India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. Date: May 13, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1998 π On This Day (Today)
Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped. Date: May 13, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1998 π On This Day (Today)
Kosovo War: NATO bombs the village of KoriΕ‘a, killing at least 87 people. Date: May 13, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1999 π On This Day (Today)
A fireworks storage depot explodes in a residential neighborhood in Enschede, Netherlands, killing 23 people and injuring 950 others. Date: May 13, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2000 π On This Day (Today)
Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan: Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates. Date: May 13, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2005 π On This Day (Today)
SΓ£o Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil. Date: May 13, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2006 π On This Day (Today)
Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others. Date: May 13, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2011 π On This Day (Today)
Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40. Date: May 13, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2012 π On This Day (Today)
American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges. Date: May 13, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2013 π On This…
An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners. Date: May 13, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 2014 π On This Day (Today)