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 164^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 31, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,162,880 minutes 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 ‘hectahexacontatetragon’ 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 249 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 4,557 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 13 Historical Events

• 1373 –
  Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force.
• 1910 –
  The University of the Philippines College of Engineering is established. This unit of the university is said to be the largest degree granting unit in the Philippines.
• 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.
• 1955 –
  Mir Mine, the first diamond mine in the USSR, is discovered.
• 1966 –
  The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• 1981 –
  At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1997 –
  Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.
• 2005 –
  A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
• 2010 –
  A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.

Who were born on June 13?

• 1865 –
  William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
• 1910 –
  Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1912 –
  Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (d. 1943)
• 1917 –
  Teddy Turner, British comedian (d. 1992)
• 1935 –
  Jeanne-Claude, French artist (d. 2009)
• 1959 –
  Steve Georganas, Australian politician
• 1963 –
  Paul De Lisle, American musician (Smash Mouth)
• 1973 –
  Ville Laihiala, Finnish musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
• 1978 –
  Jason Michael Carroll, country musician
• 1980 –
  Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver

Who died on June 13?

• 1256 –
  Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173)
• 1636 –
  George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
• 1904 –
  Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
• 1943 –
  Kočo Racin, Macedonian poet (b. 1908)
• 1982 –
  King Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1912)
• 1982 –
  Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)
• 1993 –
  Deke Slayton, astronaut (b. 1924)
• 1993 –
  Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (b. 1913)
• 2005 –
  David Diamond, American composer (b. 1915)
• 2009 –
  Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1962)