May 13 Events 1373 - Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love . 1515 - Mary Tudor, Queen of France , and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , are officially married at Greenwich . 1568 - Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots , are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray , her half-brother . 1619 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason . 1779 - War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it. 1780 - The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee , providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice. 1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth , England, with eleven ships full of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia. 1804 - Forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attack the city. 1830 - Ecuador gains its independence from Gran Colombia . 1846 - Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion . 1861 - American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights. 1861 - The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia . 1861 - Pakistan's first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri . 1862 - The, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines and is passed to the Union , by a southern slave, Robert Smalls , who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship. 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta . 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas , the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory. 1880 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey , Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway . 1888 - With the passage of the Lei Áurea , Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery . 1909 - The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan . Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner. 1912 - The Royal Flying Corps , the forerunner of the Royal Air Force , is established in the United Kingdom. 1917 - Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal . 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 . 1940 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety. 1941 - World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. 1943 - World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia. 1948 - Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14 . 1950 - The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone . 1951 - The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru . 1952 - The Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Parliament of India , holds its first sitting. 1954 - The anti-National Service Riots , by Chinese middle school students in Singapore , take place. 1954 - The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical , Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical , and Best Choreography . 1958 - During a visit to Caracas , Venezuela , Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. 1958 - May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria . 1958 - Ben Carlin becomes the first person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle , having travelled over by sea and by land during a ten-year journey. 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 . 1967 - Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India . He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969 . 1969 - May 13 Incident involving sectarian violence in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . 1971 - Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre . 1972 - Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka , Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. 1972 - The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA , Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured. 1980 - An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan . President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area . 1981 - Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives. 1985 - Police bombed MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off , killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. 1989 - Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike. 1990 - The Dinamo–Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb , Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys and the Delije . 1992 - Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun , People's Republic of China . 1995 - Alison Hargreaves , a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. 1996 - Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. 1998 - Race riots break out in Jakarta , Indonesia , where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped. 1998 - India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran , following the three conducted on May 11 . The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. 2005 - Andijan uprising , Uzbekistan ; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates. 2006 - São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil. 2011 - Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others. 2012 - Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40 . 2013 - American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges. 2014 - An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.Births 1024 - Hugh of Cluny , French abbot and saint 1179 - Theobald III, Count of Champagne 1221 - Alexander Nevsky , Russian prince and saint 1254 - Marie of Brabant, Queen of France 1453 - Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran , Scottish princess 1588 - Ole Worm , Danish physician and historian 1597 - Cornelis Schut , Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver 1638 - Richard Simon , French priest and scholar 1699 - Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal , Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal 1712 - Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff , Danish politician and diplomat 1713 - Alexis Clairaut , French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist 1717 - Maria Theresa , Archduchess, Queen, and Empress; Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor 1730 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1735 - Horace Coignet , French violinist and composer 1742 - Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen 1753 - Lazare Carnot , French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior 1792 - Pope Pius IX 1794 - Louis Léopold Robert , French painter 1795 - Gérard Paul Deshayes , French geologist and chronologist 1811 - Juan Bautista Ceballos , President of Mexico 1822 - Francis, Duke of Cádiz 1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance , American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina 1832 - Juris Alunāns , Latvian philologist and author 1840 - Alphonse Daudet , French author, poet, and playwright 1842 - Arthur Sullivan , English composer 1853 - Vaiben Louis Solomon , Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia 1856 - Tom O'Rourke , American boxer and manager 1857 - Ronald Ross , Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate 1868 - Sumner Paine , American target shooter 1869 - Mehmet Emin Yurdakul , Turkish writer 1877 - Robert Hamilton , Scottish international footballer 1881 - Lima Barreto , Brazilian journalist and author 1881 - Joe Forshaw , American runner 1882 - Georges Braque , French painter and sculptor 1883 - Georgios Papanikolaou , Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear 1884 - Oskar Rosenfeld , Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim 1885 - Mikiel Gonzi , Maltese archbishop 1887 - Lorna Hodgkinson , Australian educator and educational psychologist 1888 - Inge Lehmann , Danish seismologist and geophysicist 1894 - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson , Icelandic politician, 2nd President of Iceland 1895 - Nandor Fodor , Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author 1901 - Murilo Mendes , Brazilian poet and telegrapher 1904 - Louis Duffus , Australian-South African cricketer and journalist 1905 - Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India 1907 - Daphne du Maurier , English novelist and playwright 1908 - Eugen Kapp , Estonian composer and educator 1909 - Ken Darby , American composer and conductor 1911 - Robert Middleton , American actor 1911 - Maxine Sullivan , American singer and actress 1912 - Gil Evans , Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader 1912 - Judah Nadich , American colonel and rabbi 1913 - Robert Dorning , English actor, singer, and dancer 1913 - Theo Helfrich , German racing driver 1913 - William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia 1914 - Joe Louis , American boxer 1914 - Johnnie Wright , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1914 - Antonia Ferrín Moreiras , Spanish mathematician, academic, and astronomer 1916 - Sachidananda Routray , Indian Oriya-language poet 1918 - Balasaraswati , Indian dancer and instructor 1918 - Gwyn Howells , Australian public servant 1920 - Gareth Morris , English flute player 1922 - Michael Ainsworth , English cricketer 1922 - Otl Aicher , German graphic designer and typographer 1922 - Bea Arthur , American actress and singer 1923 - Ruth Adler Schnee , German-American textile designer and interior designer 1924 - Theodore Mann , American director and producer 1924 - Harry Schwarz , South African anti-apartheid leader, lawyer, and Ambassador 1927 - Archie Scott Brown , Scottish race car driver 1927 - Fred Hellerman , American folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1927 - Herbert Ross , American actor, director, and producer 1928 - Enrique Bolaños , Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua 1928 - Édouard Molinaro , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1929 - John Galvin , American general 1930 - Mike Gravel , American lieutenant and politician 1930 - José Jiménez Lozano , Spanish journalist and author 1930 - Vernon Shaw , Dominican politician, 5th President of Dominica 1931 - Jim Jones , American cult leader, founder of the Peoples Temple 1931 - Sydney Lipworth , South African-English lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist 1933 - John Roseboro , American baseball player and coach 1934 - Ehud Netzer , Israeli archaeologist, architect, and academic 1934 - Leon Wagner , American baseball player and actor 1935 - Dominic Cossa , American opera singer 1935 - Jan Saudek , Czech photographer and painter 1935 - Kája Saudek , Czech author and illustrator 1936 - Bill Rompkey , Canadian educator and politician 1937 - Trevor Baylis , English inventor, invented the wind-up radio 1937 - Roch Carrier , Canadian librarian and author 1937 - Zohra Lampert , American actress 1937 - Beverley Owen , American actress 1937 - Roger Zelazny , American author and poet 1938 - Giuliano Amato , Italian academic and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Italy 1938 - Laurent Beaudoin , Canadian businessman 1938 - Anna Cropper , British actress 1938 - Francine Pascal , American author and playwright 1938 - Buck Taylor , American actor 1939 - Hildrun Claus , German long jumper 1939 - Peter Frenkel , German race walker and coach 1939 - Harvey Keitel , American actor 1940 - Bruce Chatwin , English author 1940 - Kōkichi Tsuburaya , Japanese runner 1941 - Senta Berger , Austrian actress 1941 - Joe Brown , English singer and musician 1941 - Jody Conradt , American basketball player and coach 1941 - Ritchie Valens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1942 - Leighton Gage , American author 1942 - Roger Young , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1943 - Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony , English lawyer and judge 1943 - Kurt Trampedach , Danish painter and sculptor 1943 - Mary Wells , American singer-songwriter 1944 - Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet , Scottish explorer, lawyer, and judge 1944 - Robert L. Crawford Jr., American actor 1944 - Carolyn Franklin , American R&B singer-songwriter 1944 - Armistead Maupin , American author, screenwriter, and actor 1945 - Lasse Berghagen , Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor 1945 - Magic Dick , American blues-rock harmonica, trumpet, and saxophone player 1945 - Lou Marini , American saxophonist and composer 1946 - Tim Pigott-Smith , English actor and author 1946 - Jean Rondeau , French race car driver and constructor 1946 - Marv Wolfman , American author 1947 - Charles Baxter , American novelist, essayist, and poet 1947 - Edgar Burcksen , Dutch-American film editor 1948 - Sheila Jeffreys , English-Australian political scientist, author, and academic 1948 - Dean Meminger , American basketball player and coach 1949 - Jane Glover , English conductor and scholar 1949 - Zoë Wanamaker , American-British actress 1949 - Philip Kruse , Norwegian trumpeter and orchestra leader 1950 - Andy Cunningham , English actor 1950 - Danny Kirwan , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 - Joe Johnston , American film director and effects artist 1950 - Manning Marable , American author and academic 1950 - Bobby Valentine , American baseball player and manager 1950 - Stevie Wonder , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1951 - Rosie Boycott , English journalist and author 1951 - Sharon Sayles Belton , American politician, 45th Mayor of Minneapolis 1951 - Anand Modak , Indian composer and director 1951 - Herman Philipse , Dutch philosopher and academic 1951 - Selina Scott , English journalist, producer, and author 1951 - Paul Thompson , English drummer 1952 - John Kasich , American politician, 69th Governor of Ohio 1952 - Mary Walsh , Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter 1952 - Londa Schiebinger , American academic and author 1953 - Zlatko Burić , Croat-Danish actor 1953 - Gerry Sutcliffe , English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1953 - David Voelker , American businessman and philanthropist 1953 - Harm Wiersma , Dutch draughts player and politician 1953 - Ruth A. David, American electrical engineer 1954 - Johnny Logan , Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1956 - Richard Madeley , English journalist and author 1956 - Fred Melamed , American actor 1956 - Kailash Vijayvargiya , National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party 1957 - Alan Ball , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1957 - Frances Barber , English actress 1957 - Mark Heap , English actor 1957 - David Hill , English organist and conductor 1957 - Mar Roxas , Filipino economist and politician, 24th Filipino Secretary of the Interior 1957 - Koji Suzuki , Japanese author and screenwriter 1958 - Anthony Ray Parker , American actor 1961 - Siobhan Fallon Hogan , American actress 1961 - Dennis Rodman , American basketball player, wrestler, and actor 1962 - Paul Burstow , English politician 1962 - Nick Hurd , English businessman and politician, Minister for Civil Society 1963 - Andrea Leadsom , English politician 1963 - Wally Masur , Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster 1964 - Stephen Colbert , American comedian and talk show host 1964 - Chris Maitland , English drummer 1964 - Tom Verica , American actor, television director, and producer 1965 - José Antonio Delgado , Venezuelan mountaineer 1965 - Tasmin Little , English violinist and educator 1965 - János Marozsán , Hungarian footballer 1965 - Hikari Ōta , Japanese comedian and actor 1965 - José Rijo , Dominican baseball player 1965 - Lari White , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1966 - Alison Goldfrapp , English singer-songwriter and producer 1966 - Darius Rucker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 - Tish Cyrus , American actress and film producer 1967 - Shon Greenblatt , American actor 1967 - Tommy Gunn , pornographic actor 1967 - Chuck Schuldiner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 - Melanie Thornton , American-German singer 1968 - Miguel Ángel Blanco , Spanish politician 1968 - Susan Floyd , American actress 1968 - Scott Morrison , Australian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Australia 1968 - PMD , American rapper 1968 - Dmitriy Shevchenko , Russian discus thrower and coach 1969 - Buckethead , American guitarist and songwriter 1969 - Nikos Aliagas , French-Greek journalist and television host 1970 - Doug Evans , American football player 1970 - Robert Maćkowiak , Polish sprinter 1971 - Imogen Boorman , English actress and martial artist 1971 - Rob Fredrickson , American football player 1971 - Espen Lind , Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1971 - Tom Nalen , American football player and sportscaster 1972 - Stefaan Maene , Belgian swimmer 1972 - Darryl Sydor , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1972 - Pieta van Dishoeck , Dutch rower 1973 - Eric Lewis , American pianist 1973 - Bridgett Riley , American boxer and stuntwoman 1975 - Jamie Allison , Canadian ice hockey player 1975 - Cristian Bezzi , Italian rugby player and coach 1975 - Brian Geraghty , American actor 1976 - Mark Delaney , Welsh footballer and manager 1976 - Trajan Langdon , American basketball player and scout 1976 - Ana Popović , Serbian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1976 - Magdalena Walach , Polish actress 1977 - Ilse DeLange , Dutch singer-songwriter 1977 - Anthony Q. Farrell, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter 1977 - Robby Hammock , American baseball player and coach 1977 - Neil Hopkins , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1977 - James Middlebrook , English cricketer 1977 - Samantha Morton , English actress and director 1977 - Brian Thomas Smith , American actor and producer 1977 - Pusha T , American rapper 1978 - Brooke Anderson , American journalist 1978 - Mike Bibby , American basketball player and coach 1978 - Ryan Bukvich , American baseball player 1978 - Germán Magariños , Argentinian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1978 - Dilshan Vitharana , Sri Lankan cricketer 1978 - Barry Zito , American baseball player 1978 - Nuwan Zoysa , Sri Lankan cricketer 1979 - Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland 1979 - Steve Mildenhall , English footballer 1979 - Vyacheslav Shevchuk , Ukrainian footballer 1980 - L. J. Smith, American football player 1981 - Luciana Berger , English politician 1981 - Nicolas Jeanjean , French rugby player 1981 - Sunny Leone , Canadian American actress, model, and pornstar 1981 - Michael Mantenuto , American actor 1981 - Shaun Phillips , American football player 1981 - Ryan Piers Williams , American actor and film director 1982 - Albert Crusat , Spanish footballer 1982 - Larry Fonacier , Filipino basketball player 1982 - Oguchi Onyewu , American soccer player 1983 - Natalie Cassidy , English actress and singer 1983 - Anita Görbicz , Hungarian handball player 1983 - Johnny Hoogerland , Dutch cyclist 1983 - Grégory Lemarchal , French singer 1983 - Jacob Reynolds , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1983 - Yaya Touré , Ivorian footballer 1984 - J. B. Cox, American baseball player 1984 - Benny Dayal , Indian singer 1984 - Dawn Harper , American hurdler 1984 - Caroline Rotich , Kenyan runner 1985 - Javier Balboa , Spanish-Equatoguinean footballer 1985 - Jaroslav Halák , Slovak ice hockey player 1985 - David Hernandez , American baseball player 1985 - Carolina Luján , Argentine chess player 1985 - Iwan Rheon , Welsh actor and singer 1985 - Travis Zajac , Canadian ice hockey player 1986 - Lena Dunham , American actress, director, and screenwriter 1986 - Eun-Hee Ji , South Korean golfer 1986 - Robert Pattinson , English actor 1986 - Alexander Rybak , Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, violinist, and actor 1986 - Scott Sutter , English footballer 1986 - Nino Schurter , Swiss cyclist 1986 - Kris Versteeg , Canadian ice hockey player 1987 - Antonio Adán , Spanish footballer 1987 - Hugo Becker , French actor 1987 - Matt Doyle , American actor and singer 1987 - Laura Izibor , Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 1987 - Candice King , American singer-songwriter and actress 1987 - Sandro Mareco , Argentine chess player 1987 - Hunter Parrish , American actor and singer 1987 - Marianne Vos , Dutch cyclist 1987 - Charlotte Wessels , Dutch singer-songwriter 1987 - Bobby Shuttleworth , American soccer player 1988 - Paulo Avelino , Filipino actor and singer 1988 - Didier Cohen , Australian DJ, producer and media personality 1988 - Casey Donovan , Australian singer-songwriter 1989 - P. K. Subban, Canadian ice hockey player 1990 - Mychal Givens , American baseball player 1991 - Jennifer Beattie , Scottish footballer 1991 - Anders Fannemel , Norwegian ski jumper 1992 - Bill Arnold , American ice hockey player 1992 - Willson Contreras , Venezuelan baseball player 1992 - Josh Papalii , New Zealand-Australian rugby league player 1992 - Georgina García Pérez , Spanish tennis player 1993 - Stefan Kraft , Austrian ski jumper 1993 - Debby Ryan , American actress and singer 1993 - Romelu Lukaku , Belgian footballer 1993 - Siim-Tanel Sammelselg , Estonian ski jumper 1993 - Tones and I , Australian singer-songwriter 1994 - Łukasz Moneta , Polish footballer 1997 - Reimis Smith , Australian rugby league playerDeaths 189 - Emperor Ling of Han , Chinese emperor 1112 - Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola 1176 - Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine 1285 - Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros 1312 - Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine 1573 - Takeda Shingen , Japanese daimyō 1619 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician 1704 - Louis Bourdaloue , French preacher and author 1726 - Francesco Antonio Pistocchi , Italian singer 1782 - Daniel Solander , Swedish-English botanist and phycologist 1807 - Eliphalet Dyer , American colonel, lawyer, and politician 1809 - Beilby Porteus , English bishop 1832 - Georges Cuvier , French zoologist and academic 1835 - John Nash , English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion 1866 - Nikolai Brashman , Czech-Russian mathematician and academic 1878 - Joseph Henry , American physicist and academic 1884 - Cyrus McCormick , American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company 1885 - Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle , German physician, pathologist, and anatomist 1903 - Apolinario Mabini , Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines 1916 - Sholem Aleichem , Ukrainian-American author and playwright 1921 - Jean Aicard , French author, poet, and playwright 1926 - Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop 1929 - Arthur Scherbius , German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine 1930 - Fridtjof Nansen , Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1938 - Charles Édouard Guillaume , Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1941 - Frederick Christian , English cricketer 1941 - Ōnishiki Uichirō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna 1945 - Tubby Hall , American drummer 1946 - Zara DuPont , American suffragist 1947 - Sukanta Bhattacharya , Indian poet and playwright 1948 - Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington 1957 - Michael Fekete , Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic 1961 - Gary Cooper , American actor 1962 - Henry Trendley Dean , American dentist 1962 - Franz Kline , American painter and academic 1963 - Alois Hudal , Austrian-Italian bishop 1972 - Dan Blocker , American actor 1974 - Jaime Torres Bodet , Mexican poet and diplomat 1974 - Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author 1975 - Bob Wills , American singer-songwriter and actor 1977 - Mickey Spillane , American mobster 1985 - Leatrice Joy , American actress 1985 - Richard Ellmann , American literary critic and biographer 1988 - Chet Baker , American singer and trumpet player 1992 - F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor 1994 - Duncan Hamilton , Irish-English race car driver 1994 - John Swainson , Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan 1995 - Hao Wang , Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician 1999 - Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz , Saudi Arabian scholar and academic 1999 - Gene Sarazen , American golfer and journalist 2000 - Paul Bartel , American actor, director, and screenwriter 2000 - Jumbo Tsuruta , Japanese wrestler 2001 - Jason Miller , American actor and playwright 2002 - Ruth Cracknell , Australian actress and author 2002 - Valeriy Lobanovskyi , Ukrainian footballer and manager 2005 - Eddie Barclay , French record producer, founded Barclay Records 2005 - George Dantzig , American mathematician and academic 2006 - Jaroslav Pelikan , American historian and scholar 2006 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer 2008 - Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait 2008 - Ron Stone , American journalist and author 2009 - Frank Aletter , American actor 2009 - Meir Brandsdorfer , Belgian rabbi 2009 - Achille Compagnoni , Italian skier and mountaineer 2011 - Derek Boogaard , Canadian ice hockey player 2011 - Stephen De Staebler , American sculptor and educator 2011 - Wallace McCain , Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods 2011 - Bruce Ricker , American director and producer 2012 - Arsala Rahmani Daulat , Afghan politician 2012 - Donald "Duck" Dunn , American bass player, songwriter, and producer 2012 - Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz , Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic 2012 - Lee Richardson , English speedway rider 2012 - Don Ritchie , Australian humanitarian 2012 - Nguyễn Văn Thiện , Vietnamese bishop 2013 - Joyce Brothers , American psychologist, author, and actress 2013 - Otto Herrigel , Namibian lawyer and politician 2013 - Jagdish Mali , Indian photographer 2013 - Chuck Muncie , American football player 2013 - Fyodor Tuvin , Russian footballer 2013 - Lynne Woolstencroft , Canadian politician 2014 - David Malet Armstrong , Australian philosopher and author 2014 - Malik Bendjelloul , Swedish director and producer 2014 - J. F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot 2014 - Ron Stevens , Canadian lawyer and politician 2014 - Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart , American occultist and author 2015 - Earl Averill, Jr., American baseball player 2015 - Robert Drasnin , American clarinet player and composer 2015 - Nina Otkalenko , Russian runner 2015 - David Sackett , American-Canadian physician and academic 2015 - Gainan Saidkhuzhin , Russian cyclist 2018 - Margot Kidder , Canadian-American actress 2019 - Doris Day , American singer and actress 2019 - Unita Blackwell , American civil rights activist and politicianHolidays and observances Abbotsbury Garland Day Christian feast day: * Our Lady of Fátima * Gerard of Villamagna * Glyceria * John the Silent * Julian of Norwich * Frances Perkins * Servatius * May 13 Rotuma Day
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