June 13 facts for kids

June 13th is a day filled with many interesting events throughout history, from ancient times to the modern era. Many important people were also born or passed away on this day. Let's explore some of the most notable happenings on June 13th!

Historical Events on June 13th

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

• 313 – A very important rule called the Edict of Milan was made public in Nicomedia. This rule, agreed upon by emperors Constantine the Great and Valerius Licinius, gave everyone in the Roman Empire the freedom to choose their own religion.
• 1325 – The famous traveler Ibn Battuta began his amazing journeys. He left his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca and ended up traveling for 24 years!
• 1381 – In England, a big protest known as the Peasants' Revolt reached its peak. Rebels, led by Wat Tyler, even set fire to the Savoy Palace.
• 1514 – The Henry Grace à Dieu, a massive warship weighing over 1,000 tons, was officially launched. It was the biggest warship in the world at that time, built in England.
• 1525 – Martin Luther, a key figure in the Protestant Reformation, married Katharina von Bora. This was a significant event because it went against the rules of the Roman Catholic Church at the time.

Events from the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1625 – King Charles I of England married Princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre in Canterbury.
• 1740 – Governor James Oglethorpe of Georgia tried to capture Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine, but he was not successful.
• 1774 – Rhode Island became the first British colony in North America to stop the practice of importing slaves.
• 1777 – During the American Revolutionary War, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette arrived near Charleston, South Carolina. He came to help the Continental Congress train its army.
• 1805 – On the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis and his team discovered the incredible Great Falls of the Missouri River.
• 1855 – The opera Les vêpres siciliennes ("The Sicilian Vespers") by Giuseppe Verdi was performed for the first time in Paris.
• 1881 – The ship USS Jeannette was crushed by ice in the Arctic Ocean.
• 1886 – A huge fire, known as the Great Vancouver Fire, destroyed most of Vancouver, British Columbia.
• 1893 – President Grover Cleveland had a secret, successful surgery to remove a growth from his jaw. This operation was kept private for many years.
• 1895 – Émile Levassor won the world's first true automobile race. He drove 732 miles from Paris to Bordeaux and back in less than 49 hours, reaching a speed of about 15 miles per hour!
• 1898 – The Yukon Territory was created in Canada, with Dawson chosen as its capital.

Modern Events (1901–Present)

• 1917 – During World War I, German planes carried out a very deadly air raid on London. Bombers caused 162 deaths, including 46 children, and injured 432 people.
• 1927 – After his famous flight, aviator Charles Lindbergh was honored with a huge ticker tape parade in New York City.
• 1944 – In World War II, German tank commander Michael Wittmann attacked parts of the British 7th Armoured Division. He destroyed many tanks and vehicles in his Tiger I tank.
• 1944 – Also in World War II, Germany launched the first V1 Flying Bomb attacks on England.
• 1952 – A Swedish Douglas DC-3 plane was shot down by a Soviet fighter jet in an incident known as the Catalina affair.
• 1966 – The U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona. This ruling means police must tell suspects their rights before questioning them.
• 1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
• 1971 – During the Vietnam War, The New York Times newspaper began publishing the Pentagon Papers. These were secret government documents.
• 1973 – Four Dodgers infield players – Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell – played together for the first time. They went on to set a record for playing together for 8 and a half years!
• 1977 – James Earl Ray, who was convicted in the death of Martin Luther King Jr., was caught again after escaping from prison.
• 1977 – A fire at the Uphaar Cinema in Delhi caused the deaths of 59 people and injured many others.
• 1981 – During the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager named Marcus Sarjeant fired blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1982 – Fahd became the King of Saudi Arabia after his brother, Khalid, passed away.
• 1982 – Important battles, including the Battle of Tumbledown and the Battle of Wireless Ridge, took place during the Falklands War.
• 1983 – Pioneer 10 became the first human-made object to travel beyond the main part of our Solar System, passing the orbit of Neptune.
• 1994 – A jury in Alaska decided that Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood were responsible for the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
• 1997 – A jury decided the punishment for Timothy McVeigh for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• 1999 – BMW won the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, a famous endurance car race.
• 2000 – President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea met with Kim Jong-il, the leader of North Korea. This was the first ever meeting between leaders of the two Koreas.
• 2002 – The United States decided to leave the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 2007 – The Al Askari Mosque was attacked for a second time.
• 2010 – A special capsule from the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa returned to Earth. It contained tiny particles from an asteroid called 25143 Itokawa.
• 2018 – Volkswagen was fined a large amount of money because of an emissions scandal.
• 2021 – A gas incident in Shiyan city, China, caused deaths and injuries.

Famous Birthdays on June 13th

Many interesting people were born on June 13th throughout history. Here are a few:

Born Before the 1600s

• AD 40 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, a Roman general.
• 823 – Charles the Bald, a Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1231 – Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese priest and saint.
• 1580 – Willebrord Snell, a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.

Born from the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1773 – Thomas Young, an English physicist who studied light and the human body.
• 1831 – James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist and mathematician known for his work on electricity and magnetism.
• 1865 – W. B. Yeats, a famous Irish poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1870 – Jules Bordet, a Belgian scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on immunity.
• 1897 – Paavo Nurmi, a legendary Finnish runner and coach.

Born from 1901 to Today

• 1911 – Luis Walter Alvarez, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1915 – Don Budge, a famous American tennis player.
• 1926 – Paul Lynde, a well-known American actor and comedian.
• 1927 – Slim Dusty, a popular Australian singer-songwriter.
• 1928 – John Forbes Nash, Jr., an American mathematician who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1935 – Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a famous husband-and-wife team of sculptors.
• 1943 – Malcolm McDowell, an English actor.
• 1944 – Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean politician who served as the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, a Swedish actor.
• 1953 – Tim Allen, an American actor and comedian.
• 1959 – Klaus Iohannis, the current President of Romania.
• 1962 – Ally Sheedy, an American actress.
• 1964 – Kathy Burke, an English actress and director.
• 1970 – Rivers Cuomo, the lead singer of the rock band Weezer.
• 1974 – Steve-O, an American stunt performer.
• 1981 – Chris Evans, an American actor famous for playing Captain America.
• 1986 – Kat Dennings, an American actress and comedian.
• 1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, American child actresses and fashion designers.
• 1986 – DJ Snake, a French DJ and record producer.
• 2000 – Penny Oleksiak, a Canadian swimmer.

Notable Deaths on June 13th

Here are some of the well-known people who passed away on June 13th:

Passed Away Before the 1600s

• 220 – Xiahou Dun, a Chinese general.
• 1231 – Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese priest and saint.
• 1550 – Veronica Gambara, an Italian poet.

Passed Away from the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1645 – Miyamoto Musashi, a famous Japanese samurai.
• 1762 – Dorothea Erxleben, the first German female doctor.
• 1861 – Henry Gray, an English anatomist who wrote "Gray's Anatomy."
• 1886 – Ludwig II, the king of Bavaria.

Passed Away from 1901 to Today

• 1931 – Kitasato Shibasaburō, a Japanese physician and bacteriologist.
• 1951 – Ben Chifley, a former Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1965 – Martin Buber, an Austrian-Israeli philosopher.
• 1972 – Georg von Békésy, a Hungarian biophysicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1986 – Benny Goodman, a famous American clarinet player and bandleader.
• 1987 – Geraldine Page, an American actress.
• 1993 – Deke Slayton, an American astronaut.
• 2008 – Tim Russert, an American journalist.
• 2010 – Jimmy Dean, an American singer and businessman.
• 2021 – Ned Beatty, an American actor.
• 2023 – Cormac McCarthy, a well-known American author.

Holidays and Special Days

• Inventors' Day is celebrated in Hungary.
• Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day is observed in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• International Albinism Awareness Day is celebrated around the world.

See also

In Spanish: 13 de junio para niños