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| Day in History: May 13 |
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| Written by Howard Dicus - hdicus@kgmb9.com | |||
| May 13, 2008 08:12 AM | |||
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Mehmet Ali Agca shot Pope John Paul the Second on this day in 1981. The pope survived and even visited Agca later. Agca later wrote the pope during his final illness wishing him well. The U.S. declared war on Mexico this day in 1846, winning control of the entire Southwest. Key generals in the later Civil War fought in this war first. Ecuador - literally the Republic of the Equator - gained its independence this day in 1830. Ecuador controls the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles off the coast. Queen Victoria played a role in the U-S Civil War. She issued a declaration that the breakaway southern states had rights. In other words, Britain sided with the South. On this day in 1940, Winston Churchill gave his "blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. We now know he lifted the phrase from Teddy Roosevelt. Look up in the sky! It's great comet of 1861, first seen on May 13th. Earth was within its tail for a couple days, obscuring the Sun! It's due back in 200 years so mark your calendars! The first four-engine plane was flown this day in 1913. The first FM station went on the air this day in 1939. May 13 birthdays include Joe Louis, Bea Arthur and Miles Davis' favorite arranger Gil Evans - and painter Georges Braque - and Georgios Papanikolaou, who invented the Pap Smear - and Arthur Sullivan, who in addition to writing the music for the Gilbert & Sullivan operas, also composed "Onward Christian Soldiers." Harvey Keitel is 69 today - Stevie Wonder is 58 - Dennis Rodman is 47 - and Stephen Colbert is 44. On this day in 1958, the trademark Velcro was registered. We now return you to the present, already in progress.              |
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