June, 13th in History

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Events

Monday 13, 2005:
Michael Jackson found not guilty on all 10 counts during his child molestation trial.

Sunday 13, 2004:
A 4 kg meteorite hits the house of Phil and Brenda Archer in Ellerslie, New Zealand, destroying the roof and a couch.

Tuesday 13, 2000:
President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, ruler of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.

Friday 13, 1997:
A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Thursday 13, 1996:
An 81-day standoff between the Freemen and FBI agents ends with their surrender in Montana.

Tuesday 13, 1995:
French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.

Saturday 13, 1992:
The Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League logged the first (and, to date, only) shutout in league history, defeating the San Antonio Force, 50-0.

Monday 13, 1983:
Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system.

Sunday 13, 1982:
Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.

Saturday 13, 1981:
At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.

Monday 13, 1977:
Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

Sunday 13, 1971:
Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm

Saturday 13, 1970:
"The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.

Tuesday 13, 1967:
Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Monday 13, 1966:
The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

Saturday 13, 1953:
Hungarian Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by Imre Nagy

Friday 13, 1952:
Catalina affair, a Swedish Douglas DC-3 was shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.

Tuesday 13, 1944:
World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.

Saturday 13, 1942:
The United States opens its Office of War Information, a center for production of propaganda.

Thursday 13, 1935:
In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the 10 to 1 underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer in Long Island City, New York, and became the heavyweight champion of the world.

Wednesday 13, 1934:
Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".

Monday 13, 1927:
A ticker-tape parade is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City.

Sunday 13, 1920:
The United States Postal Service rules that children may not be sent via parcel post.

Wednesday 13, 1917:
1917 - Germany bombs London

Monday 13, 1898:
Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.

Sunday 13, 1886:
A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Monday 13, 1881:
The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.

Tuesday 13, 1871:
In Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.

Thursday 13, 1805:
Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

Wednesday 13, 1798:
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded.

Friday 13, 1777:
American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.

Monday 13, 1774:
Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.

Friday 13, 1625:
King Charles I is married to the French princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 13

1986:
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, American actresses (b: June 13, 1986) (Biography of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen)

1982:
Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete (b: June 13, 1982) (Biography of Kenenisa Bekele)

1979:
Nila Håkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player (b: June 13, 1979) (Biography of Nila Håkedal)

1978:
Ethan Embry, American actor (b: June 13, 1978) (Biography of Ethan Embry)

1974:
Steve-O, English television personality (b: June 13, 1974) (Biography of Steve-O)

1973:
Sam Adams, American football player (b: June 13, 1973) (Biography of Sam Adams (football player))
Leeann Tweeden, Model, television personality (b: June 13, 1973) (Biography of Leeann Tweeden)

1970:
Rivers Cuomo, American singer and musician (Weezer) (b: June 13, 1970) (Biography of Rivers Cuomo)
Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (b: June 13, 1970) (Biography of Mikael Ljungberg)
Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer (b: June 13, 1970) (Biography of Chris Cairns)

1968:
David Gray, British singer and songwriter (b: June 13, 1968) (Biography of David_Gray_%28musician%29)
Denise Pearson, British vocalist and songwriter (Five Star) (b: June 13, 1968) (Biography of Denise Pearson)

1966:
Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician (b: June 13, 1966) (Biography of Grigori Perelman)

1964:
Kathy Burke, English actress and comedian (b: June 13, 1964) (Biography of Kathy Burke)

1963:
Bettina Bunge, German tennis player (b: June 13, 1963) (Biography of Bettina Bunge)

1962:
Ally Sheedy, American actress (b: June 13, 1962) (Biography of Ally Sheedy)

1961:
Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player (b: June 13, 1961) (Biography of Anders Järryd)

1953:
Tim Allen, American comedian and actor (b: June 13, 1953) (Biography of Tim Allen)

1951:
Richard Thomas, American actor (b: June 13, 1951) (Biography of Richard Thomas (actor))

1949:
Simon Callow, British actor (b: June 13, 1949) (Biography of Simon Callow)

1945:
Whitley Strieber, American author (b: June 13, 1945) (Biography of Whitley Strieber)

1943:
Malcolm McDowell, English actor (b: June 13, 1943) (Biography of Malcolm McDowell)

1941:
Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer (b: June 13, 1941) (Biography of Esther Ofarim)

1935:
Christo, Bugarian artist (b: June 13, 1935) (Biography of Christo)

1933:
Tom King, British politician (b: June 13, 1933) (Biography of Tom King (politician))

1928:
John Forbes Nash, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (b: June 13, 1928) (Biography of John Forbes Nash)

1926:
Paul Lynde, American actor (b: June 13, 1926 ; d: January 10, 1982) (Biography of Paul Lynde)

1915:
Don Budge, American tennis player (b: June 13, 1915 ; d: January 26, 2000) (Biography of Don Budge)

1911:
Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 13, 1911 ; d: September 1, 1988) (Biography of Luis Alvarez)

1910:
Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (b: June 13, 1910) (Biography of Mary Whitehouse)
Mary Wickes, American actress (b: June 13, 1910) (Biography of Mary Wickes)

1906:
Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician and statistician (b: June 13, 1906) (Biography of Bruno de Finetti)

1903:
Harold 'Red' Grange, American football player (b: June 13, 1903) (Biography of Harold 'Red' Grange)

1901:
Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (b: June 13, 1901 ; d: June 21, 1985) (Biography of Tage Erlander)

1899:
Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b: June 13, 1899 ; d: August 2, 1978) (Biography of Carlos Chávez)

1897:
Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b: June 13, 1897 ; d: October 2, 1973) (Biography of Paavo Nurmi)

1893:
Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (b: June 13, 1893 ; d: December 17, 1957) (Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers)

1892:
Basil Rathbone, English actor (b: June 13, 1892 ; d: July 21, 1967) (Biography of Basil Rathbone)

1888:
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b: June 13, 1888 ; d: November 30, 1935) (Biography of Fernando Pessoa)

1887:
Bruno Frank, German author (b: June 13, 1887 ; d: June 20, 1945) (Biography of Bruno Frank)

1884:
Gerald Gardner, British occultist (b: June 13, 1884 ; d: February 13, 1964) (Biography of Gerald Gardner)

1876:
William Sealey Gosset, English chemist and statistician (b: June 13, 1876) (Biography of William Sealey Gosset)

1870:
Jules Bordet, Belgian physicist and microbiologist (b: June 13, 1870 ; d: April 6, 1961) (Biography of Jules Bordet)

1865:
William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 13, 1865 ; d: January 28, 1939) (Biography of William Butler Yeats)

1831:
James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b: June 13, 1831 ; d: November 5, 1879) (Biography of James Clerk Maxwell)

1786:
Winfield Scott, U.S. general (b: June 13, 1786 ; d: May 29, 1866) (Biography of Winfield Scott)

1775:
Antoni Radziwi??, Polish politician (b: June 13, 1775 ; d: April 7, 1833) (Biography of Antoni Radziwi??)

1773:
Thomas Young, English scientist (b: June 13, 1773) (Biography of Thomas Young)

1752:
Fanny Burney, english novelist and diarist (b: June 13, 1752 ; d: January 6, 1840) (Biography of Fanny Burney)

1649:
Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b: June 13, 1649 ; d: January 21, 1706) (Biography of Adrien Baillet)

823:
Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (b: June 13, 823 ; d: October 5, 877) (Biography of Charles the Bald)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-june/births.html

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People who died on June 13

2005:
Lane Smith, American actor (b: April 26, 1936 ; d: June 13, 2005) (Biography of Lane Smith)
Álvaro Cunhal (d: June 13, 2005) (Biography of Álvaro Cunhal)
Jonathan Adams (d: June 13, 2005) (Biography of Jonathan Adams)

2004:
Ralph Wiley, American sports journalist (b: April 12, 1952 ; d: June 13, 2004) (Biography of Ralph Wiley)
Dick Durrance, American skier (b: October 14, 1914 ; d: June 13, 2004) (Biography of Dick Durrance)

1998:
Birger Ruud, Norwegian athelete (b: August 23, 1911 ; d: June 13, 1998) (Biography of Birger Ruud)

1993:
Deke Slayton, astronaut (b: March 1, 1924 ; d: June 13, 1993) (Biography of Deke Slayton)

1987:
Geraldine Page, American actress (b: November 22, 1924 ; d: June 13, 1987) (Biography of Geraldine Page)

1986:
Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (b: May 30, 1909 ; d: June 13, 1986) (Biography of Benny Goodman)

1982:
Khalid of Saudi Arabia (d: June 13, 1982) (Biography of Khalid of Saudi Arabia)

1980:
Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure (b: March 23, 1942 ; d: June 13, 1980) (Biography of Walter Rodney)

1979:
Darla Hood, American actress (b: November 8, 1931 ; d: June 13, 1979) (Biography of Darla Hood)

1972:
Clyde McPhatter, American singer (b: November 15, 1933 ; d: June 13, 1972) (Biography of Clyde McPhatter)

1965:
Martin Buber, German philosopher (b: February 8, 1878 ; d: June 13, 1965) (Biography of Martin Buber)

1951:
Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (b: September 22, 1885 ; d: June 13, 1951) (Biography of Ben Chifley)

1918:
Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov (d: June 13, 1918) (Biography of Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov)

1886:
King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b: August 25, 1845 ; d: June 13, 1886) (Biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria)

1665:
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (d: June 13, 1665) (Biography of Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer)

1645:
Miyamoto Musashi (d: June 13, 1645) (Biography of Miyamoto Musashi)

1636:
George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (d: June 13, 1636) (Biography of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/13-june/deaths.html