Editing May 13 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[1909 Giro d'Italia|The first edition]] of the [[Giro d'Italia]], a long-distance multiple-[[Race stage|stage]] bicycle race, began in [[Milan]]; the Italian cyclist [[Luigi Ganna]] was the eventual winner.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 March 2012 |title=Tour d'Italie ou Giro d'Italia |trans-title=Tour of Italy or Giro d'Italia |url=http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/divers/Tour_dItalie/147186 |access-date=10 August 2012 |publisher=Larousse.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; The [[Royal Flying Corps]], the forerunner of the [[Royal Air Force]], is established in the United Kingdom.
*[[1917]] &ndash; Three children report the first apparition of [[Our Lady of Fátima]] in [[Fátima, Portugal]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Battle of France|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 of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Operations Vulcan and Strike]] force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Yevgeny Khaldei]]'s photograph ''[[Raising a Flag over the Reichstag]]'' is published in ''[[Ogonyok]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sontheimer |first=Michael |date=2008-07-05 |title=The Art of Soviet Propaganda: Iconic Red Army Reichstag Photo Faked |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,551972,00.html |access-date=2011-06-03 |publisher=[[Der Spiegel]]}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|Arab–Israeli War]]: The [[Kfar Etzion massacre]] occurs, a day prior to the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 17]] crashes on approach to [[Severny Airport]] in [[Novosibirsk]], killing 25.<ref name="B3A">{{cite web |title=Crash of a Ilyushin II-12 in Novosibirsk: 25 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-ilyushin-ii-12-novosibirsk-25-killed |access-date=1 December 2024 |publisher=B3A Archives}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[1950 British Grand Prix|inaugural]] [[Formula One]] World Championship race takes place at [[Silverstone Circuit]]. The race was won by [[Giuseppe Farina]], who would go on to become the inaugural [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] that year.<ref name="prog">{{Cite book |url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/silverstone500513.jpg |title=The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d'Europe |publisher=Royal Automobile Club |year=1950}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; The 400th anniversary of the founding of the [[National University of San Marcos]] is commemorated by the opening of the [[Estadio Universidad San Marcos|first large-capacity stadium in Peru]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; The [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of India]], holds its first sitting.
*[[1954]] &ndash; The [[1954 National Service riots|anti-National Service Riots]], by Chinese middle school students in [[Singapore]], take place.
*[[1958]] &ndash; During a visit to [[Caracas]], Venezuela, the US Vice President [[Richard Nixon]]'s car [[Attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade|is attacked by anti-American demonstrators]].
*  1958   &ndash; [[May 1958 crisis in France|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 Algeria|French control of Algeria]].
*  1958   &ndash; [[Ben Carlin]] becomes the first (and only) person to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the world by [[amphibious vehicle]], having travelled over {{convert|17,000|km|mi}} by sea and {{convert|62,000|km|mi}} by land during a ten-year journey.
*[[1960]] &ndash; Hundreds of [[University of California, Berkeley]] students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee|House Committee on Un-American Activities]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; In the aftermath of the [[1969 Malaysian general election]], [[13 May incident|Sino-Malay sectarian violence erupted]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900859,00.html |title=Race War in Malaysia |magazine=Time |date=23 May 1969 |access-date=23 Nov 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518061525/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C900859%2C00.html |archive-date=18 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; A [[Sennichi Department Store Building fire|fire]] occurs in the Sennichi Department Store in [[Osaka]], Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators result in 118 fatalities (many victims leaping to their deaths).
*  1972   &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in [[Belfast]] sparks [[Battle at Springmartin|a two-day gun battle]] involving the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]], [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
*[[1980]] &ndash; An [[Fujita scale|F3 tornado]] [[1980 Kalamazoo tornado|hits]] [[Kalamazoo County, Michigan]]. President [[Jimmy Carter]] declares it a federal [[disaster area]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] [[Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II|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]] &ndash; Police [[1985 MOVE bombing|bombed MOVE headquarters]] in [[Philadelphia]], killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
*[[1989]] &ndash; Large groups of students [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|occupy]] [[Tiananmen Square]] and begin a hunger strike.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[Dinamo–Red Star riot]] took place at [[Stadion Maksimir|Maksimir Stadium]] in [[Zagreb]], Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]) and the [[Delije]] (fans of [[Red Star Belgrade]]).
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Li Hongzhi]] gives the first public lecture on [[Falun Gong]] in [[Changchun]], People's Republic of China.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Alison Hargreaves]], a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to ascend [[Everest]] without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
*[[1996]] &ndash; Severe [[thunderstorm]]s and a [[tornado]] in [[Bangladesh]] kill 600 people.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[May 1998 riots of Indonesia|Race riots]] break out in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, where shops owned by [[Chinese Indonesians|Indonesians of Chinese descent]] are looted and women raped.
*  1998   &ndash; India carries out two [[Pokhran-II|nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran]], following the three conducted on [[May 11]]. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
*[[2000]] &ndash; A fireworks storage depot [[Enschede fireworks disaster|explodes in a residential neighborhood]] in [[Enschede]], Netherlands, killing 23 people and injuring 950 others.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-05-13 |title=Dutch fireworks disaster |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/747520.stm |access-date=2024-02-18 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[2005 Andijan Unrest|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]] &ndash; [[May 2006 São Paulo violence|São Paulo violence]]: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[2011 Charsadda bombing|Two bombs explode]] in the [[Charsadda District, Pakistan|Charsadda District]] of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
*[[2012]] &ndash; Forty-nine dismembered bodies are [[Cadereyta Jiménez massacre|discovered]] by Mexican authorities on [[Mexican Federal Highway 40]]. 
*[[2013]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2013/05/13/b4444bdc-bbda-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html |title=Jury convicts abortion provider Kermit Gosnell of murder |last=Dennis |first=Brady |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2016 |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22518979 |title=Kermit Gosnell guilty of three murders in late-term abortions |work=BBC News |date=May 14, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2016 |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Masterson |first=Teresa |date=March 19, 2013 |title=Fake Doc Pleads Guilty to Killing Babies |url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Unlicensed-Doc-Pleads-Guilty-to-Killing-Babies-in-Philly-Abortion-Case-133183893.html |access-date=July 16, 2016 |website=NBC 10 Philadelphia}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; An [[Soma mine disaster|explosion]] at an underground coal mine in southwest [[Turkey]] kills 301 miners.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-14 |title=Turkey mine explosion: more than 200 dead and hundreds trapped |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/turkey-mine-blast-people-killed-trapped-rescue-operation |access-date=2021-05-23 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>