What happened on June 13? There are more than 266 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About June 13
June 13 is the 165th day of the year 2024. There are 201 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 24th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Sauk Centre, Minnesota 56378 sunrise will occur at 05:27 AM and sunset will occur at 09:12 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Gemini. The modern birthstone for this month is Pearl while the mystical birthstone is Moonstone.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 230 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For June 13
- 1249Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.
- 1373Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
- 1525Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
- 1625King Charles I marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France
- 1774Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
- 1777American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
- 1805Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
- 1881The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
- 1886A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 1886King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
- 1893Grover Cleveland undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president’s death.
- 1898Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- 1910The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines.
- 1917World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
- 1927Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
- 1934Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as “a silly little monkey”.
- 1944World War II: German combat elements - reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division - launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
- 1944World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.
- 1952Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
- 1955Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered.
- 1966The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
- 1967U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1969Governor of Texas Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the University of Texas at Dallas.
- 1970“The Long and Winding Road” becomes the Beatles’ last Number 1 song.
- 1971Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
- 1977Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
- 1978Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- 1981At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1982Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
- 1983Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthest planet from the Sun at the time).
- 1994A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
- 1995French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- 1996The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
- 1997A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1997Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.
- 2000Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- 2000President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
- 2002The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 2002Two 14-year-old South Korean girls are struck and killed by a United States Army armored vehicle, leading to months of public protests against the US.
- 2005A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
- 2007The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
- 2010A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
Who Were Born On June 13?
- 823Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)
- 1584Miyamoto Musashi, Legendary Samurai warrior, artist, and author of The Book of Five Rings (d. 1645)
- 1595Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian doctor and scientist (d. 1667)
- 1649Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
- 1672Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1741)
- 1752Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (d. 1840)
- 1763José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman (d. 1838)
- 1773Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
- 1775Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (d. 1833)
- 1786Winfield Scott, U.S. general (d. 1866)
- 1809Heinrich Hoffmann, German painter, author of Struwwelpeter (d. 1894)
- 1822Carl Schmidt, German chemist (d. 1884)
- 1827Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
- 1831James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)
- 1863Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
- 1864Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (d. 1939)
- 1864Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist (d. 1922)
- 1865William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
- 1870Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
- 1876William Sealey Gosset, English chemist, statistician (d. 1937)
- 1884Étienne Gilson, French philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1884Anton Drexler, German political figure (d. 1942)
- 1884Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
- 1885Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (d. 1969)
- 1887Bruno Frank, German author (d. 1945)
- 1888Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
- 1892Basil Rathbone, English actor (d. 1967)
- 1893Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (d. 1957)
- 1894Dr. Leo Kanner, Austrian-American physician (d. 1981)
- 1894Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer (d. 1986)
- 1897Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (d. 1973)
- 1899Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (d. 1978)
- 1901Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
- 1903Red Grange, American football player (d. 1991)
- 1905Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
- 1906Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician (d. 1985)
- 1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician (d. 1998)
- 1910Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Galician writer (d. 1999)
- 1910Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (d. 2001)
- 1910Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1911Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
- 1911Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
- 1912Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (d. 1943)
- 1915Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
- 1917Teddy Turner, British comedian (d. 1992)
- 1918Ben Johnson, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1918Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (d. 1944)
- 1920Rolf Huisgen, German chemist
- 1922Etienne Leroux, Afrikaans author, (d. 1989)
- 1924Percy Rodriguez, Canadian actor (d. 2007)
- 1926Paul Lynde, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1927Slim Dusty, Australian Singer (d. 2003)
- 1928John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician, Nobel laureate
- 1928Li Ka-shing, Chinese business magnate
- 1929Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)
- 1929Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
- 1930Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel (d. 2004)
- 1931Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist
- 1931Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (d. 2009)
- 1932Bob McGrath, American actor
- 1933Tom King, British politician
- 1935Christo, Bulgarian artist
- 1935Jeanne-Claude, French artist (d. 2009)
- 1935Samak Sundaravej, Thai 25th Prime Minister (d. 2009)
- 1936Michael H. Jordan, American businessman and Chief Executive Officer (d. 2010)
- 1937Erich Ribbeck, German football player/manager
- 1939Tom Cheek, American baseball broadcaster (d. 2005)
- 1940Bobby Freeman, American soul singer
- 1941Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer
- 1941Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
- 1943Jim Guy Tucker, American politician, governor of Arkansas
- 1943Malcolm McDowell, English actor
- 1944Ban Ki-moon, South Korean United Nations Secretary-General
- 1945Whitley Strieber, American author
- 1947A. G. Lafley, American executive director
- 1948Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 2001)
- 1948Joe Roth, American executive, producer and film director
- 1949Dennis Locorriere, American singer and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
- 1949Ulla Schmidt, German politician
- 1950Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
- 1950Gerd Zewe, German footballer
- 1950Michael Stark, Australian actor
- 1951Richard Thomas, American actor
- 1951Robert P. Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court justice
- 1951Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- 1952Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian politician and former judoka
- 1952Tony Bruno, American talkshow host
- 1953Tim Allen, American comedian and actor
- 1954Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician
- 1954Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer
- 1955Alan Hansen, Scottish football pundit
- 1955Leah Ward Sears, Chief Justice Georgia Supreme Court
- 1959Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian politician
- 1959Lance Kinsey, Canadian actor
- 1959Steve Georganas, Australian politician
- 1961Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
- 1962Ally Sheedy, American actress
- 1962Davey Hamilton, American racing driver
- 1962Glenn Michibata, Canadian professional tennis player
- 1962Hannah Storm, American television personality
- 1963Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
- 1963Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
- 1963Paul De Lisle, American musician (Smash Mouth)
- 1964Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer
- 1964Kathy Burke, English actress
- 1964Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1965Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
- 1965Lisa Vidal, American actress
- 1965Lukas Ligeti, Austrian composer and drummer
- 1965Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
- 1966Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
- 1966Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
- 1967Taşkın Aksoy, Turkish footballer
- 1968Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster
- 1968David Gray, British musician
- 1968Denise Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
- 1968Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
- 1968Marcel Theroux, British writer and broadcaster
- 1968Spike Breakwell, British comedian
- 1969Søren Nystrøm Rasted
- 1969Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian athlete
- 1970Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
- 1970Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1970Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer)
- 1972Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician
- 1973Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer
- 1973Leeann Tweeden, American model and television presenter
- 1973Mattias Hellberg, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
- 1973Sam Adams, American football player
- 1973Tanner Foust, American racing driver
- 1973Ville Laihiala, Finnish musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
- 1974Brande Roderick, American actress
- 1974Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer
- 1974Steve-O, American stunt performer and television personality
- 1974Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
- 1974Valeri Bure, Russian ice hockey player
- 1975Ante Covic, Australian footballer
- 1975Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model
- 1975Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director
- 1975Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
- 1976Jason ‘J’Brown, English Singer
- 1976Kym Marsh, English singer, actress and T.V. presenter
- 1978Ethan Embry, American actor
- 1978Jason Michael Carroll, country musician
- 1978Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
- 1978Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
- 1979Nila Håkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player
- 1980Darius Vassell, English footballer
- 1980Florent Malouda, French footballer
- 1980Jamario Moon, American basketball player
- 1980Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
- 1980Sarah Connor, German singer
- 1981Chris Evans, American actor
- 1982Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete
- 1983Jason Spezza, Canadian hockey player
- 1983Matt Allison, British racing driver
- 1983Ryan Conferido, American dancer
- 1984Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
- 1985Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
- 1986Ashley Olsen, American actress
- 1986Kat Dennings, American actress
- 1986Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
- 1986Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress
- 1988Austin Thornton, American drummer (Woe, Is Me)
- 1988Gabe Carimi, American football player
- 1989Lisa Tucker, American singer
- 1989Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
- 1990Aaron Johnson, English actor
Who Died On June 13?
- 1036Ali az-Zahir, caliph (b. 1005)
- 1231Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (b. 1195)
- 1256Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
- 1636George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
- 1645Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman
- 1665Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
- 1760Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (b. 1696)
- 1784Henry Middleton, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
- 1881Josef Skoda, Czech physician (b. 1805)
- 1886King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845)
- 1898Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1840)
- 1904Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
- 1918Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II (b. 1878) (murdered)
- 1930Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896)
- 1931Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician (b. 1851)
- 1943Kočo Racin, Macedonian poet (b. 1908)
- 1951Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1954Henry Blogg, English lifeboatman, George Cross and British Empire Medal recipient (b. 1876)
- 1958Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (b. 1887)
- 1965David Drummond, Australian politician (b. 1890)
- 1965Martin Buber, Austrian-born Israeli philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1972Clyde McPhatter, American musician (b. 1932)
- 1972Dündar Taşer, Turkish nationalist (b. 1925)
- 1972Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
- 1972Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German World War II spy (b. 1891)
- 1977Matthew Garber, British child actor (Mary Poppins) (b. 1956)
- 1979Darla Hood, American actress (b. 1931)
- 1979Demetrio Stratos, Italian musician (b. 1945)
- 1980Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (b. 1942)
- 1982King Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1912)
- 1982Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
- 1982Riccardo Paletti, Formula One driver (b. 1958)
- 1984António Variações, Portuguese hairdresser and musician (b. 1944)
- 1986Benny Goodman, American musician (b. 1909)
- 1987Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1989Fran Allison, American, early television personality (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) (b. 1907)
- 1993Deke Slayton, astronaut (b. 1924)
- 1993Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
- 1997Nguyen Manh Tuong, Vietnamese lawyer and intellectual (b. 1909)
- 1998Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (b. 1911)
- 1998Reg Smythe, British comic artist (Andy Capp) (b. 1917)
- 2002John Hope, American meteorologist (b. 1919)
- 2003Malik Meraj Khalid, Former caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1916)
- 2004Dick Durrance, American skier (b. 1914)
- 2004Ralph Wiley, American journalist and writer (b. 1952)
- 2005Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician and writer (b. 1913)
- 2005David Diamond, American composer (b. 1915)
- 2005Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
- 2005Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2006Charles Haughey, Taoiseach (b. 1925)
- 2007Walid Eido, Lebanese MP (b. 1942)
- 2008Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (b. 1926)
- 2008Tim Russert, American television host, NBC News Meet the Press moderator (b. 1950)
- 2009Fathi Yakan, Lebanese leader and Muslim cleric (b. 1933)
- 2009Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)
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