By The Associated Press
                - Today is Thursday, May 13, the 133rd day of 1999. There are 232 days
                  left in the year.

                - On May 13th, 1607, the English colony at Jamestown, Va., was
                  settled.
                - In 1842, composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, who collaborated with Sir
                  William Gilbert in writing 14 comic operas, was born in London.
                - In 1846, the U.S. declared a state of war already existed against
                  Mexico.
                - In 1917, three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, reported
                  seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.
                - In 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of an
                  airplane, were introduced. (The airplane was printed upside-down on
                  some stamps, making them collector's items.)
                - In 1940, in his first speech as prime minister of Britain, Winston
                  Churchill told the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but
                  blood, toil, tears and sweat."
                - In 1954, President Eisenhower signed into law the St. Lawrence
                  Seaway Development Act.
                - In 1954, the musical play "The Pajama Game" opened on Broadway.
                - In 1958, Vice President Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks
                  thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
                - In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St.
                  Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
                - In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the
                  radical group "MOVE" ended as police dropped an explosive onto the
                  group's headquarters; 11 people died in the resulting fire.
                - Ten years ago: In unusually strong language, President Bush called
                  on the people of Panama and the country's defense forces to
                  overthrow their military leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega.
                - Five years ago: President Clinton nominated federal appeals Judge
                  Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring
                  Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
                - One year ago: President Clinton ordered harsh sanctions against an
                  unapologetic India, which undertook a second round of nuclear tests
                  despite global criticism.

                *Happy Birthday*
                - Actress Beatrice Arthur is 73.
                - Critic Clive Barnes is 72.
                - Director-choreographer Herbert Ross is 72.
                - Actor Harvey Keitel is 60.
                - Actor Franklin Ajaye is 50.
                - Singer Stevie Wonder is 49.
                - Basketball player Dennis Rodman is 38.
                - Actress Julianne Phillips is 37.
                - Country singer Lari White is 34.
                - Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 33.