05-13-2005, 03:01 AM
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May 13th
1787 ~ Captain Arthur Phillip left Portsmouth, England with eleven ships of convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia.
1842 ~ Birthday of Sir Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan, Composer.
1861 ~ American Civil War: Queen Victoria of Britain issued a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognized the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
1888 ~ Brazil abolished slavery.
1907 ~ Birthday of Dame Daphne du Maurier, Author.
1912 ~ The Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) was established in the U.K..
1937 ~ Birthday of Roger Zelazny, Science Fiction author.
1940 ~ World War II: Winston Churchill maked his "blood, tears, toil and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
1948 ~ 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre was committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
1981 ~ Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Square in Rome.
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