Today is Friday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2011. There are 232 days left in the year.
1110 ― Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1607 ― English colonists (John Smith) land near James River in Virginia
1637 ― Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1767 ― Mozart's opera ``Apollo et Hyacinthus" premieres in Salzburg
1913 ― First four-engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky, Russia)
1940 ― Churchill says ``I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”
1965 ― Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1966 ― Rolling Stones release ``Paint it Black"
1979 ― Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
1991 ― Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0