On This Day — May 13

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on May 13.

• 2014: An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.
• 2013: American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
• 2012: Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.
• 2011: Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
• 2006: São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.

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