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A bit of May 13th history…
1767 - Mozart’s 1st opera, “Apollo et Hyacinthus”, written when he was 11 yrs old premiers in Salzburg
1787 - Arthur Phillip sets sail with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia
1917 - First reported appearance of Virgin Mary to 3 children in Fatima, Portugal (pictured)
1981 - Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded in the Vatican City
2019 - New study on moon shows it is still shrinking as it cools after moonquakes
May 13, 2021 at 05:00AM