WHAT HAPPENED ON 13. MAY
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The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided. (13. May 1963)

Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969. (13. May 1967)

Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (13. May 1969)

Faulty electrical wiring ignites a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators lead to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. (13. May 1972)

The Troubles: a car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured. (13. May 1972)

An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area. (13. May 1980)

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. (13. May 1981)

Police storm MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. (13. May 1985)

Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike. (13. May 1989)

Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. (13. May 1992)

Johnny Carson makes his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. (13. May 1994)

33-year-old British mother Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. (13. May 1995)

Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people. (13. May 1996)

Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped. (13. May 1998)

India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. (13. May 1998)

In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. (13. May 2000)

The Andijan Massacre occurs in Uzbekistan. (13. May 2005)

The Bính Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam. (13. May 2005)

2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil. (13. May 2006)

The Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India results in dozens of deaths. (13. May 2008)