Today in History: Monday, May 13, 2013

历史上的今天：2013年5月13日，星期一

May 13th, 1981.“Somebody said: it’s the Pope. He’s shot. You know, we just shocked, it was just unbelievable.” At the Vatican, Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded by a Turkish gunman in St. Peter’s Square. The pontiff recovers and a few years later he visits his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca behind bars.

1607. A ship carrying English settlers arrives at the site of what becomes the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.

1940. “I, have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat.” In London, Winston Churchill gives his first speech as Britain’s Prime Minister during some of his country’s darkest days of WWII.

1846. The United States declares war on Mexico days after the 2 neighbors clash in their first major battle in Texas. The war ends with the American victory, forcing Mexico to give up territory from California to the Rio Grande.

And 1950. Stevie Wonder, singer, songwriter and one of the Motown’s most successful artists is born in Saginaw, Michigan.

Today in History, May 13th. Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.