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, 1,718,236,800 seconds 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
- 1525 –Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
- 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.
- 1952 –Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
- 1966 –The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
- 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).
- 1996 –The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
- 2000 –Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- 2002 –The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 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?
- 1827 –Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
- 1884 –Étienne Gilson, French philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1894 –Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer (d. 1986)
- 1911 –Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
- 1928 –John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician, Nobel laureate
- 1935 –Christo, Bulgarian artist
- 1959 –Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian politician
- 1959 –Steve Georganas, Australian politician
- 1962 –Ally Sheedy, American actress
- 1964 –Kathy Burke, English actress
Who died on June 13?
- 1256 –Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
- 1636 –George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
- 1918 –Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II (b. 1878) (murdered)
- 1965 –David Drummond, Australian politician (b. 1890)
- 1979 –Darla Hood, American actress (b. 1931)
- 1982 –Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
- 1998 –Birger Ruud, Norwegian athlete (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese politician and writer (b. 1913)
- 2005 –Jonathan Adams, English actor (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Tim Russert, American television host, NBC News Meet the Press moderator (b. 1950)
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