Today is Tuesday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2025 with 232 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mars.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Pope Innocent XIII in 1655; Pope Pius IX in 1792; musician Arthur Sullivan in 1842; artist Georges Braque in 1882; writer Daphne du Maurier in 1907; International Boxing Hall of Fame member Joe Louis in 1914; actor/musician Bea Arthur in 1922; cult leader Jim Jones in 1931; actor Harvey Keitel in 1939 (age 86); actor Senta Berger in 1941 (age 84); musician Ritchie Valens in 1941; actor Zoƫ Wanamaker in 1949 (age 76); musician Stevie Wonder in 1950 (age 75); Basketball Hall of Fame member Dennis Rodman in 1961 (age 64); comedian/TV personality Stephen Colbert in 1964 (age 61); musician John Richardson (Gin Blossoms) in 1964 (age 61); musician Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish) in 1966 (age 59); actor Brian Geraghty in 1975 (age 50); actor Samantha Morton in 1977 (age 48); musician Pusha T in 1977 (age 48); musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) in 1979 (age 46); actor Iwan Rheon in 1985 (age 40); actor Lena Dunham in 1986 (age 39); actor Robert Pattinson in 1986 (age 39); actor Candice King in 1987 (age 38); actor Hunter Parrish in 1987 (age 38); actor Jake Borelli in 1991 (age 34); actor Tommy Dorfman in 1992 (age 33); actor Debby Ryan in 1993 (age 32); musician Morgan Wallen in 1993 (age 32).
On this date in history:
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In 1607, Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in North America, was founded near the James River in Virginia.
In 1846, the United States declared war on Mexico.
In 1912, Britain established its air force -- the Royal Flying Corps.
In 1958, a crowd of protesters -- mostly students -- attacked Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat Nixon, as they arrived in Venezuela. Shouting anti-American slogans, the group broke the windows of Nixon's vehicle and nearly toppled it before the U.S. delegation made an escape unharmed,
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy sent military riot-control units to Birmingham, Ala., stating that the government would do everything in its power preserve order, to protect the lives of its citizens and to uphold the law. Kennedy also directed an executive order be drafted enabling him to order the Alabama National Guard into immediate federal service if violence between black and white people was to once again erupt.
In 1973, Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court in the first Battle of the Sexes tennis match.
In 1981, Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca shot and injured Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Later, the pope, from his hospital bed, forgave his assailant.
In 1985, a Philadelphia police helicopter bombed the fortified house of a radical organization, MOVE, to end a 24-hour siege. Eleven people died and the ensuing fire destroyed 53 homes.
In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Stephen Breyer to succeed Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the U.S. Supreme Court. Breyer joined the court in August.
In 2009, astronauts on a 14-day servicing mission embarked on the first of five planned spacewalks to repair and update the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. The project included installation of a wide-field camera and a Cosmic Origins Spectograph.
In 2011, in a reported retaliation to the slaying of terrorist chief Osama bin Laden, two suicide bombers killed 80 Pakistani recruits at a training center.
In 2014, in Israel former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison for taking bribes while he was mayor of Jerusalem.
In 2014, in western Turkey, an explosion and fire in a coal mine killed more than 300 people and injured dozens of others.
In 2019, actor Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 in a scheme to get her daughter admitted to college.
A thought for the day: "I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves." -- American boxer Joe Louis
