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 165^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 31, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,637,280 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 ‘hectahexacontapentagon’ 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 230 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 4,192 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 13 Historical Events

• 1774 –
  Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
• 1881 –
  The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• 1898 –
  Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
• 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.
• 1934 –
  Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as “a silly little monkey”.
• 1944 –
  World War II: German combat elements - reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division - launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
• 1966 –
  The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
• 1971 –
  Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
• 1977 –
  Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
• 1997 –
  Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.

Who were born on June 13?

• 1827 –
  Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
• 1865 –
  William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
• 1915 –
  Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
• 1932 –
  Bob McGrath, American actor
• 1935 –
  Samak Sundaravej, Thai 25th Prime Minister (d. 2009)
• 1940 –
  Bobby Freeman, American soul singer
• 1943 –
  Jim Guy Tucker, American politician, governor of Arkansas
• 1962 –
  Ally Sheedy, American actress
• 1962 –
  Davey Hamilton, American racing driver
• 1964 –
  Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer

Who died on June 13?

• 1636 –
  George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)
• 1886 –
  King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1898 –
  Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1840)
• 1931 –
  Kitasato Shibasaburō, Japanese physician (b. 1851)
• 1954 –
  Henry Blogg, English lifeboatman, George Cross and British Empire Medal recipient (b. 1876)
• 1982 –
  King Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1912)
• 1993 –
  Deke Slayton, astronaut (b. 1924)
• 2002 –
  John Hope, American meteorologist (b. 1919)
• 2005 –
  David Diamond, American composer (b. 1915)
• 2006 –
  Charles Haughey, Taoiseach (b. 1925)