Beşiktaş Wins Turkish Cup by Beating Fenerbahçe — Beşiktaş wins the Turkish Cup by beating Fenerbahçe 4-2

May 13 is the 133nd day of the year (134rd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 232 days left until the end of the year.

Railways

13 May 1923 The construction privilege of the Ilıca-Pier-Bonito Line was given to George Ralli for 40 years to move the bale mines to the shore. This person handed over the concession to “Ilıca-İskele-Palamutluk Railway Turkish Joint Stock Company”. The line was put into operation on September 1, 1924. On September 19, 1940, the line was purchased.

Events

1277 – Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey annexed the city of Konya to the territory of Karamanoğulları and declared Turkish the official language.
1846 - The US Congress declares war on Mexico, citing raids on border patrols.
1888 - Slavery is definitively abolished in Brazil. In the enactment of the law; Besides the anti-slavery actions, it also had an impact that it was more costly to own slaves than to employ newly arrived European immigrants.
1915 – In Çanakkale, the Muavenet-i Milliye Destroyer under the command of Major Ahmet Bey torpedoed the battleship HMS Goliath.
1919 – The declaration of Venizelos regarding the occupation of İzmir was read to the local Greeks by the Greek Colonel Mavrudis at the Aya Fotini Church.
1920 – Thrace-Paşaeli Müdâfaa-i Hukuk Cemiyeti held the “Second (Great) Edirne Congress” between 9-13 May, where 217 members gathered and clear decisions were made about the region.
1929 – An earthquake occurred in Khorasan region of Iran: About 3000 people died.
1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made his famous speech: "I have nothing to promise you but pain, blood, sweat and tears."
1949 – Writer Rıfat Ilgaz was sentenced to three years in prison for insulting the President, seven months for insulting the King of Egypt and the Shah of Iran, and Aziz Nesin for insulting the King of Egypt and the Shah of Iran by broadcasting and seven months in prison.
1950 – Turkey's first political strike was held in Ereğli Coal Enterprises.
1955 – Turkey Iron and Steel Enterprises and Turkey Pulp and Paper Enterprises (SEKA) were established.
1958 - Velcro is registered as a trademark.
1965 - West Germany recognized Israel. Because of the decision, nine Arab countries broke off their relations with West Germany.
1975 – Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel was attacked by a person named Vural Önsel. Demirel's nasal bone was broken.
1979 – Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit, criticizing the attitude of business circles towards the Government, said, “We are stabbed when we are on the verge of providing sufficient aid and credit. We unjustly journal ourselves to strangers.” said.
1981 – Left-wing militant Ali Aktaş (Ağtaş), who killed right-wing Sulhi Adsoy on June 9, 1980 in Iskenderun, was sentenced to death.
1981 - Pope II. Jean Paul was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rome.
1994 – Former Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) General Manager Ergun Göknel was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison in the chlorine corruption case.
1996 – It was alleged that DYP Chairman Tansu Çiller gave 5,5 billion liras to Selçuk Parsadan, who was on trial for fraud, from a disguised appropriation.
1997 – The Ministry of Interior paid 1993 billion liras of financial compensation to Uğur Mumcu's family, who was killed in 9,5.
1998 – The most comprehensive investigation in judicial history was opened against civil servants protesting the Civil Servants' Unions Bill.
2000 – A large amount of explosives and weapons were seized, left on the field in Ankara Sincan. It was determined that the explosives and weapons were left by Necdet Yüksel, a member of the illegal Tevhid Selam organization. Yüksel also admitted that he put a bomb in Ahmet Taner Kışlalı's car.
2007 – Fenerbahçe reached the championship in the 100th anniversary of its establishment.
2009 – Beşiktaş won the Turkish Cup by beating Fenerbahçe 4-2.
2010 – MUSIAD Chairman Ömer Cihad Vardan visited Tüsiad for the first time in history. The visit was described in the press as a "Historical Meeting".
2014 – Soma Coal Enterprises Inc. 301 mine workers lost their lives and 80 workers were injured as a result of the fire in a mine operated by

Births

1638 – Richard Simon, French Catholic commentator, theologian, philosopher, and historian (d. 1712)
1655 – XIII. Innocentius, 244th religious leader of the Catholic Church (d. 1724)
1699 – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Portuguese statesman (d. 1782)
1713 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (d. 1765)
1717 – Maria Theresia, Empress of the Habsburg dynasty (d. 1780)
1753 – Lazare Carnot, French soldier and statesman (d. 1823)
1792 – Pope IX. Pius, Catholic Church religious leader (longest reigning) (d. 1878)
1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French writer (d. 1897)
1857 – Ronald Ross, English physician and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1932)
1869 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish poet and Member of Parliament (d. 1944)
1880 – Enis Akaygen, Turkish politician and diplomat (d. 1956)
1882 – Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (d. 1963)
1888 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist (d. 1993)
1894 – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
1907 – Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (d. 1989)
1919 – Pierre Sudreau, French politician and resistance activist (d. 2012)
1919 – Vedat Türkali, Turkish poet and writer (d. 2016)
1922 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1927 – Herbert Ross American actor, choreographer, director, and producer (d. 2001)
1928 – Édouard Molinaro, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1931 – Semih Sergen, Turkish theater artist (d. 2022)
1937 – Roger Zelazny, Polish-American writer (d. 1995)
1939 - Harvey Keitel, American actor
1940 – Bruce Chatwin, English novelist and travel writer (d. 1989)
1941 Senta Berger, Austrian actress
1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer, musician, and songwriter (d. 1959)
1942 – Pál Schmitt, Hungarian athlete and politician
1944 – Hajibala Abutalibov, Azerbaijani politician
1945 – Sam Anderson, American Actor
1945 – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer, songwriter and musician
1945 – Kathleen Neal Cleaver, American law professor and Black Panther Party activist
1948 – Jeffrey Evans, British politician
1949 Zoë Wanamaker, American-born English actress
1950 – Daniel Kirwan, English blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (d. 2018)
1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer, composer, and Academy Award winner for Best Original Song
1954 – Recep Aktuğ, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2020)
1954 – Johnny Logan, Irish singer and composer
1955 – Perviz Meşkatyan, Iranian santuri, musician, composer, researcher and lecturer (d. 2009)
1956 – Vjekoslav Bevanda, Bosnian Croat politician and former Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1957 – Alan Ball, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, and actor
1957 – Claudie Haigneré, French astronaut, scientist, and politician
1957 – Stefano Tacconi, Italian football player
1958 – Sibel Egemen, Turkish singer
1961 Dennis Rodman, American basketball player
1964 – Stephen Colbert, American political satirist, actor, comedian, and author
1964 – Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
1965 – Lari White, American country singer and actress (d. 2018)
1967 – Tommy Gunn, American pornographic film actor
1967 – Chuck Schuldiner, American guitarist and vocalist (d. 2001)
1967 – Melanie Thornton, American singer (d. 2001)
1968 - Susan Floyd is an American actress.
1968 – Scott Morrison, Australian politician
1968 – Sonja Zietlow, German television presenter and television producer
1970 – Buckethead, American musician
1972 – Defne Halman, Turkish cinema and theater actress
1976 – Grzegorz Szamotulski, Polish national football player who served as goalkeeper
1977 - Ilse de Lang is a Dutch singer
1977 – Samantha Morton, English actress
1977 – Pusha T, American rapper
1978 – Mike Bibby, American basketball player
1979 - Carl Philip, Prince of Sweden
1979 – Vyacheslav Shevchuk is a former Ukrainian football player.
1980 – Sarp Akkaya, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actor
1981 – Nicolás Frutos, Argentinian football player and current manager
1981 – Sunny Leone, Indian actress and model
1981 - Boncuk Yılmaz, Turkish actor and Istanbul Royal Theater actor
1982 - Albert Crusat, Spanish former football player
1982 – Oguchi Onyewu, Nigerian-American Footballer
1983 – Yaya Touré, footballer born in Ivory Coast
1985 – Javier Balboa, national football player from Equatorial Guinea
1985 – Oğuzhan Koç, Turkish actor and singer
1986 – Lena Dunham, American film producer and actress
1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor and singer
1986 – Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer
1986 – Nino Schurter is a Swiss cross-country mountain bike racer.
1987 – Candice Accola, American actress and singer
1987 – Antonio Adan, Spanish football player
1987 – Hugo Becker, French actor and director
1987 – Candice King, American actress and singer
1987 – Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
1987 – Marianne Vos is a Dutch cyclo-cross, mountain bike, track and road bike racer.
1988 – Hakan Ateş, Turkish football player
1991 – Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
1993 – Romelu Lukaku, Belgian football player of Congolese descent
1993 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
1993 – Australian singer-songwriter known as Tones and I

Deaths

34 BC - Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Roman historian (b. 86 BC)
1573 – Takeda Shingen, distinguished and respected daimyō in Late Sengoku Japan (b. 1521)
1782 – Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (b. 1733)
1809 – Molla Veli Vidadi, Azerbaijani poet and cleric (b. 1709)
1832 – Georges Cuvier, French scientist (b. 1769)
1835 – John Nash, English architect (b. 1752)
1871 – Daniel Auber, French composer (b. 1782)
1878 – Joseph Henry, American physicist (b. 1797)
1884 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and farm machinery manufacturer (b. 1809)
1885 – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (b. 1809)
1904 – Gabriel Tarde, French writer, sociologist, criminologist, and social psychologist (b. 1843)
1916 – Sholom Aleichem, Ukrainian Yiddish writer (b. 1859)
1921 – Jean Aicard, French novelist and playwright and poet (b. 1848)
1929 – Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer (b. 1878)
1930 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian traveler, scientist, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1861)
1938 – Charles Edouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (b. 1861)
1939 – Mark Lambert Bristol, American soldier (b. 1868)
1945 – Martin Luther, German diplomat (b. 1895)
1956 – Alexander Fadeyev, Soviet writer (b. 1901)
1961 – Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
1962 – Franz Kline, an American painter (b. 1910)
1963 – Alois Hudal, Austrian Catholic bishop (b. 1885)
1974 – Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican diplomat, author, and former UNESCO Director-General (b. 1902)
1975 – Marguerite Perey, French physicist (b. 1909)
1980 – Erich Zepler, Electronics engineer and chess composer (b. 1898)
1982 – Kara Karayev, Azerbaijani composer (b.1918)
1985 – Mildred Scheel, former first lady of Germany and doctor (b. 1932)
1988 – Chet Baker, American jazz musician (b. 1929)
1999 – Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
2001 – Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (b. 1939)
2002 – Valeri Lobanovski, Ukrainian-born Soviet former national football player and coach (b. 1939)
2005 – Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
2005 – George Dantzig, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1914)
2008 – Saad al-Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait from January 15, 2006 to January 24, 2006 (b. 1930)
2009 – Achille Compagnoni, Italian mountaineer and skier (b. 1914)
2009 – Norbert Eschmann, Swiss former international football player (b. 1933)
2012 – Don Ritchie was an Australian ex-sailor (b. 1926)
2013 – André Bord, French politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Joyce Brothers American psychologist (b. 1927)
2015 – Nina Otkalenko, Russian athlete (b. 1928)
2016 – Rodrigo Espíndola, Argentine football player (b. 1989)
2016 – Baba Hardev Singh, Hindu mystic and guru (b. 1954)
2017 – John Cygan, American actor, comedian, and voice actor (b. 1954)
2017 – Bernard Bosson, French centre-right politician and former minister (b. 1948)
2017 – Manuel Pradal, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
2018 – Edgardo Angara, Filipino politician and lawyer (b. 1934)
2018 – Glenn Branca, American composer and writer (b. 1948)
2018 – Margaret Kidder, Canadian-American actress (b. 1948)
2018 – Baadur Tsuladze, Georgian actor, film director, screenwriter and publisher (b. 1935)
2019 – Unita Blackwell, American human rights activist, author, and politician (b. 1933)
2019 – Doris Day, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
2019 – Jörg Kastendiek, German politician (b. 1964)
2020 – Afwerki Abraha, Eritrean diplomat (b. 1949)
2020 – Anthony Bailey, English writer and art historian (b. 1933)
2020 – Gaetano Gorgoni, Italian politician (b. 1933)
2020 – Riyad İsmet, Syrian writer, critic and theater director, former Minister of Culture (b. 1947)
2020 – Shobushi Kanji, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1991)
2020 – Chedli Clip, Tunisian politician (b. 1925)
2020 – Keith Lyons, Welsh-Australian educator, author and sports science expert (b. 1952)
2020 – Patrick Simon, French politician, dentist (b. 1956)
2020 – Yoshio, Mexican singer (b. 1959)
2021 – Maria João Abreu, Portuguese theater, film and television actress (b. 1964)
2021 – Indu Jain, Indian media magnate, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1936)
2022 – Teresa Berganza Vargas, Spanish opera singer and educator (b. 1933)
2022 – Ricky Gardiner, guitarist and composer (b. 1948)
2022 – Lil Keed, American rapper, singer, and songwriter (b. 1998)
2022 – Ben R. Mottelson, US-Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (b. 1926)
2022 – Caliph bin Zayed an-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1948)