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June 13th


- Christian Feast Day
- Quinquatrus Minusculae, in honor of Minerva. (Roman Empire)
- The seventh day of Vestalia. (Roman Empire)

June 13th


- 2007 - The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a third time.
- 2005 - A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
- 2002 - The United States of America withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 2002 - Two 14-year-old South Korean girls are struck and killed by a United States Army armored vehicle, leading to months of public protests against the US.
- 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.
- 2000 - Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- 1997 - A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1997 - Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.
- 1997 - American fugitive Ira Einhorn is arrested in France for the murder of Holly Maddux after 16 years on the run, though he would not return for another four years.
- 1996 - The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
- 1995 - French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- 1994 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the solar system.
- 1982 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
- 1981 - At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1978 - Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- 1977 - Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
- 1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
- 1970 - "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.
- 1969 - Governor of Texas Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the University of Texas at Dallas.
- 1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1966 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
- 1955 - Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered.
- 1952 - Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
- 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.
- 1942 - The United States opens its Office of War Information.
- 1942 - The United States establish the Office of Strategic Services.
- 1935 - In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the 10 to 1 underdog James J. Braddock defeats Max Baer in Long Island City, New York, and becomes the heavyweight champion of the world.
- 1934 - Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
- 1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
- 1917 - World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
- 1910 - The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines.
- 1898 - Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- 1893 - Grover Cleveland undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
- 1886 - A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 1886 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
- 1881 - The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
- 1871 - In Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.
- 1805 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
- 1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
- 1774 - Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
- 1625 - King Charles I marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France
- 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
- 1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
- 1249 - Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots.

June 13th


- 1989 - Tommy Searle, professional motocross racer
- 1989 - Lisa Tucker, American singer
- 1986 - Kat Dennings, American actress
- 1986 - Ashley Olsen, American actress
- 1986 - Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress
- 1986 - Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
- 1985 - Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
- 1984 - Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
- 1983 - Matt Allison, British racing driver
- 1983 - Jason Spezza, Canadian hockey player
- 1983 - Ryan Conferido, American dancer
- 1982 - Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete
- 1981 - Chris Evans, American actor
- 1980 - Darius Vassell, English footballer
- 1980 - Florent Malouda, French footballer
- 1980 - Jamario Moon, American basketball player
- 1980 - Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
- 1980 - Sarah Connor, German singer
- 1979 - Nila Hĺkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player
- 1978 - Ethan Embry, American actor
- 1978 - Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
- 1978 - Jason Michael Carroll, country musician
- 1978 - Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
- 1976 - Kym Marsh, English singer, actress and T.V. presenter
- 1976 - Jason 'J' Brown, English Singer
- 1975 - Ante Covic, Australian footballer
- 1975 - Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director
- 1975 - Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
- 1975 - Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model
- 1974 - Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
- 1974 - Valeri Bure, Russian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Steve-O, American stunt performer and television personality
- 1974 - Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer
- 1974 - Brande Roderick, American actress
- 1973 - Sam Adams, American football player
- 1973 - Mattias Hellberg, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
- 1973 - Ville Laihiala, Finnish musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
- 1973 - Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer
- 1973 - Leeann Tweeden, American model and television presenter
- 1972 - Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician
- 1970 - Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
- 1970 - Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer)
- 1970 - Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1969 - Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian athlete
- 1969 - Sřren Nystrřm Rasted
- 1968 - David Gray, British musician
- 1968 - Denise Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
- 1968 - Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
- 1968 - Spike Breakwell, British comedian
- 1968 - Marcel Theroux, British writer and broadcaster
- 1967 - Ta?k?n Aksoy, Turkish footballer
- 1966 - Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
- 1966 - Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
- 1965 - Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
- 1965 - Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
- 1965 - Lukas Ligeti, Austrian composer and drummer
- 1965 - Lisa Vidal, American actress
- 1964 - Kathy Burke, English actress
- 1964 - Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1964 - Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer
- 1963 - Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
- 1963 - Paul De Lisle, American musician (Smash Mouth)
- 1963 - Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
- 1962 - Hannah Storm, American television personality
- 1962 - Ally Sheedy, American actress
- 1962 - Glenn Michibata, Canadian professional tennis player
- 1962 - Davey Hamilton, American racing driver
- 1961 - Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
- 1959 - Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian politician
- 1959 - Steve Georganas, Australian politician
- 1959 - Lance Kinsey, Canadian actor
- 1955 - Leah Ward Sears, Chief Justice Georgia Supreme Court
- 1955 - Alan Hansen, Scottish football pundit
- 1954 - Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician
- 1954 - Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer
- 1953 - Tim Allen, American comedian and actor
- 1952 - Tony Bruno, American talkshow host
- 1952 - Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian politician and former judoka
- 1951 - Richard Thomas, American actor
- 1951 - Stellan Skarsgĺrd, Swedish actor
- 1951 - Robert P. Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court justice
- 1950 - Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
- 1950 - Michael Stark, Australian actor
- 1950 - Gerd Zewe, German footballer
- 1949 - Dennis Locorriere, American singer and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
- 1949 - Ulla Schmidt, German politician
- 1948 - Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 2001)
- 1948 - Joe Roth, American executive, producer and film director
- 1947 - A. G. Lafley, American executive director
- 1945 - Whitley Strieber, American author
- 1944 - Ban Ki-moon, South Korean United Nations Secretary-General
- 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor
- 1943 - Jim Guy Tucker, American politician, governor of Arkansas
- 1941 - Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer
- 1941 - Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
- 1940 - Bobby Freeman, American soul singer
- 1939 - Tom Cheek, American baseball broadcaster (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Erich Ribbeck, German football player/manager
- 1936 - Michael H. Jordan, American businessman and Chief Executive Officer (d. 2010)
- 1935 - Christo, Bulgarian artist
- 1935 - Jeanne-Claude, French artist (d. 2009)
- 1935 - Samak Sundaravej, Thai 25th Prime Minister (d. 2009)
- 1933 - Tom King, British politician
- 1931 - Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist
- 1931 - Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Ryszard Kukli?ski, Polish colonel (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)
- 1929 - Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
- 1928 - John Forbes Nash, American mathematician, Nobel laureate
- 1926 - Paul Lynde, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1924 - Percy Rodriguez, Canadian actor (d. 2007)
- 1922 - Etienne Leroux, Afrikaans author, (d. 1989)
- 1920 - Rolf Huisgen, German chemist
- 1918 - Ben Johnson, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1918 - Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (d. 1944)
- 1917 - Teddy Turner, comedian (d. 1992)
- 1915 - Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
- 1912 - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (d. 1943)
- 1911 - Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
- 1911 - Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
- 1910 - Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (d. 2001)
- 1910 - Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Galician writer (d. 1999)
- 1910 - Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1909 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician (d. 1998)
- 1906 - Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician (d. 1985)
- 1905 - Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
- 1903 - Red Grange, American football player (d. 1991)
- 1901 - Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
- 1899 - Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (d. 1978)
- 1897 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (d. 1973)
- 1894 - Dr. Leo Kanner, Austrian-American physician (d. 1981)
- 1894 - Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer (d. 1986)
- 1893 - Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (d. 1957)
- 1892 - Basil Rathbone, English actor (d. 1967)
- 1888 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
- 1887 - Bruno Frank, German author (d. 1945)
- 1885 - Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (d. 1969)
- 1884 - Anton Drexler, German political figure (d. 1942)
- 1884 - Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
- 1884 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1876 - William Sealey Gosset, English chemist, statistician (d. 1937)
- 1870 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
- 1865 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
- 1864 - Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist (d. 1922)
- 1864 - Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (d. 1939)
- 1863 - Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
- 1831 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)
- 1827 - Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
- 1822 - Carl Schmidt, German chemist (d. 1884)
- 1809 - Heinrich Hoffmann, German painter, author of Struwwelpeter (d. 1894)
- 1786 - Winfield Scott, U.S. general (d. 1866)
- 1775 - Antoni Radziwi??, Polish politician (d. 1833)
- 1773 - Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
- 1763 - José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman (d. 1838)
- 1752 - Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (d. 1840)
- 1649 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
- 1595 - Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian doctor and scientist (d. 1667)
- 1584 - Miyamoto Musashi, Legendary Samurai warrior, artist, and author of The Book of Five Rings (d. 1645)
- 823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)