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On this day 13th May
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1655 Pope Innocent XIII 1730 Charles Watson-Wentworth 1842 Sir Arthur Sullivan 1907 Dame Daphne du Maurier 1914 Joe Louis 1922 Michael Ainsworth 1941 Richie Valens 1926 Beatrice Arthur 1927 Archie Scott-Brown 1937 Trevor Baylis 1939 Harvey Keitel 1941 Joe Brown 1941 Richie Valens 1946 Tim Pigott-Smith 1949 Zoe Wanamaker 1950 Stevie Wonder 1950 Danny Kirwan 1951 Selina Scott 1963 Helen Sharman 1965 Tasmin Little 1977 Samantha Morton 1986 Robert Pattinson Died on this Day 1835 John Nash 1961 Gary Cooper 2001 Perry Como Music 1968 John Lennon and Paul McCartney spent the day talking to the 'serious press' in New York about the business side of Apple Records. Sport 1984 In preparation for John McEnroe's appearance at the World Cup competition in Dusseldorf, organisers imported three widely experienced, English speaking umpires to deal with his matches in case he went into one of his trantrums. 1992 In a warm-up match for the European Championship finals, England beat Hungary by 1-0. People & Showbiz 1981 Pope Joh Paul II survived an assassination attempy when he was shot four times by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter's Square, Rome, while being driven through a crowd of 20,000 people in his open-top jeep. 1995 The Queen Mother refused to help Prince Edward make a film about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for his television company. 1997 The most expensive production to hit the London theatres, the £10 million Walt Disney production of 'Beauty and The Beast' , opened at the Dominion Theatre. 1999 Days after being turned down for a British passport, Egyptian Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed announced he was going to have 100 clones of himself made to 'haunt the English' and continue to fight his cause after his death. General Events 1568 Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside. resulting in her flight to England. 1977 Prime Minister James Callaghan appointed his son-in-law Peter Jay as Britain's ambassador to Washington, prompting accusations of nepotism. 1989 A National Westminster Bank employee and his wife were awarded £65,000 libel damages over allegations made in the Sunday People that they ran a topless spanking service. 1995 British mother of two, Alison Hargreaves 33, became the first woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest, without oxygen or the aid of sherpas. 1995 Four homosexual RAF officers refused to resign and said they would appeal to the Queen if discharged and were prepared to challenge the Ministry of Defense's ban on gay servicemen. 1997 In a survey by the Department of Transport, Birmingham Airport was named the country's most punctual airport with 84% of flights leaving on time over the last year with Gatwick coming bottom of the table with only 70% getting away on time. 1998 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. |
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