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Giro d'Italia Launch — May 13, 1909
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Giro d'Italia Launch — May 13, 1909

The first edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, be...

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Z3 Computer Presentation — May 12, 1941
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Z3 Computer Presentation — May 12, 1941

1941: Z3 Computer Presentation in Berlin, Germany, where Konrad Zuse unveiled the world...

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Byzantium Dedication Creation — May 11, 330
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Byzantium Dedication Creation — May 11, 330

330, Byzantium dedication: Constantine the Great renames it Constantinople, Roman Empir...

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Transcontinental Railroad Completion Launch — May 10...
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1869: Transcontinental Railroad Completion Launch in Promontory Summit, Utah, unites ea...

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Smallpox Eradication — May 8, 1980
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Smallpox Eradication — May 8, 1980

1980, smallpox eradication in Geneva, Switzerland, with a death toll of 300-500 million...

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Premiere — May 7, 1824
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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Premiere — May 7, 1824

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On This Day, May 13

  • 2014: An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.
  • 2013: American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
  • 2012: Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
  • 2011: Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
  • 2006: São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.

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