Event - May 13

Event:
1960 - Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born.

Reference:
1960: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960
University of California, Berkeley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley
Protest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/protest
House Committee on Un-American Activities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee
Free Speech Movement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement


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Event - May 13

Event:
1958 - Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over by sea and by land during a ten-year journey.

Reference:
Ben Carlin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin
Circumnavigate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumnavigation
Amphibious vehicle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/amphibious_vehicle


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Event - May 13

Event:
1958 - May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.

Reference:
May 1958 crisis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1958_crisis
Algiers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algiers
Charles de Gaulle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle
French control of Algeria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerie_francaise


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