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May 13th

Thu 13 May 1999

Donald Dewar elected as First Minister of the new Scottish Parliament.

Sat 13 May 1995

Alison Hargreave, a, 33-year-old mother of two from Spean Bridge became the first woman to climb Mount Everest solo and without oxygen

Sun 13 May 1945

In a radio broadcast, Churchill accuses de Valeras government of frolicking with the Germans and Japanese

Tue 13 May 1919

Dan Breen and Seán Treacy rescue their comrade Seán Hogan from a Dublin, Cork train at Knocklong, Co. Limerick

Sun 13 May 1906

Samuel Beckett, is born in Foxrock, Co. Dublin

Mon 13 May 1878

Birth of Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquis Londonderry and unionist politician

Thu 13 May 1852

Anna Catherine Parnell, sister of Charles and Fanny, and co-founder of the Irish Ladies Land League, is born in Avondale, Co. Wicklow

Sat 13 May 1848

The Irish Confederation splits; John Mitchel starts the militant United Irishman; he is arrested on this date and is sentenced to 14 years transportation under the new Treason Felony Act

Fri 13 May 1842

Arthur Sullivan, the son of an Irish musician, is born

Sun 13 May 1787

Alderman Exshaw, accompanied by Archdeacon Hastings, is walking in Merrion Square, Dublin, when he encounters a great number of people, leaping, wrestling, shouting, etc.

Mon 13 May 1568

Mary, Queen of Scots, defeated at Battle of Langside