June 13
is the 164th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (165th in
leap years), with 201 days remaining.
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1625 - King
Charles I is married to the
French princess
Henrietta Maria de
Bourbon*
1774 -
Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
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1777 -
American Revolutionary War:
Marquis de Lafayette lands near
Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the
Continental Congress to train its army.
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1798 -
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded.
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1805 -
Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition,
Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the
Great Falls of the Missouri River.
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1871 - In
Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.
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1881 - The
USS Jeannette is crushed in an
Arctic Ocean ice pack.
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1886 - A
fire devastates much of
Vancouver,
British Columbia.
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1898 -
Yukon Territory is formed, with
Dawson chosen as its capital.
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1913 -
Great Gorge and International Railway trolley passes under garbage chute in
Niagara Falls, New York when it breaks, covering the passenger-loaded car in garbage.
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1920 - The
United States Postal Service rules that children may not be sent via
parcel post.
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1927 - A
ticker-tape parade is held for aviator
Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in
New York City.
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1934 -
Adolf Hitler and
Mussolini meet in
Venice,
Italy; Mussolini later describes the
German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
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1935 - In one of the biggest
upsets in championship
boxing, the 10 to 1
underdog James J. Braddock defeated
Max Baer in
Long Island City,
New York, and became the
heavyweight champion of the world.
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1942 - The
United States opens its
Office of War Information, a center for production of
propaganda.
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1944 -
World War II:
Germany launches a counter attack on
Carentan.
*1944 -
World War II:
Germany launches a
V1 Flying Bomb attack on
England. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.
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1952 -
Catalina affair, a Swedish
Douglas DC-3 was shot down by a Soviet
MiG-15 fighter.
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1953 -
Hungarian Prime Minister
Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by
Imre Nagy*
1966 - The
United States Supreme Court rules in
Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
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1970 - "
The Long and Winding Road" becomes
the Beatles' last Number 1 song.
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1971 -
Vietnam War:
The New York Times begins to publish the
Pentagon Papers. [
1]
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1977 - Convicted
Martin Luther King assassin
James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from
prison three days before.
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1978 -
Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from
Lebanon.
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1981 - At the
Trooping the Colour ceremony in
London, a teenager,
Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen
Elizabeth II .
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1982 -
Fahd becomes
King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother,
Khalid.
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1983 -
Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the
solar system.
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1992 - The
Orlando Predators of the
Arena Football League logged the first (and, to date, only) shutout in league history, defeating the
San Antonio Force, 50-0.
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1995 -
French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of
nuclear tests in
French Polynesia.
*
1996 - The
Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with
FBI agents.
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1997 - A jury sentences
Timothy McVeigh to the
death penalty for his part in the
1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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2000 - President
Kim Dae-jung of
South Korea meets
Kim Jong-il, president of
North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-
Korea summit, in the northern capital of
Pyongyang.
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2005-
Michael Jackson found not guilty on charges of child molestation
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823 -
Charles the Bald,
Holy Roman Emperor and King of the
West Franks (d.
877)
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1649 -
Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d.
1706)
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1752 -
Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (d.
1840)
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1763 -
José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman (d.
1838)
*
1773 -
Thomas Young, English scientist (d.
1829)
*
1775 -
Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (d.
1833)
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1786 -
Winfield Scott, U.S. general (d.
1866)
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1831 -
James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d.
1879)
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1864 -
Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist (d.
1922)
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1865 -
William Butler Yeats, Irish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1939)
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1870 -
Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1961)
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1876 -
William Sealey Gosset, English chemist and statistician (d.
1937)
*
1884 -
Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d.
1964)
* 1884 -
Etienne Gilson, French philosopher (d.
1978)
*
1887 -
Bruno Frank, German author (d.
1945)
*
1888 -
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d.
1935)
*
1892 -
Basil Rathbone, English actor (d.
1967)
*
1893 -
Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (d.
1957)
*
1897 -
Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (d.
1973)
*
1899 -
Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (d.
1978)
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1901 -
Tage Erlander,
Prime Minister of Sweden (d.
1985)
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1903 -
Harold 'Red' Grange, American football player (d.
1991)
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1906 -
Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician and statistician (d.
1985)
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1910 -
Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (d.
2001)
* 1910 -
Mary Wickes, American actress (d.
1995)
*
1911 -
Luis Alvarez, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1988)
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1915 -
Don Budge, American tennis player (d.
2000)
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1926 -
Paul Lynde, American actor (d.
1982)
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1928 -
John Forbes Nash, American mathematician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Economics*
1929 -
Alan Civil, English French horn player (d.
1989)
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1933 -
Tom King, British politician
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1935 -
Christo, Bulgarian artist
*
1941 -
Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer
*
1943 -
Malcolm McDowell, English actor
*
1945 -
Whitley Strieber, American author
*
1950 -
Michael Stark, Australian actor
*
1951 -
Richard Thomas, American actor
*
1953 -
Tim Allen, American comedian and actor
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1959 -
Steve Georganas, Australian politician
*
1961 -
Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
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1962 -
Ally Sheedy, American actress
*
1963 -
Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
*
1964 -
Kathy Burke, English actress and comedian
*
1966 -
Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
*
1968 -
David Gray, British singer and songwriter
* 1968 -
Denise Pearson, British singer and songwriter (
Five Star)
*
1970 -
Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
* 1970 -
Rivers Cuomo, American singer and musician (
Weezer)
* 1970 -
Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d.
2004)
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1972 -
Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician
*
1973 -
Sam Adams, American football player
* 1973 -
Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer and musician (
Sentenced,
Poisonblack)
* 1973 -
Leeann Tweeden, American model and television personality
*
1974 -
Steve-O, American television personality
* 1974 -
Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese
seiyu (voice actor)
*
1975 -
Ante Covic, Australian footballer
*
1978 -
Ethan Embry, American actor
* 1978 -
Christian Stepien, Canadian artist
*
1979 -
Nila Håkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player
*
1980 -
Darius Vassell, English footballer
*
1981 -
Chris Evans, American actor
* 1981 -
Shanna Ferrigno, American
reality series star
*
1982 -
Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete
*
1985 -
Raz-B, American singer (
B2K)
*
1986 -
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses
*
1989 -
Lisa Tucker, American Idol Finalist
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323 BC -
Alexander the Great, conqueror, emperor, commander (b.
356 BC)
*
1036 -
Ali az-Zahir, caliph (b.
1005)
*
1231 -
Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (b.
1195)
*
1256 "
Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b.
1173)
*
1636 -
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b.
1562)
*
1645 -
Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsman
*
1665 -
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b.
1604)
*
1760 -
Antoine Court, French Huguenot minister (b.
March 27,
1696)
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1784 -
Henry Middleton, American president of the Continental Congress (b.
1717)
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1881 -
Josef Skoda, Czech physician (b.
1805)
*
1886 - King
Ludwig II of Bavaria (b.
1845)
*
1918 - Tsar
Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov (b.
1878)
*
1931 -
Shibasaburo Kitasato, Japanese physician (b.
1851)
*
1951 -
Ben Chifley,
Prime Minister of Australia (b.
1885)
*
1965 -
Martin Buber, Austrian philosopher (b.
1878)
*
1972 -
Clyde McPhatter, American musician (b.
1932)
* 1972 -
Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1899)
* 1972 -
Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German World War II spy (b.
1891)
*
1979 -
Darla Hood, American actress (b.
1931)
*
1980 -
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (b.
1942)
*
1982 - King
Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b.
1912)
* 1982 -
Peter Maivia, wrestler (b.
1935)
*
1986 -
Benny Goodman, American musician (b.
1909)
*
1987 -
Geraldine Page, American actress (b.
1924)
*
1993 -
Deke Slayton, Astronaut (b.
1924)
*
1998 -
Birger Ruud, Norwegian athelete (b.
1911)
*
2002 -
John Hope, Meteorologist (b.
1919)
*
2004 -
Dick Durrance, American skier (b.
1914)
* 2004 -
Ralph Wiley, American Journalist and Writer (b.
1952)
*
2005 -
Jonathan Adams, English actor (b.
1931)
* 2005 -
Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician and writer (b.
1913)
* 2005 -
David Diamond, American composer (b.
1915)
* 2005 -
Lane Smith, American actor (b.
1936)
*
2006 -
Charles Haughey,
President of Ireland (b.
1925)
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Roman Empire –
Quinquatrus Minusculae held in honor of
Minerva*
Roman Empire – seventh day of the
Vestalia in honor of
Vesta*
USA – World Children's Day
Liturgical Feasts
*
Saint Anthony of Padua), priest, confessor,
Doctor of the Church [common; GTZ: Franciscans]
*
Saint Agricius,
bishop of Sens, confessor [GTZ: Sens]
*
Saint Landoald, bishop, confessor [GTZ: Bruges]
*
Saint Leo III, pope [PCP (Paris)]
*
Saint Onuphrius, hermit, confessor [GTZ: Constance, Mainz]
*
Saint Ragnobert, martyr [GTZ: Lyon]
*
Saint Rambert*
Saint Valerian, bishop [WTS (Bruges)]
*
Saint Valericus, bishop [WTS (Bruges)]
* Blessed
Odwin* Blessed
Thomas Woodhouse, martyr
* Blessed
Damhnade, virgin [ Fermanagh]
*
Saint Felicola, virgin, martyr [GTZ: Cologne, Trier, Worms, France]
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