Tukuk-OS📅 June 13
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 13? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2013 — Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.
- 2011 — A 6.0 Mw earthquake (aftermath pictured) caused up to NZ$6 billion of additional damage to Christchurch, New Zealand, which was still recovering from an earthquake four months earlier.
June 2011 Christchurch earthquakeChristchurch2011 Christchurch earthquake
- 2007 — Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
- 1983 — Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.
- 1981 — English teenager Marcus Sarjeant fired six blanks at Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
- 1971 — The New York Times published the first excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
The New York TimesPentagon PapersUnited States Department of Defense
- 1970 — "The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' twentieth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- 1969 — Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at Dallas.
Preston Smith (Texas politician)Texas InstrumentsUniversity of Texas at Dallas
- 1952 — Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.
- 1944 — Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.
- 1935 — In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
- 1916 — World War I: The Battle of Mont Sorrel in the Ypres Salient came to an end as a Canadian assault led German forces to withdraw to their original lines.
- 1907 — The Workers' Federation of Chile declares a general strike in solidarity with an ongoing rail workers' strike.
- 1881 — The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the USS Jeannette (pictured), after having been trapped in ice for almost two years, was crushed and sank.
- 1850 — The American League of Colored Laborers, one of the first labor unions for African Americans, was established in New York City.
- 1805 — Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
Lewis and Clark ExpeditionMeriwether LewisGreat Falls (Missouri River)
- 1525 — Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, beginning the practice of clerical marriage in Protestantism.
- 1514 — Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest warship ever built at the time, was launched from Woolwich Dockyard, England.
Births
- 2006 — Macklin Celebrini, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2006 — Pablo García, Spanish footballer
- 2001 — Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2001 — Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer
- 2000 — Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
- 1995 — Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
- 1995 — Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
- 1994 — Deepika Kumari, Indian archer
- 1994 — Atsuhiro Inukai, Japanese actor
- 1993 — Cansin Köktürk, German politician
- 1993 — Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (died 2011)
- 1993 — Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)
Deaths
- 2026 — Roger Cook, New Zealand-born British investigative journalist (born 1943)
- 2024 — Angela Bofill, American R&B singer (born 1954)
- 2024 — Benji Gregory, American child actor (born 1978)
- 2023 — Cormac McCarthy, American author (born 1933)
- 2021 — Ned Beatty, American actor (born 1937)
- 2015 — Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1917)
- 2015 — Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1933)
- 2015 — Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1940)
- 2014 — Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933)
- 2014 — Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1926)
- 2014 — Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
- 2014 — Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (born 1932)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church
- Christian feast day: Aquilina
- Christian feast day: Cetteus (Peregrinus)
- Christian feast day: Eulogius of Alexandria
- Christian feast day: Felicula
- Christian feast day: G. K. Chesterton (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Gerard of Clairvaux
- Christian feast day: Blessed Marianna Biernacka
- Christian feast day: Psalmodius
- Christian feast day: Ragnebert (Rambert)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Woodhouse
- Christian feast day: Triphyllius
- Christian feast day: June 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Inventors' Day (Hungary)
- Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- International Albinism Awareness Day (international)
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