June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining.
Events 1373 - England and Portugal sign a treaty of alliance which has never been broken 1774 - Rhode Island is the first colony to outlaw the importation of slaves 1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded 1898 - Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital 1942 - The United States opens its Office of War Information, a center for production of propaganda 1944 - World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England 1966 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court 1970 - "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song 1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers 1973 - Vietnam War - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign a peace agreement 1982 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system Births 823 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and king of the West Franks (+ 877) 1786 - Winfield Scott, United States general (+ 1866) 1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (+ 1896) 1865 - William Butler Yeats, poet and dramatist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1923 (+ 1939) 1870 - Jules Bordet, physicist and microbiologist (+ 1961) 1887 - Bruno Frank, author (+ 1945) 1892 - Basil Rathbone, actor (+ 1967) 1893 - Dorothy L. Sayers, author (+ 1957) 1897 - Paavo Nurmi, runner (+ 1973) 1903 - Harold 'Red' Grange, American football player (+ 1991) 1913 - Kid Azteca, boxer (+ 2002) 1913 - Ralph Edwards, television host 1915 - Don Budge, tennis player (+ 2000) 1926 - Paul Lynde, actor (+ 1982) 1933 - Tom King, British politician 1935 - Christo, artist 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, actor 1948 - Garnet Bailey, ice hockey player & scout (+ 2001) 1951 - Richard Thomas, actor 1951 - Stellan Skarsgård, actor 1953 - Tim Allen, actor 1962 - Ally Sheedy, actress 1970 - Rivers Cuomo, singer, guitar player (Weezer) 1974 - Steve-O, television personality 1986 - The Olsen twins, actresses Deaths 1886 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria 1918 - Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov (AKA Grand Duke Michael), Tsar Mikhail II of Russia 1946 - Major Bowes, radio host 1972 - Clyde McPhatter, musician 1979 - Darla Hood, actress 1980 - Walter Rodney, historian, political figure 1982 - King Khalid of Saudi Arabia 1986 - Benny Goodman, musician 1987 - Geraldine Page, actress 1989 - Fran Allison, actress, television personality 1998 - Reg Smythe, Andy Capp cartoonist 2003 - Hein ten Hoff, German boxing athlete Holidays and observances Feast of St Anthony of Padua Roman Empire - Quinquatrus Minusculae held in honor of Minerva Roman Empire - seventh day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta See Also: June 12 - June 14 - May 13 - July 13 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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