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13 May May 13: Yom HaZikaron in Israel (2024) Aftermath of the Enschede explosion 1909 – The inaugural edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner. 1958 – US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela. 2000 – An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage. 2008 – Nine bombs placed by the Indian Mujahideen, then an unknown terrorist group, exploded in a 15-minute period in Jaipur, India, killing 80 people and injuring more than 200 others. Maria Theresa (b. 1717) John Littlejohn (d. 1836) Alicja Iwańska (b. 1918) Gary Cooper (d. 1961) More anniversaries: May 12 May 13 May 14 File:Spacer In the news... Aurora borealis seen from Southern England A series of solar storms impact Earth, creating aurorae (pictured) at lower latitudes than usual. Former prime minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama is sentenced to one year in prison for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Mahamat Déby is declared the winner of the Chadian presidential election. Flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, leaves more than 110 people dead and at least 140 others missing. Kyren Wilson wins the World Snooker Championship. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war timeline Myanmar civil war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline War in Sudan timeline Recent deaths: Sam Rubin Hans Wahlgren Yvonne Mokgoro Sean Burroughs César Luis Menotti Colleen Barrett File:Spacer Today's featured article Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin, directors of Doom Doom is a first-person shooter video game and a reboot of the Doom franchise released on May 13, 2016. Players take the role of an unnamed space marine who battles demonic forces within an energy-mining facility on Mars and in Hell. The game also has an online multiplayer mode and a level editor. Developer id Software and co-developers took eight years to make the game. Their project "Doom 4" was fully overhauled in 2011 to better replicate the tone of the original Doom of 1993. Bethesda Softworks published the 2016 Doom as the first major series installment following Doom 3 in 2004. Its single-player campaign, graphics, soundtrack, and gameplay received considerable praise, while its multiplayer mode drew significant criticism. Doom became a best-seller, with more than two million PC copies sold by the next year. Multiple industry outlets named Doom among 2016's best video games. It received a sequel four years later. (Full article...) Recently featured: Thank You (Meghan Trainor album) Leucippus Felix M. Warburg House File:Spacer

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