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June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining.
[edit] Events
- 323 BC - Alexander the Great dies in Babylon.
- 1525 - Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy doctrine decreed by the Roman Catholic Church on priests.
- 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
- 1955 - Mir Mine, the first diamond mine of the USSR, is discovered.
- 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. [1]
- 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, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
- 2005- Michael Jackson acquitted for charges of child molestation.
- 2006- Charles James Haughey, the sixth Taoiseach of Ireland, dies.
[edit] 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)
- 1894 - Dr. Leo Kanner, Austrian-American psychiatrist and physician.
- 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)
- 1911 - Erwin Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
- 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
- 1941 - Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
- 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor
- 1944 - Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations; will become the U.N. Secretary-General on 1 January 2007.
- 1945 - Whitley Strieber, American author
- 1950 - Michael Stark, Australian actor
- 1951 - Richard Thomas, American actor
- 1951 - Stellan Skarsgard, Sweedish 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
- 1963 - Paul De Lisle, American bassist (Smash Mouth)
- 1964 - Kathy Burke, English actress and comedian
- 1965 - Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofía.
- 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 professional wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1972 - Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician
- 1973 - Sam Adams, American football player
- 1973 - Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer and musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
- 1974 - Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer
- 1974 - Steve-O, American television personality
- 1974 - Brande Roderick, American actress/model
- 1974 - Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
- 1975 - Ante Covic, Australian footballer
- 1976 - Jason 'J' Brown, a British pop singer
- 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)
- 1985 - Dan Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses
- 1989 - Lisa Tucker, American Idol Finalist
[edit] 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)
- 1958 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (b. 1887)
- 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)
- 1972 - Dündar Taşer, Turkish nationalist (b. 1925)
- 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)
- 1982 - Riccardo Paletti, Formula One Driver.
- 1986 - Benny Goodman, American musician (b. 1909)
- 1987 - Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
- 1993 - Deke Slayton, Astronaut (b. 1924)
- 1998 - Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (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, Taoiseach (b. 1925)
[edit] Holidays and observances
[edit] 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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