eso ha pasado un 13 Mayo

1940 : Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister


13 May 1940, the newly appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made ​​his first speech in the House of Commons in which he uttered the famous sentence: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat, used for the first time by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1849.

1968 : Demonstration by students and unions in Paris


On May 13, 1968, a demonstration by students and unions brought 800,000 people through the French capital asking for the government fall after the police brutality during the past few days.
This was the beginning of a general strike throughout the country that had paralyzed France for two weeks.

1972 : Fire in a nightclub in Japan


On May 13, 1972, a fire broke out at Playtown Cabaret on the top floor of a department store in Osaka, Japan. Due to the lack of safety equipment and failure to follow evacuation procedures, 118 people were killed.

1981 : Pope John Paul II shot


On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II is shot on St. Peter's Square in Rome. The author of the attack, a Turkish citizen Mehmet Ali Agca was arrested by the police. It had been said that the attack had been organized by the Bulgarian and East Germany secret services on the orders of the KGB. It was also stated that a connection with the Vatican itself had been possible.

Actualidad del día : 13 Mayo

Independence Day in Ecuador
May 13 is Independence Day in Ecuador. This day commemorates the separation of the Southern Department of Great Colombia in an independent country.
Gran Colombia (corresponding to current Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador) had gained its independence from Spain in 1822.

Cita del día : 13 Mayo

Stevie Wonder
If you don't ask, you don't get.

Cumpleaños : 13 Mayo

Lazare Carnot, Matemático y politico francés (1753)
Alphonse Daudet, Escritor francés (1840)
Georges Braque, Pintor francés (1882)
Daphne du Maurier, Novelista británica (1907)
Edouard Molinaro, Director de cine francés (1928)
Giuliano Amato, Político italiano (1938)
Harvey Keitel, Actor americano (1939)
Ritchie Valens, Cantante americano (1941)
Daniel Russo, Actor francés (1948)
Zoë Wanamaker, Actriz inglesa (1949)
Stevie Wonder, Músico estadounidense (1950)
Paul Thompson, Músico inglés (Roxy Music) (1951)
Christine Bravo, Presentadora de televisión francesa (1956)
Claudie Haigneré, Astronauta francesa (1957)
Dennis Rodman, Jugador de baloncesto estadounidense (1961)
Paul McDermott, Comediante australiano (1962)
Nikos Aliagas, Presentador de televisión francés y griego (1969)
Brian Carroll (Buckethead), Músico estadounidense (1969)
Franck Dumoulin, Tirador de pistola francés (1973)
Michael Madden , Músico estadounidense (Maroon 5) (1979)
Grégory Lemarchal, Cantante francés (1983)
Yaya Touré, Futbolista de Costa de Marfil (1983)
Robert Pattinson, Actor inglés (1986)
Candice Accola, Actriz americana (1987)

Nos han dejado un 13 Mayo

Georges Cuvier, Naturalista francés (1832)
Jean Aicard, Poeta francés (1921)
Gary Cooper, Actor americano (1961)
Chet Baker, Trompetista de jazz estadounidense (1988)
Eddie Barclay, Productor musical francés (2005)
George Dantzig, Matemático estadounidense (2005)
Achille Compagnoni, Alpinista italiano (2009)
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