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| May 13th, 2008 (May 13 2008) | Death | Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (born in 1930) | |
| May 13th, 2008 (May 13 2008) | Death | Ron Stone, American television reporter (born in 1936) | |
| May 13th, 1998 (May 13 1998) | Event | Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped. | |
| May 13th, 1998 (May 13 1998) | Event | India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. | |
| May 13th, 1988 (May 13 1988) | Death | Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter (born in 1929) | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Mike Bibby, American basketball player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Barry Zito, American baseball player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Steve Mildenhall, English football player | |
| May 13th, 1978 (May 13 1978) | Birth | Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | Alison Goldfrapp, English musician | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | Buckethead, Guitarist | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | Miguel Angel Blanco, Spanish politician (died in 1997) | |
| May 13th, 1968 (May 13 1968) | Birth | PMD, American rapper | |
| May 13th, 1958 (May 13 1958) | Event | During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon s car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators. | |
| May 13th, 1958 (May 13 1958) | Event | The trade mark Velcro is registered. | |
| May 13th, 1948 (May 13 1948) | Event | 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. | |
| May 13th, 1938 (May 13 1938) | Birth | Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier) | |
| May 13th, 1938 (May 13 1938) | Birth | Giuliano Amato, Italian politician | |
| May 13th, 1938 (May 13 1938) | Death | Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1861) | |
| May 13th, 1928 (May 13 1928) | Birth | Edouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter | |
| May 13th, 1928 (May 13 1928) | Birth | Enrique Bolanos, President of Nicaragua | |
| May 13th, 1928 (May 13 1928) | Birth | Jim Shoulders, Champion Rodeo Cowboy | |
| May 13th, 1918 (May 13 1918) | Birth | T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984) | |
| May 13th, 1898 (May 13 1898) | Birth | Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (died in 2007) | |
| May 13th, 1888 (May 13 1888) | Event | With the passage of the Lei Aurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolishes slavery. | |
| May 13th, 1848 (May 13 1848) | Event | First performance of Finland s national anthem. | |
| May 13th, 1648 (May 13 1648) | Event | Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. | |
| May 13th, 1638 (May 13 1638) | Birth | Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (died in 1712) | |
| May 13th, 1588 (May 13 1588) | Birth | Ole Worm, Danish physician (died in 1654) | |
| May 13th, 1568 (May 13 1568) | Event | 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. | |
