It happened on a… May 13

2013

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

The final episode of “Frasier” on NBC is watched by 33 million people.

Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times.

Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

Rolling Stones record “Satisfaction”.

The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.

Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.

The first Giro d’Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s first opera “Apollo et Hyacinthus”, written when he was 11 years old, premieres in Salzburg.

Jamestown, Virginia, was settled as a colony of England.