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13 May 1106
Henry I of Limburg loses the duchy of Lower Lorraine to Godfrey of Louvain
13 May 1110
Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
13 May 1497
Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola
13 May 1559
Exhumed corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel
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Mary Queen of Scots defeated
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Jamestown settlers arrive
Some 100 English colonists arrive along the west bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown the first permanent English settlement in North America...
U S Congress declares war on Mexico
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Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court face off in first Battle of the Sexes
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Vice President Nixon is attacked
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Edith Wharton writes of the war s effect on France
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Churchill announces I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat
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Network General Corporation Founded
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1607 English colonists led by John Smith make a second landing near James River in Virginia
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1973 Bobby Riggs beats Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California
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1984 Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff''s last competitive match
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1993 KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
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