June 13
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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.
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Events
- 1373 - England and Portugal sign a treaty of alliance which has never been broken
- 1774 - Rhode Island is the first colony to outlaw the importation of slaves
- 1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded
- 1898 - Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital
- 1942 - The United States opens its Office of War Information, a center for production of propaganda
- 1944 - World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England
- 1966 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them
- 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court
- 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
- 1973 - Vietnam War - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign a peace agreement
- 1982 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system
Births
- 823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and king of the West Franks (+ 877)
- 1786 - Winfield Scott, United States general (+ 1866)
- 1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (+ 1896)
- 1865 - William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1923 (+ 1939)
- 1870 - Jules Bordet, physicist and microbiologist (+ 1961)
- 1887 - Bruno Frank, author (+ 1945)
- 1892 - Basil Rathbone, actor (+ 1967)
- 1893 - Dorothy L. Sayers, author (+ 1957)
- 1897 - Paavo Nurmi, runner (+ 1973)
- 1903 - Harold 'Red' Grange, American football player (+ 1991)
- 1913 - Kid Azteca, boxer (+ 2002)
- 1913 - Ralph Edwards, television host
- 1915 - Don Budge, tennis player (+ 2000)
- 1926 - Paul Lynde, actor (+ 1982)
- 1933 - Tom King, British politician
- 1935 - Christo, artist
- 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, actor
- 1948 - Garnet Bailey, ice hockey player & scout (+ 2001)
- 1951 - Richard Thomas, actor
- 1951 - [[Stellan Skarsg�rd]], actor
- 1953 - Tim Allen, actor
- 1962 - Ally Sheedy, actress
- 1970 - Rivers Cuomo, singer, guitar player (Weezer)
- 1974 - Steve-O, television personality
- 1986 - The Olsen twins, actresses
Deaths
- 1886 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria
- 1918 - Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov (AKA Grand Duke Michael), Tsar Mikhail II of Russia
- 1946 - Major Bowes, radio host
- 1972 - Clyde McPhatter, musician
- 1979 - Darla Hood, actress
- 1980 - Walter Rodney, historian, political figure
- 1982 - King Khalid of Saudi Arabia
- 1986 - Benny Goodman, musician
- 1987 - Geraldine Page, actress
- 1989 - Fran Allison, actress, television personality
- 1998 - Reg Smythe, Andy Capp cartoonist
- 2003 - Hein ten Hoff, German boxing athlete
Holidays and observances
- Feast of St Anthony of Padua
- Roman Empire - Quinquatrus Minusculae held in honor of Minerva
- Roman Empire - seventh day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
See Also:
June 12 - June 14 - May 13 - July 13 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "June 13" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_13 January 1, 2004
