May 13th
Today in America's Present Past
1607 | John Smith led a second expedition that landed at Jamestown, Virginia.
1846 | Congress: War was declared against Mexico.
1861 | Civil War: Britain announced it would remain neutral during the American Civil War.
1869 | Outlaw Bob Dalton was born.
1884 | Entrepreneur Cyrus McCormick died.
1884 | Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms in New York.
1912 | The Seventeenth Amendment is sent to the states for ratification.
1914 | Boxer Joe Louis was born.
1922 | Actress Bea Arthur was born.
1931 | Cleric and cult leader Jim Jones was born.
1939 | Actor Harvey Keitel was born.
1941 | Musician Ritchie Valens was born.
1947 | Congress: Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act, limiting the power of unions
1950 | Musician Stevie Wonder was born in Saginaw, Michigan.
1960 | House Un-American Activities Committee riot in San Francisco, California.
1961 | Actor Gary Cooper died.
1964 | Entertainer Stephen Colbert was born.
1966 | POTUS: Democrat President Johnson denies federal education funding to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
1966 | Musician Darrius Rucker was born.
1985 | Domestic terrorist bombing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1988 | Musician Chet Baker died.
1993 | Musician Morgan Wallen was born.
1999 | Journalist Meg Greenfield died.
2019 | Entertainer Doris Day died.