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May 13
What happened on this day
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Brazil abolishes slavery
138 years ago
Princess Isabel signs the Lei Áurea ('Golden Law') in 1888, abolishing slavery in Brazil, the last country in the Americas to do so.
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Stevie Wonder born
76 years ago
Born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950, he signs to Motown at eleven and goes on to remake soul with the synthesiser.
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Our Lady of Fátima
109 years ago
Three shepherd children report a vision near Fátima in 1917; up to a million pilgrims now gather at the sanctuary each 13 May.
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