Events Date 2013 May | History by KabAstro

Music History

May 3 The Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn is renamed after Beastie Boys' rapper Adam Yauch

May 4 139th Kentucky Derby: Joel Rosario aboard Orb wins in 2:02.89
May 4 39 people are killed at a funeral in Wukari, Nigeria
May 4 5 US soldiers are killed by a bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan
May 4 77 people are killed by the Syrian Army in Baniyas

Sports History

May 4 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Robert Guerrero to retain his WBC Welterweight title

Event of Interest

May 4 Harper Lee files a lawsuit against a literary agent over the copyright of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

May 4 Juventus F.C. win their 29th Serie A football title
May 5 10 people are killed in a church attack in Njilan, Nigeria
May 5 5 people are killed after a limousine catches fire in Hayward, California
May 6 10 people are killed and 26 people are injured after a wave of attacks across Iraq
May 6 13 people are killed in clashes with Bangladeshi police in Dhaka
May 6 15 people are killed and 50 are injured after a bomb detonates at a political rally in Pakistan
May 6 Brazilian neobank Nubank founded in Brazil by David Vélez, Cristina Junqueira and Edward Wible
May 6 The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales
May 6 Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list
May 7 20 people are killed and 36 are injured after a gas tanker explodes in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
May 7 4 people are killed after the Mayon Volcano erupts in the Philippines
May 7 55 people are killed by a Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
May 7 8 people are killed and a dozen are injured after bear attacks in Orissa, India
May 7 Delaware becomes the 11th US State to legalize same-sex marriage
May 7 Jolly Nero, an Italian cargo ship, crashes into the port of Genoa, killing seven people
May 7 The Dow Jones Industrial average and S&P 500 set record highs
May 8 33 people are killed after an overloaded bus falls into a river in Himachal Pradesh, India

Sports History

May 8 Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United's manager at the end of the season

Event of Interest

May 8 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi receives a four year prison sentence for fraud

Media Tycoon and Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi

May 9 Everton Manager David Moyes is announced as Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United (he only lasts 10 months)

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May 10 Agnetha Faltskog releases a new album called "A"

Sports History

May 10 Joe Sakic is hired by his former team, the Colorado Avalanche, as Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations

May 11 43 people are killed in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey
May 11 Barcelona wins its fourth La Liga title in four years

Sports History

May 11 Bayern Munich set a new Bundesliga points record of 91

May 11 English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (86,254): Wigan Athletic upsets Manchester City, 1-0; Ben Watson scores 90+1' winner
May 12 59th British Academy Television Awards: "The Revolution Will Be Televised" Best Comedy, "Last Tango in Halifax" Best Drama
May 12 Paris Saint-Germain win the Ligue 1 French football title

PGA Players Championship

May 12 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins his second PC, 2 strokes ahead of David Lingmerth, Jeff Maggert and Kevin Streelman

Canonization

May 12 Pope Francis canonizes the 813 martyrs of Otranto as Saints

Event of Interest

May 13 Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield departs the International Space Station to return to Earth

May 14 Brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage

Americanah

May 14 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel "Americanah" is published

Inferno

May 14 Dan Brown's fourth novel starring Robert Langdon (The Da Vinci Code), titled "Inferno", is released and instantly becomes a bestseller

May 15 The Eurozone records a recession for the sixth straight quarter

Event of Interest

May 16 Bill Gates regains his position as the world's richest man with $72.7 billion after losing the position in 2008

Founder of Microsoft and Computer Scientist Bill Gates

May 16 Human stem cells are successfully cloned
May 16 Pope Francis calls for ethical financial reform to fight speculation
May 17 90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq
May 18 138th Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Oxbow wins in 1:57.54
May 18 58th Eurovision Song Contest: Emmelie de Forest for Denmark wins singing "Only Teardrops" in Malmo
May 18 RC Toulonnais defeat ASM Clermont Auvergne to win the rugby Heineken Cup final

Billboard Music Awards

May 19 20th Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift and her album "Red" win

May 19 Sweden defeats Switzerland to win the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship
May 20 133 people are killed and 283 are injured in a continued wave of insurgency in Iraq
May 20 2 people are killed and 20 are injured after a hot air balloon crashes in Cappadocia, Turkey
May 20 The Church of Scotland votes to allow openly gay men and women to be ministers
May 20 Yahoo purchases Tumbler for $1.1 Billion

Music History

May 21 American singer-songwriter Carole King receives Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.

May 21 Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One
May 22 British Army Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered near the Royal Artillery Barracks in London by two Islamic terrorists, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.

Appointment of Interest

May 23 Patrick Roy is named head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, his former team where he won two Stanley Cups

May 24 Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador
May 25 17 children are killed by a gas cylinder explosion on a school bus in Gujrat, Pakistan
May 25 UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final
May 25 Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest at 80

May 26 66th Cannes Film Festival: "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" directed by Abdellatif Kechiche wins the Palme d'Or. The two main actresses in the film, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux also awarded

May 26 Indian Premier League T20 Cricket Final, Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs; Kieron Pollard 60 no (32)
May 26 Indianapolis 500: Tony Kanaan becomes 4th Brazilian to win the race; fastest Indy 500 in history with Kanaan's average speed 187.433 mph; record stands until 2021

Film & TV History

May 26 Joss Whedon is awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from Wesleyan University

Director, Screenwriter and Producer Joss Whedon

May 26 Senior PGA Championship, Bellerive CC: Kōki Idoki of Japan wins his lone PGA event by 2 strokes from Jay Haas and Kenny Perry
May 27 75 people are killed and 200 are injured in a wave of bombings across Iraq
May 27 The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania
May 31 First tornado chaser to be killed by a tornado; Tim Samara and two others killed by El Reno tornado in Oklahoma, the widest ever recorded at 2.6 miles (4.2 km)