History for 5/13/2022 Birthdays: St. Sergius of Radonez 1314, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Cyrus McCormick, Stevie Wonder, George Braque, Daphne DuMaurier, Joe Louis, Richie Valens, Gil Evans, Beatrice Arthur, Harvey Keitel is 81, Dennis Rodman, Clive Barnes, Burnett “Burny” Mattinson is 87, Steven Colbert is 57
HAPPY FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH- A Friday, the day Adam died and Jesus was crucified, combined with the number thirteen- Judas Iscariot is called the Thirteenth Apostle, and the Vikings considered wicked Loki the Thirteenth God. So today is considered an unlucky combination. But you have a Lucky Day!
1950 - Diner's Club issued its first credit cards.
1956- Actor Montgomery Clift was disfigured in a car crash. He had to have his jaw wired until it could heal.
1963- The English adventure comic Modesty Blaise, by Peter O’Donnell and Jim Holdaway debuted.
1963- Marvel published the first The X-Men comic book.
1965 - Rolling Stones recorded "Satisfaction"
1965- In a DC nightclub, the Ramsey Lewis Trio recorded live “The In Crowd”, one of the last jazz singles to crossover and become a hit pop song.
1966 - Rolling Stones released "Paint it Black"
1971 - Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1988- Legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker “The Prince of Cool” died when he fell out of a window of the Hotel Prinz Hendrik in Amsterdam. He frequently locked himself out of his room and trying to climb in a window. Heroin and cocaine were found in his system. He was 58.
1992- Police arrest the manager of Comic Book Heaven in Sarasota Florida on seven counts of "displaying materiel harmful to minors", i.e., comic books.
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