May 13

Today in History
• 1110 - Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
• 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Italian Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola
• 1568 - Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at Battle of Langside
• 1607 - English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA
• 1637 - Cardinal Richelieu of France reputedly creates the table knife
• 1643 - Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population
• 1777 - University library at Vienna opens
• 1787 - Arthur Phillip sets sail with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Archery Day
• Children of Fallen Patriots Day
• Cough Drop Day
• Fair Trade Day
• National Apple Pie Day
• National Train Day
• Tulip Day
• World Migratory Bird Day

Birthdays
• 1024 - Hugh of Cluny, French saint, born in Semur-en-Brionnais
• 1655 - Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope
• 1699 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (1756-1777)
• 1717 - Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, Wife of emperor Franz I
• 1729 - Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker
• 1753 - Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician
• 1822 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain
• 1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, Senator and Governor of South Carolina