May 13

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[edit] Events

• 1568 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
• 1846 - Mexican-American War: The United States declares war on Mexico.
• 1912 - In the United Kingdom, the Royal Flying Corps (now the Royal Air Force) was established.
• 1940 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees the German invasion in the Netherlands to Britain. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
• 1948 - 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.

[edit] Births

• 1931 - Jim Jones, American religious cult leader and founder of the Peoples Temple (d. 1978)
• 1655 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)

[edit] Deaths

• 1963 - Alois Hudal, bishop, helped German WWII escape (b. 1885)