[[05-14]] ## Events - [[1.1501-05-13 - Amerigo Vespucci sets sail westward for Portugal]] - [[1.1717-05-13 - Maria Theresa born]] - [[1.1830-05-13 - Ecuador gains independence from Gran Colombia]] - [[1.1842-05-13 - Arthur Sullivan born]] - [[1.1846-05-13 - U.S. officially declares war on Mexico]] - [[1.1861-05-13 - Queen Victoria proclaims neutrality regarding U.S. Civil War]] - [[1.1861-05-13 - Pakistan's first railway line opens]] - [[1.1922-05-13 - Bea Arthur born]] - [[1.1931-05-13 - Jim Jones born]] - [[1.1940-05-13 - German conquest of France begins]] - [[1.1950-05-13 - Stevie Wonder born]] - [[1.1952-05-13 - John Kasich born]] - [[1.1958-05-13 - Nixon's car attacked in Caracas]] - [[1.1958-05-13 - Ben Carlin becomes only person to circumnavigate world by amphibious vehicle]] - [[1.1961-05-13 - Dennis Rodman born]] - [[1.1964-05-13 - Stephen Colbert born]] - [[1.1969-05-13 - Buckethead born]] - [[1.1986-05-13 - Lena Dunham born]]