May 13 Leprechaun Day -- no blarney! May 13 1950 The Diner's Club issues its first credit cards. May 13 1884 Institute for Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) founded. May 13 1873 U.S. Postal Service introduces post cards. May 13 1846 US declares war on Mexico. May 13 1835 First foreign embassy in Hawaii is established. May 13 1607 English land to found Jamestown (first permanent settlement)
Birthdays
May 13 1929 Burt Bacharach May 13 1914 Joe Louis, heavyweight. May 13 1856 Peter Henry Emerson, first photographer to promote. photography as an independent art. May 13 1842 Sir Arthur Sullivan, of Gilbert & Sullivan fame.