June 13

is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining.

Events

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.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded.
1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
1871 - In Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.
1881 - The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
1886 - A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1898 - Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
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.
1920 - The United States Postal Service rules that children may not be sent via parcel post.
1927 - A ticker-tape parade is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City.
1934 - Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
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.
1942 - The United States opens its Office of War Information, a center for production of propaganda.
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.
1952 - Catalina affair, a Swedish Douglas DC-3 was shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
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.
1970 - "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.
1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. ^*
1977 - Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
1978 - Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
1981 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II .
1982 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system.
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.
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.
1997 - A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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.
2005- Michael Jackson found not guilty on charges of child molestation
2006 - Sonic Youth release their new album Rather Ripped

Births

823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)
1649 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
1752 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (d. 1840)
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)
1786 - Winfield Scott, U.S. general (d. 1866)
1831 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)
1864 - Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist (d. 1922)
1865 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)
1870 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1961)
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)
1901 - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
1903 - Harold 'Red' Grange, American football player (d. 1991)
1906 - Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
1910 - Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (d. 2001)
1910 - Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
1911 - Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1915 - Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
1926 - Paul Lynde, American actor (d. 1982)
1928 - John Forbes Nash, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics
1929 - Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)
1933 - Tom King, British politician
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
1959 - Steve Georganas, Australian politician
1961 - Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
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)
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

Deaths

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)
1784 - Henry Middleton, American president of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
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)
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)

Holidays and observances

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 GTZ: Franciscans
Saint Agricius, bishop of Sens, confessor Sens
Saint Landoald, bishop, confessor Bruges
Saint Leo III, pope (Paris)
Saint Onuphrius, hermit, confessor Constance, Mainz
Saint Ragnobert, martyr Lyon
Saint Rambert
Saint Valerian, bishop (Bruges)
Saint Valericus, bishop (Bruges)
Blessed Odwin
Blessed Thomas Woodhouse, martyr
Blessed Damhnade, virgin Fermanagh
Saint Felicola, virgin, martyr Cologne, Trier, Worms, France

External links

BBC: On This Day

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Events

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Deaths

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