May 13:
1888 - Lei Aurea (Golden Law) is passed in Brazil, abolishing slavery
1917 – Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
1950 – The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
1960 – Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.
1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives.
(source: wikipedia)
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
May 15th ....
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Not for 2 more days, Geoff
