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Birthday June 13, 0823 Charles II (the Bald), king of France (843-77), emperor (875-77) |
Birthday June 13, 1786 Winfield Scott, American army general, presidential candidate |
Birthday June 13, 1831 James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory |
Birthday June 13, 1865 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Wild Swans at Coole) (Nobel 1923) |
Birthday June 13, 1893 Dorothy Sayers is born |
Birthday June 13, 1895 Emile Levassor wins, 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) |
Birthday June 13, 1903 Harold "Red" Grange, "Galloping Ghost" of football |
Birthday June 13, 1913 Ralph Edwards, (This is your Life) |
Birthday June 13, 1935 Christo, artist |
Birthday June 13, 1951 Richard Thomas, AKA John Boy |
Birthday June 13, 1962 Ally Sheedy, NY |
Birthday June 13, 1963 Bettina Bunge, Tennis player |
Birthday June 13, 1972 Hurricane Agnes is born |
History June 13, 0323 BC Alexander the great dies of fever at Babylon |
History June 13, 0323 Alexander the Great dies |
History June 13, 1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed |
History June 13, 1381 Peasant army marches into London |
History June 13, 1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication |
History June 13, 1777 Lafayette arrives in South Carolina |
History June 13, 1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California |
History June 13, 1805 Meriwether Lewis reaches the Great Falls |
History June 13, 1807 Thomas Jefferson subpoenaed in Aaron Burr's treason trial |
History June 13, 1864 Grant swings toward Petersburg |
History June 13, 1871 hurricane kills 300 in Labrador |
History June 13, 1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowns |
History June 13, 1895 First auto race held from Paris-Bordeaux-Paris |
History June 13, 1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized - Dawson chosen as capital |
History June 13, 1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians |
History June 13, 1905 Christy Matthewson throws second no-hitter |
History June 13, 1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games |
History June 13, 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm concludes meeting with Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
History June 13, 1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8 |
History June 13, 1924 Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers. 3rd forfeit win |
History June 13, 1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC |
History June 13, 1933 Federal Savings & Loan Association authorized |
History June 13, 1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed Schenectady NY |
History June 13, 1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns |
History June 13, 1944 Germans launch V-1 rocket attack against Britain |
History June 13, 1944 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks |
History June 13, 1948 Babe Ruth's #3 is retired |
History June 13, 1962 Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita released |
History June 13, 1963 Vostok 6 launched Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman cosmonaut |
History June 13, 1966 Miranda vs Az decision-Suspect must be informed of rights |
History June 13, 1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice |
History June 13, 1967 Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court |
History June 13, 1971 NY Times began publishing Pentagon Papers |
History June 13, 1971 The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers |
History June 13, 1971 Pentagon Papers damage credibility of Cold War policy |
History June 13, 1973 Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign new peace agreement |
History June 13, 1975 Linda Ronstadt has her first #1 hit on the country-music charts |
History June 13, 1977 Former Supreme Court Justice Tom C Clark died in NY at 77 |
History June 13, 1977 Convicted assassin James Earl Ray recaptured |
History June 13, 1980 Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation |
History June 13, 1981 A teen-ager fired six blanks at Queen Elizabeth II |
History June 13, 1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 |
History June 13, 1983 Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System |
History June 13, 1983 Pioneer 10 departs solar system |
History June 13, 1986 Tutu meets with Botha |
History June 13, 1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency |
History June 13, 1986 Benny Goodman the clarinet playing King of Swing died in NY at 77 |
History June 13, 1987 Geraldine Page dies |
History June 13, 2006 Jurors begin deliberations in Susan Polk trial |