| 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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| 1607 | An English colony was settled at Jamestown in present-day Virginia. |
| 1842 | Composer Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated with William Gilbert in writing 14 comic operas, was born in London. |
| 1846 | The United States declared that a state of war existed against Mexico. |
| 1914 | Boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Ala. |
| 1917 | Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary. |
| 1958 | Vice President Richard Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 1981 | Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
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| 1985 | Philadelphia police dropped an explosive onto the headquarters of the radical group MOVE; 11 people died in the resulting fire. |
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| 2003 | The government unveiled a new version of the $20 bill - the first to be colorized in an effort to thwart counterfeiters. |
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Highlights of This Day in History |
| Today's Birthdays: |
| TV host Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report") turns 44 years old today. |
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| Name | Profession | Age |
| Bea Arthur | Actress ("Maude," "The Golden Girls") | 86 |
| Clive Barnes | Critic | 81 |
| Buck Taylor | Actor | 70 |
| Harvey Keitel | Actor | 69 |
| Charles Baxter | Author | 61 |
| Franklyn Ajaye | Actor | 59 |
| Zoe Wanamaker | Actress | 59 |
| Tom Verica | Actor ("American Dreams") | 44 |
| Lari White | Country singer | 43 |
| Darius Rucker | Rock singer (Hootie and the Blowfish) | 42 |
| Susan Floyd | Actress | 40 |
| Samantha Morton | Actress | 31 |
| Barry Zito | Baseball player | 30 |
| Mickey Madden | Rock musician (Maroon 5) | 29 |
| Singer-musician Stevie Wonder turns 58 years old today. |
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