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What happened in history on this day: June 13?
On June 13 in ...
- 40 - Birth of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general; conquered Wales, North England.
- 823 - Birth of Charles II (the Bald), king of France (843-77), emperor (875-77).
- 1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed.
- 1497 - King Fernando of Spain decrees that silver coins called reales be struck.
- 1611 - John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication.
- 1752 - Birth of Fanny Burney England, author (Camille, Evelina).
- 1773 - Birth of Thomas Young proponent of the wave theory of light.
- 1774 - Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves.
- 1786 - Birth of Winfield Scott American near Petersburg, Virginia; army general/presidential candidate.
- 1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California.
- 1821 - Birth of Albert duc de Broglie in France; premier (1873-74, 1877).
- 1831 - Birth of James Clerk Maxwell; physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory.
- 1865 - Birth of William Butler Yeats in Ireland; poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel Prize 1923).
- 1866 - US Congress passes the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, repudiating debt incurred by the Confederate States of America. The amendment is referred to state legislatures for ratification.
- 1871 - Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador.
- 1873 - J C Watson discovers asteroid #132 Aethra.
- 1879 - A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella.
- 1881 - Birth of Lois Weber; film director (What Do Men Want?).
- 1886 - Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- 1886 - Deposed King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead of drowning at Berg Castle near Munich.
- 1892 - Birth of Basil Rathbone in Johannesburg, South Africa; actor (Sherlock Holmes in 12 films and hundreds of radio plays).
- 1893 - Birth of Dorothy L Sayers in England; novelist (Nine Taylors) (dies 1957).
- 1894 - Birth of Mark van Doren in Illinois, USA; author (The Happy Critic).
- 1895 - ÉEmile Levassor wins first Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph).
- 1897 - Birth of Paavo Johannes Nurmi in Finland; 5000m runner (Olympic-gold-1924).
- 1898 - Yukon Territory of Canada is organized, Dawson chosen as capital.
- 1899 - Birth of Carlos Chávez in Mexico City, Mexico; conductor/composer (Sinfonía India).
- 1900 - Birth of Ian Hunter in South Africa; actor (Sir Richard - Robin Hood).
- 1903 - Birth of Harold "Red" Grange; "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears).
- 1910 - Birth of Mary Wickenhauser AKA Mary Wickes in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Miss Cathcart - Dennis the Menace TV series).
- 1911 - Birth of Luis W Alvarez; physicist (Nobel Prize-1968).
- 1912 - Birth of Mary Wickes in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc).
- 1913 - Birth of Ralph Edwards in Merino, Colorado, USA; announcer/producer/host (This is Your Life TV show, Truth or Consequences radio show, The People's Court).
- 1913 - Birth of Lloyd Percival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; physical fitness expert (Sports College, Fitness Institute).
- 1915 - Birth of J Donald Budge; US tennis player (first to hold world's four major titles).
- 1917 - Birth of Si (Simon) Zentner in New York City, New York, USA; trombonist/bandleader ("Up a Lazy River" (1961)).
- 1918 - Birth of Ben Johnson in Foraker, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger).
- 1918 - Philadelphia Phillies and Saint Louis Cardinals tie 8-8 in 19 innings.
- 1920 - Birth of Knut Nordahl in Sweden; soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948).
- 1921 - New York Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits two home runs beating Detroit Tigers 11-8.
- 1924 - New York Yankees win by forfeit over Detroit Tigers, their third forfeit win.
- 1926 - Birth of Paul Lynde in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA; actor/comedian (Hollywood Squares TV show, The Perry Como Show TV show, Uncle Arthur - Bewitched TV show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Donny and Marie TV show, The Paul Lynde Show TV show).
- 1927 - A ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh.
- 1930 - 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece.
- 1932 - Birth of Bob McGrath; actor (Sesame Street).
- 1933 - First sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady, New York).
- 1933 - Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized.
- 1934 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1349 Bechuana.
- 1935 - Birth of Christo in Bulgaria; artist, wrapper (Running Fence).
- 1935 - James T Braddocks beats Max Baer for heavyweight boxing championship.
- 1937 - Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive home runs against Saint Louis Browns.
- 1939 - Birth of Siegfried; magician (Siegfried and Roy).
- 1940 - Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco changes Spain's status from neutral to nonbelligerent.
- 1940 - Birth of Bobby Freeman in San Francisco, California, USA; rocker ("Do You Want to Dance").
- 1940 - Paris, France, is evacuated before the German advance.
- 1941 - Birth of Robert Forester in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Banyon, Nakia).
- 1941 - Birth of Tom Hallick in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Search).
- 1942 - First V-2 rocket launch, Peenemünde, Germany; reaches 1.3 km.
- 1942 - (evening) George Dasch, Ernest Burger, Heinrich Heinck, and Richard Quirin, all American citizens of German birth, and members of the German Nazi party, land on the beach of Long Island, New York, from a small row boat. Their mission is to sabotage industrial installations producing war material.
- 1943 - Birth of Edward Skorek in Poland; volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1943 - Birth of Malcolm McDowell; actor (Heroes, Entourage, Fantasy Island, A Clockwork Orange, Caligula).
- 1944 - Marvin Camras is granted a patent to the wire recorder for audio recording.
- 1944 - Birth of Joe Amato; NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991).
- 1945 - Birth of Ronald J Grabe in New York City, New York, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51-J, STS 30, STS 42).
- 1945 - American Military Government in Venezia Giulia is established, at the northern end of Adriatic Sea, claimed by both Italy and Yugoslavia.
- 1946 - First transcontinental round-trip flight in one day, California-Maryland.
- 1946 - Death of Edward Bowes at age 71; host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show (1934)).
- 1947 - First night game at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox 5, Chicago White Sox 3).
- 1948 - Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium (he dies August 16th).
- 1951 - Birth of Richard Thomas in New York City, New York, USA; actor (John Boy - The Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda, Just Cause).
- 1951 - Birth of Jonathan Hogan; actor (One Life to Live, As the World Turns, The Doctors).
- 1951 - Birth of Howard Leese; guitarist (Heart, Spirit).
- 1952 - A DC-3 plane takes off from Bromma airport in Sweden, to gather Russian intelligence over the Baltic Sea for the British. At about 108 miles southeast of Stockholm, a Soviet Mig 15 plane shoots it down over international waters.
- 1953 - Birth of Tim Allen; comedian, actor (Home Improvement, Toy Story).
- 1955 - The first diamond mine of the USSR (Mir Mine) is discovered.
- 1955 - Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France.
- 1957 - Ted Williams becomes first American League member to have two three-home run games in a season.
- 1961 - Ben Jones Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at age 79.
- 1962 - Birth of Ally Sheedy in New York City, USA; actress (Saint Elmo's, Short Circuit, Maid to Order, The Breakfast Club, The Best Little Girl in the World, Hill St. Blues).
- 1962 - NBC airs the last The Bob Newhart Show TV show.
- 1963 - Birth of Bettina Bunge in Switzerland; tennis player (Virginia Slims of California 1983).
- 1963 - Birth of Catarina Lindqvist in Sweden; tennis player (Swedish Open 1986).
- 1963 - Birth of Paul deLisle; rock musician (Smash Mouth).
- 1965 - Death of Martin Buber in Jerusalem, Israel; Jewish religious philosopher, author (Ich und Du 1923), editor (Der Jude 1916-1924), teacher of Jewish adult education in Germany.
- 1966 - The US Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. The adopted text: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you."
- 1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall as justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1968 - Birth of Deniece Peterson; rocker (Five Star - "Silk and Steel").
- 1968 - The Smithsonian Institution receives its single largest donation of 6125 US gold coins from the Josiah K. Lilly estate, in exchange for a Congress-approved $5.5 million tax write-off for the estate.
- 1969 - Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins the Rolling Stones.
- 1969 - Birth of Soren Rasted; musician (Aqua).
- 1969 - Birth of Jamie Walters; actor-singer (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1969 - T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2111 Tselina.
- 1970 - The Beatles' "Let It Be" album goes #1 and stays #1 for four weeks.
- 1970 - The Beatles' "Long and Winding Road" single goes Number 1 (last one for the group) and stays there for two weeks.
- 1971 - Birth of Broderick nonuplets in Sydney, Australia (7 of 9 survive infancy).
- 1971 - New York Times begins publishing "The Pentagon Papers".
- 1971 - Perth Observatory discovers asteroids #1806 Derice and #1978 Patrice.
- 1972 - Death of Clyde McPhatter from complications of heart, liver, and kidney disease at age 38 in New York, USA; singer (The Drifters, Billy Ward and the Dominoes - "Sixty-Minute Man", "Have Mercy Baby", solo - "Treasure of Love" (1956), "A Lover's Question" (1958), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)).
- 1972 - T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604.
- 1973 - Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell play together for first time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8+ years (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1975 - Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2219 Mannucci.
- 1977 - Convicted assassin James Earl Ray recaptured.
- 1977 - Tom C Clark, former US Supreme Court Justice, dies in New York at age 77.
- 1978 - Birth of Ethan Embry; actor (Brotherhood, Freaky Links).
- 1979 - Death of Darla Hood at age 47 of acute hepatitis from minor surgery; child actress (Our Gang comedies (1935-41), The Little Rascals TV show).
- 1980 - Republican John Jenrette Junior (Democrat-South Carolina) indicted in "Abscam" investigation.
- 1980 - United Nations Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela.
- 1981 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, Marcus Sarjeant fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1981 - In Salem, Oregon, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite.
- 1982 - King Khalid of Saudi Arabia dies at age 69.
- 1982 - Crown Prince Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia on death of King Khalid.
- 1982 - In Alberta, Canada, 15 members of the Black Leopards Karate Club demolish a house with bare hands and feet with the owner's consent.
- 1983 - Birth of Sarah Schaub; actress (Touched by an Angel, The Stand).
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes first man-made object to leave solar system.
- 1985 - In Auburn, Washington, police defuse a Unabomber bomb sent to Boeing.
- 1985 - Birth of Raz B; singer (B2K).
- 1986 - Birth of Kat Dennings; American actress (ER, Raising Dad).
- 1986 - Death of Benny Goodman of a heart attack at age 77 in New York, USA; bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing" ("Let's Dance", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Sing, Sing, Sing").
- 1986 - Birth of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen; twin American actresses (Full House, So Little Time).
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency.
- 1987 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel, and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina.
- 1987 - Death of Geraldine Page of a heart attack at age 62; American actress (Blue and Gray, A Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor).
- 1989 - Death of Fran Allison of myelodysplasia at age 81; American actress (Aunt Fanny - Breakfast Club radio show, Kukla, Fran and Ollie TV show).
- 1990 - Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight: Seattle, Washington to Narobi, Kenya.
- 1990 - Washington DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a fourth term.
- 1991 - Warner Bros. releases the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to theaters.
- 1991 - NHL owners present contract to players (leads to April 1, 1992 strike).
- 1991 - A spectator is killed by lightning at the U.S. Open.
- 1995 - French President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- 1996 - An 81-day standoff between the Montana Freemen and FBI agents ends with their surrender in Montana.
- 1997 - A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1997 - The Chicago Bulls win their 5th NBA championship by defeating the Utah Jazz in the best-of-7 series 4 games to 2.
- 1998 - In Portales, New Mexico, USA a meteorite penetrates a barn roof.
- 2000 - South Korean President Kim Dae Jung visit North Korea, first as a president of opposite side, to participate in the first North-South presidential summit.
- 2001 - The Indonesian tanker MV Endah Lestari capsizes off Malaysia's southern Johor state, just across from Singapore, releasing a 699,000-litre cargo of toxic, water-soluable phenol, and 21,000 litres of diesel oil.
- 2001 - Death of Marcelo Fromer, guitarist of Brazilian band Titãs (born 1961).
- 2002 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Carolina Hurricanes four games to one in the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals.
- 2004 - Death of Danny Dark of a pulmonary hemmorhage at age 63; announcer (NBC Television, StarKist Tuna commercials), voice actor (Superman - Super Friends TV show).
- 2005 - Singer Michael Jackson is acquitted by a jury in Los Angeles, California of all ten charges in his child molestation trial.
- 2006 - Death of Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (born 1925).
- 2008 - Oil company OGX, started in 2007 by Eike Batista in Brazil, raises US$3.6 billion in its initial public stock offering. The company has no proven reserves, and has not even started drilling.
- 2008 - In Kandahar, Afghanistan, a group of Taliban armed fighters and suicide-bombers blast open the Sarposa prison, releasing over 1000 inmates.
- 2008 - Death of Tim Russert of a heart attack at age 58; TV newsman (NBC Washington Bureau Chief), host (Meet the Press TV show).
- 2009 - New York-based theme park operator Six Flags files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with US$2.4 billion in debt.
- 2009 - Following the reelection of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, supporters of defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi accuse the government of fraud, and launch a series of sustained protests.
- 2010 - Audi finishes 1-2-3 at the Le Mans 24 hour race, tying Ferrari for 2nd place among the most successful manufacturers in Le Mans history.
- 2012 - Death of William Standish Knowles, American Nobel chemist (born 1917).
- 2016 - Microsoft announces it will acquire LinkedIn for US$262 billion, 50 percent over share market price.
- 2018 - FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to a joint bid from Canada, Mexico and the United States.
- 2019 - Two oil tankers are attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while transiting the Gulf of Oman.
- 2021 - Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister of Israel, is voted out of office; Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid are sworn in as Prime Minister of Israel and as Alternate Prime Minister of Israel, respectively.
- 2021 - (to July 10) The 2021 Copa América, hosted behind closed doors by Brazil, is held, and is won by Argentina.
- 2022 - A nearly 300kg giant stingray is caught (tagged and released) by a Cambodian fisherman in the Mekong River. Largest freshwater fish ever caught.
- 2023 - Death of Cormac McCarthy at age 89 of natural causes at home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; author (Blood Meridian book (1985), All the Pretty Horses book (1992), No Country for Old Men book (2005), The Road book (2006, Pulitzer Prize winner), The Crossing book (1994), The Passenger book (2022), Cities of the Plain book (1998), Stella Maris book (2022)).
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