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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.

Novità del giorno : 13 Maggio

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.

Citazione del giorno : 13 Maggio

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

Compleanni : 13 Maggio

Lazare Carnot, Matematico e uomo politico francese (1753)
Alphonse Daudet, Scrittore francese (1840)
Georges Braque, Pittore francese (1882)
Daphne du Maurier, Romanziere britannico (1907)
Edouard Molinaro, Regista francese (1928)
Giuliano Amato, Uomo politico italiano (1938)
Harvey Keitel, Attore americano (1939)
Ritchie Valens, Cantante americano (1941)
Daniel Russo, Attore francese (1948)
Zoë Wanamaker, Attrice inglese (1949)
Stevie Wonder, Musicista americano (1950)
Paul Thompson, Musicista inglese (Roxy Music) (1951)
Christine Bravo, Presentatore televisivo francese (1956)
Claudie Haigneré, Astronauta francese (1957)
Dennis Rodman, Giocatore di basket americano (1961)
Paul McDermott, Attore australiano (1962)
Nikos Aliagas, Presentatore televisivo francese e greco (1969)
Brian Carroll (Buckethead), Musicista americano (1969)
Franck Dumoulin, Tiratore francese (1973)
Michael Madden , Musicista americano (Maroon 5) (1979)
Grégory Lemarchal, Cantante francese (1983)
Yaya Touré, Calciatore ivoriano (1983)
Robert Pattinson, Attore inglese (1986)
Candice Accola, Attrice americana (1987)

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Georges Cuvier, Naturalista francese (1832)
Jean Aicard, Poeta francese (1921)
Gary Cooper, Attore americano (1961)
Chet Baker, Trompetista de jazz estadounidense (1988)
Eddie Barclay, Produttore di musica francese (2005)
George Dantzig, Matematico americano (2005)
Achille Compagnoni, Alpinista italiano (2009)
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