Wednesday, May 13, 2015

History for May 13


History for May 13 - On-This-Day.com:
Arthur Sullivan 1842 - Operetta composer, worked with Sir William Gilbert, Beatrice Arthur 1926 - Actress ("The Golden Girls", "Maude"), Harvey Keitel 1939 - Actor ("Pulp Fiction", "Thelma and Louise", "Taxi Driver") 


Richie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela) 1941 - Singer , Mary Wells 1943 - Singer, Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris) 1950 - Musician 



Dennis Rodman 1961 - Basketball player, nickname: "The Worm", actor, Stephen Colbert 1964 - Television host ("The Colbert Report"), Darius Rucker 1966 - Musician (Hootie and the Blowfish



1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, was settled as a colony of England. 




1821 - The first practical printing press was patented in the U.S. by Samuel Rust. 



1865 - The last land engagement of the American Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA



1888 - Slavery was abolished in Brazil. 



1917 - Near Fatima, Portugal, three peasant children reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary. 



1940 - Winston Churchill made his first speech as the prime minister of Britain. 



1958 - U.S. Vice President Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. 


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