May 13th, 1944

Born on May 13th, 1944

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, 1944

79

Wilhelm Schmidt

German politician (1944-)

*May 13th, 1944, Lengede

79

Aman Tuleyev

Russian politician (1944-2023)

*May 13th, 1944, Türkmenbaşy †November 20th, 2023

79

Armistead Maupin

American writer

*May 13th, 1944, Raleigh

43

Uwe Barschel

German politician (1944-1987)

*May 13th, 1944, Glienicke/Nordbahn †October 11th, 1987, Geneva

79

Hardy Hepp

Swiss musician

*May 13th, 1944, Zürich

79

Robert L. Crawford

American actor

*May 13th, 1944, Quantico

79

Hajibala Abutalybov

Mayor of Baku

*May 13th, 1944, Türkmenbaşy

43

Carolyn Franklin

American singer-songwriter (1944-1988)

*May 13th, 1944, Memphis †April 25th, 1988, Bloomfield Township

79

Prajogo Pangestu

Indonesian businessman

*May 13th, 1944, Sungai Betung

79

Kiranmoy Nanda

Indian politician

*May 13th, 1944, Uttar Dinajpur district

79

John Cocking

English footballer (born 1944)

*May 13th, 1944, Sunderland

79

Doug Laughton

English rugby league footballer and coach

*May 13th, 1944, Widnes

79

Clive Radley

English Test and County cricketer

*May 13th, 1944, Hertford

79

Bob Cheek

Australian politician

*May 13th, 1944, Launceston

79

Pascal Payen-Appenzeller

French radio program boss

*May 13th, 1944, Paris

79

Vivien Heilbron

British actress

*May 13th, 1944, Glasgow

79

Dimas Filgueiras Filho

Brazilian footballer

*May 13th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †December 22nd, 2023

Same Day
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

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

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

81

Walter Rasch

German politician

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

29

Chica Sobresalto

Spanish singer

*May 13th, 1994, Villava-Atarrabia

71

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

*May 13th, 1952, McKees Rocks

81

Pál Schmitt

President of Hungary, olympic champion

*May 13th, 1942, Budapest

67

Andy Cunningham

British magician, puppeteer and actor (1950-2017)

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

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

86

Zohra Lampert

Actress

*May 13th, 1937, New York City

17

Ritchie Valens

American musician (1941–1959)

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

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

59

Stephen Colbert

American comedian and writer

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

74

Zoë Wanamaker

American-born British actress

*May 13th, 1949, New York City

88

Luciano Benetton

Italian businessman

*May 13th, 1935, Treviso

47

Jim Jones

American cult leader (1931–1978)

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

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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