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  • Barcelona, Spain
    Wednesday May 1, 2013
    Lionel Messi

    Heavy defeat

    Barcelona, Spain
    Wednesday May 1, 2013

    Messi was ineffective during the first leg against Bayern Munich and was unable to play at all during the second, as Barcelona were defeated 7–0 on aggregate by the eventual champions. The first leg was played at Aliens Arena and Bayern finished with "4:0" on 23 April 2013, while the second leg was played at Camp Nou and Bayern finished with "3:0" on 1 May 2013 as well.




  • Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    May, 2013
    Facebook, Inc.

    Facebook Joined The Fortune 500 List For The First Time

    Menlo Park, California, U.S.
    May, 2013

    Based on its 2012 income of $5 billion, Facebook joined the Fortune 500 list for the first time in May 2013, ranked 462.




  • U.S.
    Thursday May 2, 2013
    Marvel Studios

    Ghost Rider and Punisher rights had reverted to Marvel from Sony and Lionsgate respectively

    U.S.
    Thursday May 2, 2013

    On May 2, 2013, Feige confirmed in an interview that the Ghost Rider and Punisher rights had reverted to Marvel from Sony and Lionsgate respectively, as well as reaffirming the acquisition of the Blade rights.




  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Sunday May 5, 2013
    LeBron James

    Won the 12-13 Playoffs

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Sunday May 5, 2013

    Won the 12-13 Playoffs with Heats.




  • Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom
    Tuesday May 7, 2013
    Dwayne Johnson

    Fast & Furious

    Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom
    Tuesday May 7, 2013

    Johnson starred in the sequels, Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), and The Fate of the Furious (2017).




  • Washington, DC, U.S.
    Thursday May 9, 2013
    Prince Harry

    U.S. Tour

    Washington, DC, U.S.
    Thursday May 9, 2013

    Between 9 and 15 May 2013, he made an official visit to the United States. The tour promoted the rehabilitation of injured American and UK troops, publicised his own charities and supported British interests. It included engagements in Washington, DC, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. He met survivors of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey.




  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Thursday May 9, 2013
    Charles Antetokounmpo

    Giannis was a key element in getting his team to the final to the NBA Final

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
    Thursday May 9, 2013

    Giannis led the Buck to their first championship in 50 years in the 2021 NBA Final.


  • Vatican City
    Friday May 10, 2013
    Pope Francis

    Met with Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

    Vatican City
    Friday May 10, 2013

    In May 2013, Pope Francis met with Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria in the Vatican. The meeting coincided with the 40th anniversary of the first visit by a Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria to the Vatican; when Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria met with Pope Paul VI on 10 May 1973.


  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Sunday May 12, 2013
    Richard Branson

    Branson served his duty as a stewardess

    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Sunday May 12, 2013

    Branson and Tony Fernandes, owner of Air Asia and Lotus F1 Racing, had a bet for the 2010 F1 season where the losing team's boss should work on the winner's airline during a charity flight dressed as a stewardess. Fernandes escaped as the bet winner, as Lotus Racing ended tenth in the championship, while Virgin Racing ended twelfth and last. Branson kept his word after losing the bet, as he served his duty as a stewardess on an Air Asia flight between Perth and Kuala Lumpur on 12 May 2013.


  • Qusayr, Syria
    May, 2013
    Qasem Soleimani

    Retaking of Qusayr

    Qusayr, Syria
    May, 2013

    The retaking of Qusayr in May 2013 from rebel forces and Al-Nusra Front was, according to John Maguire, a former CIA officer in Iraq, "orchestrated" by Soleimani.


  • U.S.
    Wednesday May 15, 2013
    Bitcoin

    US authorities seized accounts associated with Mt. Gox

    U.S.
    Wednesday May 15, 2013

    On 15 May 2013, US authorities seized accounts associated with Mt. Gox after discovering it had not registered as a money transmitter with FinCEN in the US.


  • Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Wednesday May 15, 2013
    Android

    Google Play edition program

    Mountain View, California, U.S.
    Wednesday May 15, 2013

    At its developer conference in May 2013, Google announced a special version of the Samsung Galaxy S4, where, instead of using Samsung's own Android customization, the phone ran "stock Android" and was promised to receive new system updates fast. The device would become the start of the Google Play edition program and was followed by other devices, including the HTC One Google Play edition, and Moto G Google Play edition.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    May, 2013
    YouTube

    100 hours of new videos were uploaded to the site every minute

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    May, 2013

    100 hours of new videos were uploaded to the site every minute.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    May, 2013
    YouTube

    YouTube launched a pilot program for content providers to offer premium

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    May, 2013

    In May 2013, YouTube launched a pilot program for content providers to offer premium, subscription-based channels within the platform.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    May, 2013
    World Trade Organization

    Roberto Azevêdo

    Geneva, Switzerland
    May, 2013

    Azevêdo was elected to succeed Pascal Lamy as Director-General of the World Trade Organization in May 2013.


  • California, United States
    May, 2013
    Elon Musk

    Surpassing Range Limitation

    California, United States
    May, 2013

    In May 2013 interview with All Things Digital, Musk said that to overcome the range limitations of electric cars, Tesla planned to expand its network of supercharger stations, tripling the number on the East and West coasts of the U.S. that June, with plans for more expansion across North America, including Canada, throughout the year.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday May 20, 2013
    International Monetary Fund

    Discussion Paper

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday May 20, 2013

    The topic of sovereign debt restructuring was taken up by the IMF in April 2013 for the first time since 2005, in a report entitled "Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Recent Developments and Implications for the Fund's Legal and Policy Framework". The paper, which was discussed by the board on 20 May, summarised the recent experiences in Greece, St Kitts, and Nevis, Belize, and Jamaica. An explanatory interview with Deputy Director Hugh Bredenkamp was published a few days later, as was a deconstruction by Matina Stevis of the Wall Street Journal.


  • San Jose, California, U.S.
    May, 2013
    Zoom Video Communications

    1 million users

    San Jose, California, U.S.
    May, 2013

    Zoom launched version 1.0 of the program allowing the maximum number of participants per conference to be 25. By the end of its first month, Zoom had 400,000 users and by May 2013 it had 1 million users.


  • Redmond, Washington, United States
    Wednesday May 22, 2013
    X-box

    Xbox Internet-based features

    Redmond, Washington, United States
    Wednesday May 22, 2013

    Announced on May 21, 2013, the Xbox One has an emphasis on internet-based features, including the ability to record and stream gameplay, and the ability to integrate with a set-top box to watch cable or satellite TV through the console with an enhanced guide interface and Kinect-based voice control.


  • Palmdale, California, U.S.
    Wednesday May 22, 2013
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Pearl Fernandez called 9-1-1

    Palmdale, California, U.S.
    Wednesday May 22, 2013

    On May 22, 2013, Pearl Fernandez called 9-1-1 to report that her child, Gabriel Fernandez, was not breathing.


  • California, U.S.
    Thursday May 23, 2013
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre were arrested

    California, U.S.
    Thursday May 23, 2013

    On May 23, 2013, Pearl Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre were arrested; Fernandez was arrested for felony child endangerment while Aguirre was arrested for attempted murder.


  • France
    Friday May 24, 2013
    Christine Lagarde

    Assisted Witness

    France
    Friday May 24, 2013

    On 24 May 2013, after two days of questioning at the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), Lagarde was assigned the status of "assisted witness", meaning that she was not herself under investigation in the affair.


  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Friday May 24, 2013
    Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre

    Death

    Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Friday May 24, 2013

    Paramedics rushed him to the hospital where doctors declared him brain dead. Gabriel passed away two days later on May 24, 2013 at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles.


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