Editing 1913 (section)

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1913}}
* [[May 3]] &ndash; ''[[Raja Harishchandra]]'', the first full-length Indian [[feature film]], is released, marking the beginning of the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]].
* [[May 9]]&ndash;[[July 11]] &ndash; A major industrial strike occurs in the [[Black Country]] of England, involving 25,000 workers, and threatening preparations for World War I in naval and steel industries. The workers demand 23 shillings minimum wage.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; New York Governor [[William Sulzer]] approves the charter for the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from [[John D. Rockefeller]].
* [[May 24]]&ndash;[[May 25|25]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] moves from [[Vienna]] to [[Munich]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Ian|last=Kershaw|author-link=Ian Kershaw|title=Hitler: A Biography|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2010|page=45}}</ref>
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia]] marries [[Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick|Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover]] in Berlin, ending the decades-long rift between the [[House of Hohenzollern|Houses of Hohenzollern]] and [[House of Hanover|Hanover]] and marking the last great gathering of European sovereigns.
* [[May 26]] ([[May 13]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) &ndash; [[Igor Sikorsky]] becomes the first person to pilot a 4-engine [[fixed-wing aircraft]].
* [[May 29]] &ndash; The [[ballet]] ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' (music by [[Igor Stravinsky]], conducted by [[Pierre Monteux]], choreography by [[Vaslav Nijinsky]] and design by [[Nicholas Roerich]]) is premiered by [[Sergei Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]], at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in Paris; its [[modernism (music)|modernist]] style provokes one of the most famous [[classical music riot]]s in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 |title=Radio Lab, Show 202: "Musical Language" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901005957/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |location=New York: WNYC |date=21 April 2006 |url-status=dead}} Host/Producer: [[Jad Abumrad]], Co-Host: [[Robert Krulwich]], Producer: Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor.</ref> The audience includes [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], [[Coco Chanel]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Harry Graf Kessler]] and [[Maurice Ravel]].<ref name=Illies>{{cite book|first=Florian|last=Illies|title=1913: The Year Before the Storm|year= 2013|publisher=Melville House|isbn=978-1-61219-352-6}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: The [[Treaty of London (1913)|Treaty of London]] is signed, ending the war. Greece is granted those parts of southern [[Epirus]] which it does not already control, and the independence of [[Albania]] is recognised.
[[File:RiteofSpringDancers.jpg|thumb|150px|right| [[May 29]]: ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' is premiered in Paris.]]