Today in History From JJD

May 13th. Past Events.

1787 - Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia
1830 - Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president
1934 - Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies
1940 - Winston Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
1981 - Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded by Turkish gunman Mehemet Ali Agca in St Peter's Square, Vatican City
1989 - Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China

Today's Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 249

Dennis Rodman (1961)

Jim Jones (1931)

Joe Louis (1914)

Stevie Wonder (1950)

Today's Famous Birthdays

Famous Weddings

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1922 - "Latin Lover" silent actor Rudolph Valentino (27) weds film costume and set designer Natacha Rambova (25) in Mexicali, Mexico
1932 - Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar
2003 - Former NBA star Dennis Rodman (42) weds Michelle Moyer on a small civil ceremony in Newport Beach, California
2006 - Actress Sara Bakker weds Sloan Alexander at the United Church on the Green in New Haven, Connecticut
2006 - British football star player Gary O'Neil (22) weds Donna Guerin in Highclere Castle, Hampshire

Today's Famous Weddings

Famous Deaths

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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1884)

Denny Shute (1974)

Fridtjof Nansen (1930)

Georges Cuvier (1832)