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2013

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield leaves the International Space Station and heads back to Earth.

The final episode of the sitcom “Frasier” airs on NBC. It is watched by 33 million viewers.

Reggie Jackson becomes the first Major League Baseball batter to strike out 2,000 times.

Pope John Paul II is seriously wounded in a shooting in Rome by Mehmet Ali Agca.

The Rolling Stones record the song “Satisfaction.”

The first Formula 1 championship begins with the opening race at Silverstone in England.

Three children claim to have seen the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal.

The first Giro d’Italia begins in Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna wins the race.

At the age of 11, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart premieres his first opera, “Apollo and Hyacinthus,” in Salzburg.

Jamestown, Virginia, is founded, establishing the first English colony in America.

It happened on… May 13