–1978)

*May 13th, 1931, Crete †November 18th, 1978, Jonestown

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

29

Chica Sobresalto

Spanish singer

*May 13th, 1994, Villava-Atarrabia

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

84

Harvey Keitel

American actor

*May 13th, 1939, Brooklyn

59

Stephen Colbert

American comedian and writer

*May 13th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

71

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

*May 13th, 1952, McKees Rocks

81

Walter Rasch

German politician

*May 13th, 1942, Erfurt †August 6th, 2023

67

Andy Cunningham

British magician, puppeteer and actor (1950-2017)

*May 13th, 1950, London †June 5th, 2017, Royal Sussex County Hospital

17

Ritchie Valens

American musician (1941–1959)

*May 13th, 1941, Pacoima †February 3rd, 1959, Clear Lake

69

Otl Aicher

German graphic designer and typographer (1922–1991)

*May 13th, 1922, Ulm †September 1st, 1991, Günzburg

89

Adolf Muschg

Swiss writer and professor of literature

*May 13th, 1934, Zollikon

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Born in 1935

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

*January 8th, 1935, Tupelo †August 16th, 1977, Memphis

88

Kjeld Hillingsø

Danish general

*April 21st, 1935, Frederiksberg

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

81

James Cotton

American blues singer-songwriter (1935–2017)

*July 1st, 1935, Tunica †March 16th, 2017, Austin

88

Alain Delon

French actor (born 1935)

*November 8th, 1935, Sceaux

80

Udo Lattek

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

*January 16th, 1935, Boże, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †February 1st, 2015, Cologne

76

Géza Alföldy

Hungaro-german historian of classical antiquity (1935-2011)

*June 7th, 1935, Budapest †November 6th, 2011, Athens

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

*August 5th, 1935, Berlin †April 12th, 2017, Berlin

88

Helmut Benthaus

German association football player and manager

*June 5th, 1935, Herne

88

Julie Andrews

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

*October 1st, 1935, Walton-on-Thames

75

Heino Aunin

Estonian badminton player

*January 8th, 1935, Valga †May 2nd, 2010, Tallinn

88

Cécile Odartchenko

French publisher and writer

*October 4th, 1935, Courbevoie

80

Oktay Sinanoğlu

Turkish chemist (1935-2015)

*February 25th, 1935, Bari †April 19th, 2015, Miami

88

Tenzin Gyatso

14th Dalai Lama

*July 6th, 1935, Taktser

77

Gerhard Winkler

Austrian classical philologist, historian and epigraphist (1935-2012)

*February 2nd, 1935, Vienna †November 19th, 2012, Linz

79

Erika Endesfelder

German egyptologist (1935-2015)

*July 3rd, 1935, Berlin †January 28th, 2015, Berlin

88

Woody Allen

American film director, screenwriter, writer, actor and comedian

*November 30th, 1935, The Bronx

82

Royal Robbins

American rock climber (1935-2017)

*February 3rd, 1935, Point Pleasant †March 14th, 2017, Modesto

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

89

Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer

*April 14th, 1935, Zofingen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1935 is a normal year and no leap year.

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