May 13 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 13
In the headlines today:

1989	Thousands of students stage a hunger strike in China's Tiananmen Square.
1985	Singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen marries actress Julianne Phillips.
1984	The Fantasticks breaks a record for the longest-running musical, during its 10,000th performance at the Sullivan Theatre in New York City.
1983	Reggie Jackson becomes the first major league baseball player to strike out 2,000 times.
1975	Western swing bandleader Bob Wills (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys) dies at age 70 in Fort Worth, Texas.
1970	The Beatles' movie, Let It Be, premieres.
1967	Mickey Mantle becomes the seventh player in major league baseball history to hit 500 career home runs.
1961	Film actor Gary Cooper dies at age 60 in Hollywood.
1924	Actress Marlene Dietrich marries Rudolf Sieber.
1918	The first US air mail postage stamps are issued.
1830	Ecuador gains its independence from Colombia.
1572	Gregory XIII (Hugo Buoncompagne) is elected Pope.

Born today:

1979 Prince Carl Philip - Duke of Värmland (Sweden)

1979 Michael Madden - bassist (Maroon 5)

1964 Lorraine McIntosh - singer (Deacon Blue)

1961 Dennis Rodman - basketball player, actor

1951 Paul Thompson - drummer (Roxy Music)

1950 Bobby Valentine - baseball player, manager

1950 Stevie Wonder - singer, multi-instrumentalist

1949 Franklyn Ajaye - actor

1947 Overend Watts - rock bassist (Mott the Hoople)

1946 Danny Klein - bassist (J. Geils Band)

1943 Mary Wells - singer

1941 Ritchie Valens - singer

1939 Harvey Keitel - actor

1933 Johnny Roseboro - baseball catcher

1927 Herbert Ross - film director

1926 Bea Arthur - actress

1914 Joe Louis - heavyweight boxing champ (1937-1949)

1914 Johnny Wright - country singer

1911 Maxine Sullivan - singer

1842 Sir Arthur Sullivan - operetta composer (Gilbert and Sullivan)

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Taurus

(The Bull)