What are the important events that happened on June 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 13 is the 165th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 31, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,637,280 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontapentagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 230 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,192 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 13 Historical Events
- 1625 –King Charles I marries Henrietta Maria of France, Princess of France
- 1805 –Lewis and Clark Expedition: scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
- 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.
- 1967 –U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1971 –Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
- 1978 –Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- 1982 –Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
- 1983 –Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune (the furthest planet from the Sun at the time).
- 1997 –Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.
- 2005 –A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
Who were born on June 13?
- 1773 –Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
- 1827 –Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
- 1910 –Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Galician writer (d. 1999)
- 1912 –Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (d. 1943)
- 1935 –Christo, Bulgarian artist
- 1941 –Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
- 1963 –Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
- 1973 –Ville Laihiala, Finnish musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
- 1976 –Kym Marsh, English singer, actress and T.V. presenter
- 1980 –Florent Malouda, French footballer
Who died on June 13?
- 1036 –Ali az-Zahir, caliph (b. 1005)
- 1256 –Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
- 1951 –Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
- 1979 –Demetrio Stratos, Italian musician (b. 1945)
- 1982 –Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
- 1993 –Deke Slayton, astronaut (b. 1924)
- 2002 –John Hope, American meteorologist (b. 1919)
- 2005 –Lane Smith, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2007 –Walid Eido, Lebanese MP (b. 1942)
- 2008 –Tim Russert, American television host, NBC News Meet the Press moderator (b. 1950)
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