May 13th, 1953

Born on May 13th, 1953

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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, 1953

70

Harm Wiersma

Dutch draughts player and former politician, World champion

*May 13th, 1953, Leeuwarden

70

Gerry Sutcliffe

British politician (born 1953)

*May 13th, 1953, Salford

70

Ruth A. David

American engineer

*May 13th, 1953, Arkansas City

70

Mary Prema Pierick

Roman Catholic Religious Sister

*May 13th, 1953, Reken

70

Pál Steiner

Hungarian politician

*May 13th, 1953, Budapest

70

Gerrit Huy

German politician

*May 13th, 1953, Brunswick

70

Franz Meyer

German politician

*May 13th, 1953, Vilshofen an der Donau

70

Georg Zipfel

German cross-country skier

*May 13th, 1953, Freiburg im Breisgau

70

Zlatko Burić

Croat-Danish actor

*May 13th, 1953, Osijek

70

Lisa Lyon

American bodybuilder

*May 13th, 1953, Los Angeles †September 8th, 2023, Westlake Village

48

Hilde Adolf

German politician and jurist (1953-2002)

*May 13th, 1953, Bremerhaven †January 16th, 2002, Schwanewede

70

Modeste Dah

Burkinabe footballer

*May 13th, 1953, French Upper Volta

70

Muhammad Nawaz Chohan

Politician in Pakistan

*May 13th, 1953, Gujranwala

70

Patricia Coleman

Australian tennis player

*May 13th, 1953, Tottenham

70

Marc Blouin

Canadian bicycle racer

*May 13th, 1953, Quebec City

70

Anastasios Tsonis

Atmospheric scientist

*May 13th, 1953, Elefsina

70

Laura Elena Martínez Rivera

Mexican politician

*May 13th, 1953, Monterrey

70

Julián Angulo Góngora

Mexican politician

*May 13th, 1953, Cuautitlán

70

Frank Chopp

American activist and politician from Washington

*May 13th, 1953, Bremerton

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 13th?

71

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

*May 13th, 1952, McKees Rocks

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

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

69

Johnny Logan

Irish singer and songwriter

*May 13th, 1954, City of Frankston

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

67

Andy Cunningham

British magician, puppeteer and actor (1950-2017)

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

59

Stephen Colbert

American comedian and writer

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

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

61

Roxana Baldetti

Guatemalan politician

*May 13th, 1962, Guatemala City

60

Andrea Leadsom

British politician (born 1963)

*May 13th, 1963, Aylesbury

71

Sharon Wichman

American swimmer

*May 13th, 1952, Detroit

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

74

Zoë Wanamaker

American-born British actress

*May 13th, 1949, New York City

55

Scott Morrison

Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022

*May 13th, 1968, Sydney

71

Mary Walsh

Canadian actress

*May 13th, 1952, St. John's

86

Zohra Lampert

Actress

*May 13th, 1937, New York City

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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