Wikipedia: June 13

June 13
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June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining.

Events

1373 - England and Portugal sign a treaty of alliance which has never been broken
1774 - Rhode Island is the first colony to outlaw the importation of slaves
1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded
1898 - Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital
1942 - The United States opens its Office of War Information, a center for production of propaganda
1944 - World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England
1966 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them
1967 - Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court
1970 - "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song
1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers
1973 - Vietnam War - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign a peace agreement
1982 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia
1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system

1886 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria
1918 - Mikhail Alexandrovitch Romanov (AKA Grand Duke Michael), Tsar Mikhail II of Russia
1946 - Major Bowes, radio host
1972 - Clyde McPhatter, musician
1979 - Darla Hood, actress
1980 - Walter Rodney, historian, political figure
1982 - King Khalid of Saudi Arabia
1986 - Benny Goodman, musician
1987 - Geraldine Page, actress
1989 - Fran Allison, actress, television personality
1998 - Reg Smythe, Andy Capp cartoonist
2003 - Hein ten Hoff, German boxing athlete

See Also:

June 12 - June 14 - May 13 - July 13 -- listing of all days