On This Day: May 13th

An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.

American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.

Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.

Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.

São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil.

Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan: Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.

A fireworks storage depot explodes in a residential neighborhood in Enschede, Netherlands, killing 23 people and injuring 950 others.

Kosovo War: NATO bombs the village of Koriša, killing at least 87 people.

Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.

India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.