May 13 1888
Slavery was abolished in Brazil.
May 13 1901: Boer War
The British prime minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, stated that Britain's successes in the South African campaign is proof of her "formidable military strength."
Following the proclamation of Abd al-Aziz as Sultan of Morocco, French and British citizens were attacked by rebel tribesmen who refuse to acknowledge his authority.
May 13 1915 World War I: German South West Africa
Under the command of General Louis Botha (the South African prime minister was leading the army in the field) South African forced capture German West Africa (an area of almost 300,000 square miles). The campaign had been delayed by the need to put down a rebellion by the Afrikaner right who still consider Britain to be the enemy.
May 13 1928
Trans-African auto expedition between Brussels and Cape Town started today.
May 13 1940
Winston Churchill made his first speech as the prime minister of Britain.
May 13 1943 - World War II: Axis defeated in North Africa
At 2:15 pm the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, received the following news from Allied C-in-C General Harold Alexander in North Africa: "Sir, it is my duty to report that the Tunisian campaign is over. All enemy resistance has ceased. We are the masters of the North African shores."
May 13 1958
French nationalists in Algeria rebel: 40,000 French settlers demonstrated against a proposal by Pierre Pfimlin, the French premier, to negotiate with Algerian nationalists over the countries future. There was a call by French army generals in Algeria for Charles de Gaulle to take over the government once again.
May 13 1960
With Patrice Lumumba (Congolese nationalist) still under arrest, fighting broke out between rival Congolese tribes in the streets of the capital Kinshasa.
May 13 1971
Ninety-one people were arrested in Egypt as part of a purge of opposition to President Anwar el-Sadat.
May 13 1973
Colonel Muammar Kadhaffi, premier of Libya, predicted the use of oil trading restrictions as a form of Arab nationalistic protection.
May 13 1974
An unlikely riot occurred at the Jackson 5 concert at RFK Stadium in Washington DC when impatient fans began smashing bottles in the parking lot. Fifty fans were injured; forty-three were brought to jail.
May 13 1984
After an 11 week ordeal, 16 Britons were finally released by Angolan rebels.
May 13 1989
Egypt was allowed back into the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Counties (OPEC) after a ten-year exile.
May 13 2003
Michael Jackson sued Motown records for alleged nonpayment of Jackson 5 royalties and unauthorized usage of the group's music in TV commercials.
May 13 2003
The U.S. government unveiled a newly designed version of the $20 bill. It was the first to be colorized in an effort to stop counterfeiters.
Source: africanhistory.about.com
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