This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
06/13/  40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general; conquered Wales, No England 
06/13/ 823 Charles II, the Bald, King of France (843-77)/emperor (875-77) 
06/13/ 823 Karel II de Kale, Roman emperor (875-77) 
06/13/1592 Tobias Michael, composer 
06/13/1612 Karel van Cro˜, prince of Chimay/Duke of Aarschot 
06/13/1627 Fidel Molitor, composer 
06/13/1701 Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer 
06/13/1736 Henryk Klein, composer 
06/13/1752 Fanny Burney, England, author (Camille, Evelina) 
06/13/1757 Christian Ludwig Dieter, composer 
06/13/1761 Anton Wranitzky, composer 
06/13/1763 Jos‚ B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil 
06/13/1765 Anton Eberl, composer 
06/13/1773 Thomas Young, philospher/artist (light interference) 
06/13/1775 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, composer 
06/13/1786 Winfield Scott, army general (Union)/presidential candidate 
06/13/1795 Thomas Arnold, English educator/historian (History of Rome) 
06/13/1806 Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian 
06/13/1809 George Philip St Cooke, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895

06/13/1820 WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral 
06/13/1821 Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier (1873-74, 1977) 
06/13/1821 Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox, Asst Secy (Union), died in 1883 
06/13/1823 Gustave Paul Cluseret, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900

06/13/1824 Julius Eichberg, composer 
06/13/1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 18

06/13/1829 Antonio Zamara, composer 
06/13/1831 James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory 
06/13/1854 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine) 
06/13/1863 Josef Venantius von Woss, composer 
06/13/1864 Johan R Kjell‚n, Swedish sociologist 
06/13/1865 William Butler Yeats, Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923)

06/13/1866 Lambertus Z˜l, sculptor (Trade scholarship) 
06/13/1869 Ede Poldini, composer 
06/13/1875 Max d' Ollone, composer 
06/13/1879 John G Golden church, reformed vicar 
06/13/1881 Lois Weber, 1st US woman film director (What Do Men Want?) 
06/13/1888 Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet 
06/13/1892 Basil Rathbone, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes) 
06/13/1893 Dorothy Leigh Sayers, England, novelist (9 Taylors) 
06/13/1894 Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Konarm˜a, Mar˜a) 
06/13/1894 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, France, photographer 
06/13/1894 Mark van Doren, Ill, author (Happy Critic) 
06/13/1897 Paavo Johannes Nurmi, Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1920/24/28) 
06/13/1899 Carlos Ch vez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfon¡a India) 
06/13/1900 Ian Hunter, S Africa, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood) 
06/13/1901 Tage F Erlander, Swedish premier (1946-69) 
06/13/1903 Harold 'Red' Grange, 'Galloping Ghost' of football (Illinois Bears) 
06/13/1903 Philipp Kutev, composer 
06/13/1911 Albert Cleage, famous African 
06/13/1911 Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel-1968) 
06/13/1912 Mary Wickes, St Louis Mo, actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc) 
06/13/1913 Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life) 
06/13/1915 J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles

06/13/1918 Ben Johnson, Foraker Okla, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger) 
06/13/1919 Leif Kayser, composer 
06/13/1920 Knut Nordahl, Sweden, soccer players (Olympic-gold-1948) 
06/13/1924 Percy Rodrigues, Canada, actor (Brainwaves) 
06/13/1926 Paul Lynde, Mt Vernon Ohio, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched) 
06/13/1927 Knut Wiggen, composer 
06/13/1935 Christo, Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence) 
06/13/1937 Eleanor Norton, (Rep-D-Dist of Col) 
06/13/1938 Gwynne Howell, British opera singer 
06/13/1940 Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance) 
06/13/1941 Robert Forester, Rochester NY, actor (Banyon, Nakia) 
06/13/1941 Tom Hallick, Buffalo NY, actor (Search) 
06/13/1942 James Carr, US, gospel singer (To Love Somebody) 
06/13/1943 Edward Skorek, Poland, volleball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 
06/13/1943 Malcolm McDowell, English actor (Clockwork Orange, Royal Flash) 
06/13/1944 Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991) 
06/13/1945 Ronald J Grabe, NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-J, 30, 42, 57) 
06/13/1947 Daniel PA 'Danie' Schutte, S African underminister of Justice 
06/13/1947 Jerrold Nadler, (Rep-D-NY) 
06/13/1947 Peter Holm, boyfriend of Joan Collins 
06/13/1951 Liz Phillips, composer 
06/13/1951 Richard Thomas, NYC, (John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda)

06/13/1953 Tim Allen, Denver Colo, comedian (Home Improvement) 
06/13/1954 Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)

06/13/1963 Bettina Bunge, Switz, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Calif 1983) 
06/13/1963 Catarina Lindqvist, Sweden, tennis player (Swedish Open 1986) 
06/13/1964 Jennifer Gillom, basketball player, (Olympic-gold-1988) 
06/13/1968 Deniece Peterson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel) 
06/13/197- Charlie Rivera, singer (Menudo) 
06/13/1970 Lance Ringnald, Des Moines Iowa, US gymnist (Olympic-92) 
06/13/1971 Broderick nonuplets, Sydney Australia (7 of 9 survived infancy) 
06/13/1986 Ashley Olsen, actress (Full House) 
06/13/1986 Mary Kate Olsen, actress (Full House) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/13/ 323 -BC- Alexander III the Great, King of Macedonia, dies of fever at 32

06/13/1142 Godfried II, duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies 
06/13/1371 Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (pledge Vollenhove), dies 
06/13/1550 Johann Spangenberg, composer, dies at 66 
06/13/1550 Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, dies at 64 
06/13/1612 Charles van Cro˜, prince of Chimay, dies at 51 
06/13/1665 Auke Stellingwerf, lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 

06/13/1665 Egbert Meussen Kortenaer, vice-admiral, dies in battle at about 29 
06/13/1665 Jacob van Wassenaer, [Foggy Obdam], lt-admiral, dies in battle at 55

06/13/1821 [Iza„k J] Alexander Gogel, minister of Finance/patriot, dies at 55 
06/13/1825 Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor, dies at 82 
06/13/1839 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer, dies at 66 
06/13/1865 Cleaveland J Campbell, Union brig-general, dies at about 29 
06/13/1873 Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, composer, dies at 51 
06/13/1886 Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, drowns 
06/13/1905 Theodoros Delyannis, premier Greece, murdered 
06/13/1905 Tippo-Tip, [Hamed ben Mohammed], Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67

06/13/1920 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confe

06/13/1927 Henry CK 'Clan' Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 8

06/13/1928 Damaso Ledesma, composer, dies at 60 
06/13/1934 Theodor D„bler, German writer (Tie Sternenkind), dies 
06/13/1939 Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Suljetuilla Porteilla), dies at 64 
06/13/1946 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71 
06/13/1954 Nikolai Obouhov, composer, dies at 62 
06/13/1961 Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79

06/13/1962 Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 
06/13/1965 Martin Buber, German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 

06/13/1972 Clyde L Mcphatter, US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39) 
06/13/1973 Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60 
06/13/1973 Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 82 
06/13/1976 Don Bolles, US journalist (against Arizona), dies 
06/13/1977 Tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 7

06/13/1979 Darla Hood, actress (Little Rascals), dies 
06/13/1982 Abdul Aziz Khaled, King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69 
06/13/1984 Marinus de Jong, composer, dies at 92 
06/13/1986 Benny Goodman, the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77 
06/13/1987 Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62 
06/13/1993 Donald 'Deke' K Slayton, US major/astronaut: Apollo 18, dies at 69 
06/13/1994 James Pollack, US room designer, dies at 55 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/13/1325 Sheik Ibn Battuta begins 1st world trip, Tangiers to Mecca 
06/13/1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed 
06/13/1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fail

06/13/1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication 
06/13/1655 Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater 
06/13/1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch 
06/13/1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves 
06/13/1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US 
06/13/1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington 
06/13/1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California 
06/13/1828 Sim¢n Bol¡var proclaimed dictator 
06/13/1837 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio 
06/13/1855 Opera 'Les Vˆpres Sicilenne' is produced (Paris) 
06/13/1863 Battle of Winchester VA 
06/13/1863 Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of 'Erewhon,' Christchurch, NZ 
06/13/1863 Skirmish at Berryville Virginia 
06/13/1865 Pres Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states 
06/13/1866 House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks) 
06/13/1868 Oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana 
06/13/1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador 
06/13/1873 J C Watson discovers asteroid #132 Aethra 
06/13/1879 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella 
06/13/1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC 
06/13/1888 Congress creates Department of Labor 
06/13/1889 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming 
06/13/1890 Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named 
06/13/1895 mile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) 
06/13/1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital 
06/13/1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians 
06/13/1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 
06/13/1905 NY Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chic Cubs, 1-0 
06/13/1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2øF in Tamarack Calif 
06/13/1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Paris 
06/13/1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Phila 
06/13/1910 William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia 
06/13/1912 NY Giant Christy Matthewson wins his 300th game 
06/13/1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games 
06/13/1917 Germany bombs London 
06/13/1918 Philles & Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings 
06/13/1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8 
06/13/1924 Gaston Doumergue elected as 1st protestant French premier 
06/13/1924 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win 
06/13/1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC 
06/13/1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista Greece 
06/13/1932 Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta 
06/13/1932 Great Britain & France sign peace treaty 
06/13/1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY) 
06/13/1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized 
06/13/1933 German Secret State Police (Gestapo) established 
06/13/1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1349 Bechuana 
06/13/1935 James T Braddocks beats Max Baer for HW boxing champ 
06/13/1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns 
06/13/1937 Stalin executes Rus officers Tuchachevski, Jakir, Putna & Uberevitch

06/13/1940 Paris evacuates before German advance 
06/13/1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemnde, Germany; reached 1.3 km 
06/13/1942 FDR creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 
06/13/1942 Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island 
06/13/1942 OSS, Office of Strategic Services, form 
06/13/1944 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks 
06/13/1945 Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead 
06/13/1946 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland

06/13/1946 King Umberto II of Italy abdicates 
06/13/1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) 
06/13/1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 
06/13/1950 South African parliament accept 'Groups Area Act' 
06/13/1951 UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea 
06/13/1952 soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 
06/13/1953 Ben Hogan wins his 4th US Golf Open 
06/13/1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast 
06/13/1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France 
06/13/1956 Parliamentary election: Dutch democratics 50/KVP 49 
06/13/1956 Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup 
06/13/1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass 
06/13/1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season 
06/13/1959 Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament 
06/13/1960 Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia 
06/13/1962 Norway named ombudsman 
06/13/1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights

06/13/1967 'You Only Live Twice' premieres in US 
06/13/1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice 
06/13/1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band & joins Rolling Stones 
06/13/1969 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2111 Tselina 
06/13/1970 Beatles' 'Let It Be,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks 
06/13/1970 Beatles' 'Long & Winding Road,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 week

06/13/1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LGPA championship 
06/13/1971 NY Times began publishing 'Pentagon Papers' 
06/13/1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroids #1806 Derice & #1978 Patrice 
06/13/1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604 
06/13/1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2219 Mannucci 
06/13/1977 Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured 
06/13/1980 Paul McCartney releases 'Waterfall' 
06/13/1980 Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in 'Abscam' investigation 
06/13/1980 UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 
06/13/1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany 
06/13/1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II 
06/13/1981 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on 'Tomorrow' 
06/13/1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 
06/13/1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA title 
06/13/1983 Pioneer 10 becomes 1st man-made object to leave Solar System 
06/13/1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 
06/13/1986 Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play 
06/13/1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East 
06/13/1988 George Harrison releases 'This is Love' 
06/13/1988 US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist

06/13/1989 Detroit sweeps Los Angeles, for NBA championship 
06/13/1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya 
06/13/1990 Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term, 
06/13/1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at US Open Golf tournament 
06/13/1991 NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)

06/13/1993 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re elected president of Iran 
06/13/1993 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ 
  
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