Today in History May 13: 1568 - Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England. 1846 - The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting. 1938 - Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleanss jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records. 1940 - Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. 1973 - Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year. 1981 - Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peters Square, Rome.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 13:20:00 +0000
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