May 13th, 1960

Born on May 13th, 1960

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What happened on May 13th, 1960?

May 13th, 1960

Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.

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What else 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.

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

Born on May 13th, 1960

63

Amanda Eliasch

British film director and photographer

*May 13th, 1960, Beirut

63

Dick van den Toorn

Dutch actor

*May 13th, 1960, Haarlem

63

Lenny Faedo

American baseball player

*May 13th, 1960, Tampa

63

Dipuo Peters

South African politician

*May 13th, 1960, Kimberley

63

David Stav

Israeli rabbi

*May 13th, 1960, Jerusalem

63

Teresa Palacios Criado

Spanish judge

*May 13th, 1960, Córdoba

63

Benjamin Völz

German actor, voice actor and painter

*May 13th, 1960, Berlin

63

Elisabeth Niederer

Swiss actress

*May 13th, 1960, Zürich

63

Claus Dieter Classen

German jurist

*May 13th, 1960, Hamburg

63

Alberto Márcico

Argentine footballer and manager

*May 13th, 1960, Corrientes

61

Maggie Mae

German singer and actress

*May 13th, 1960, Karlsruhe †August 30th, 2021, Holmes Regional Medical Center

63

Jen Bryant

American writer and poet

*May 13th, 1960, Easton

63

Efim Alexandrov

Comedian and folk singer

*May 13th, 1960, Pidvolochysk

56

Uwe Dreher

German footballer (1960-2016)

*May 13th, 1960, Tübingen †October 20th, 2016, Tübingen

63

Park Jong-chun

South Korean basketball player (1960-)

*May 13th, 1960, Seoul

63

Ademola Adeleke

Nigerian politician and Governor of Osun State

*May 13th, 1960, Enugu

63

John McCurdy

Australian tennis player

*May 13th, 1960, Yarrawonga

63

Jeff Turpin

American tennis player

*May 13th, 1960, Dallas

63

James Hershberg

American academic

*May 13th, 1960, Brooklyn

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

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

30

Tones and I

Australian singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 13th, 1993, Shire of Mornington Peninsula

61

Roxana Baldetti

Guatemalan politician

*May 13th, 1962, Guatemala City

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

59

Stephen Colbert

American comedian and writer

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

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

60

Andrea Leadsom

British politician (born 1963)

*May 13th, 1963, Aylesbury

62

Dennis Rodman

American basketball player

*May 13th, 1961, Trenton

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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

71

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

*May 13th, 1952, McKees Rocks

65

Anthony Ray Parker

American actor

*May 13th, 1958, Saginaw

67

Andy Cunningham

British magician, puppeteer and actor (1950-2017)

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

85

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

69

Johnny Logan

Irish singer and songwriter

*May 13th, 1954, City of Frankston

66

Carrie Lam

Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong

*May 13th, 1957, British Hong Kong

38

Iwan Rheon

Welsh actor and musician

*May 13th, 1985, Carmarthen

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

64

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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