This Day in History

May 13th in History

Churchill offers "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" to the British people. In other news, Brazil abolishes slavery, the Afrika Korps surrenders, Joe Louis and Stevie Wonder are born, Gary Cooper dies, and it's Lemuralia!

Read More

Quote of the Day

"I've always been impulsive. My thinking is usually pretty good, but I always seem to do it after I do my talking — by which time I've generally destroyed all basis for further conversation."

Roger Zelazny, science fiction writer born May 13, 1927