Template:Selected anniversaries/May 13
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1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.
Gilgamesh tablet grumpy about missing sections, demands high-energy literature therapy.
Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Mark Twain gives benefit to raise money for the Gilgamesh tablet's restoration.
1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born.