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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909" title="1909">1909</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_Giro_d%27Italia" title="1909 Giro d'Italia">The first edition</a></b> of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro_d%27Italia" title="Giro d'Italia">Giro d'Italia</a></b>, a long-distance multiple-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_stage" title="Race stage">stage</a> bicycle race, began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a>; the Italian  cyclist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ganna" title="Luigi Ganna">Luigi Ganna</a> was the eventual winner.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – US vice president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>'s motorcade was <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Richard_Nixon%27s_motorcade" title="Attack on Richard Nixon's motorcade">attacked by a mob</a></b> in Caracas, Venezuela.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede_fireworks_disaster" title="Enschede fireworks disaster">An explosion</a></b> at a fireworks factory in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enschede" title="Enschede">Enschede</a>, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – Nine bombs placed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Mujahideen" title="Indian Mujahideen">Indian Mujahideen</a>, then an unknown terrorist group, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur_bombings" title="Jaipur bombings">exploded in a 15-minute period</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a>, India, killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1717); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Littlejohn_(preacher)" title="John Littlejohn (preacher)">John Littlejohn</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1836); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicja_Iwa%C5%84ska" title="Alicja Iwańska">Alicja Iwańska</a></b>   (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1918); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a></b>   (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1961)</p>