May 13: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1858Montenegrin forces defeated the Ottoman army at the Battle of Grahovac.
2. 1861Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered a great comet visible to the naked eye.
3. 1909The Giro d'Italia, one of the world's most famous cycling races, began in Milan for the first time.
4. 1958Ben Carlin became the first person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle.
5. 1995British climber Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support.

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