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Today in History: Tuesday, May  13, 2008
AP Highlight in History:
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill told the British House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
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On this date in:
1607An English colony was settled at Jamestown in present-day Virginia.
1842Composer Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated with William Gilbert in writing 14 comic operas, was born in London.
1846The United States declared that a state of war existed against Mexico.
1914Boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Ala.
1917Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.
1958Vice President Richard Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
1981Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
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1985Philadelphia police dropped an explosive onto the headquarters of the radical group MOVE; 11 people died in the resulting fire.
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2003The government unveiled a new version of the $20 bill - the first to be colorized in an effort to thwart counterfeiters.
 
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Today's Birthdays:
TV host Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report") turns 44 years old today.
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NameProfessionAge
Bea ArthurActress ("Maude," "The Golden Girls")86
Clive BarnesCritic81
Buck TaylorActor70
Harvey KeitelActor69
Charles BaxterAuthor61
Franklyn AjayeActor59
Zoe WanamakerActress59
Tom VericaActor ("American Dreams")44
Lari WhiteCountry singer43
Darius RuckerRock singer (Hootie and the Blowfish)42
Susan FloydActress40
Samantha MortonActress31
Barry ZitoBaseball player30
Mickey MaddenRock musician (Maroon 5)29
Singer-musician Stevie Wonder turns 58 years old today.
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