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- 1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed
- 1525 Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy doctrine decreed by the Roman Catholic Church on priests and nuns.
- 1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication
- 1625 King Charles I is married to the French princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon
- 1774 Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves
- 1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
- 1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
- 1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
- 1837 First Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio
- 1866 House passes 14th Amendment
- 1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
- 1871 In Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.
- 1881 The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
- 1886 A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
- 1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC
- 1886 King Ludwig II of Bavaria is found dead in Lake Starnberg south of Munich at 11:30 PM.
- 1888 Congress creates the Department of Labor
- 1889 2 feet of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming
- 1890 Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named
- 1893 Grover Cleveland undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove large, cancerous portion of his jaw; operation not revealed to US public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
- 1895 mile Levassor wins first Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)
- 1898 Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
- 1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians
- 1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2øF in Tamarack Calif
- 1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes first 1-day round-trip from NY to Phila
- 1910 William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia
- 1917 deadliest German air raid on London during WWI carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
- 1927 A ticker-tape parade is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City.
- 1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
- 1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista Greece
- 1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized
- 1933 First sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)
- 1934 Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".
- 1935 In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the 10 to 1 underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer in Long Island City, New York, and became the heavyweight champion of the world.
- 1940 HMS ODIN, sunk off southern Italy in Gulf of Taranto by torpedo and gunfire of Italian destroyer 'Strale'.
- 1940 Paris evacuated before the German advance
- 1941 Battle for Jezzine
- 1942 First V-2 rocket launch, Peenemnde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
- 1942 The United States opens its Office of War Information.
- 1944 Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks
- 1945 Australians capture Brunei
- 1947 Visitor posting - Leon R Tow was born - USA
- 1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
- 1951 Visitor posting - June 13,1951 Twin girls Desiree and Debbie Massart are born in Butler,Pa
- 1952 Catalina affair, a Swedish Douglas DC-3 was shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
- 1953 Hungarian Prime Minister Mtys Rkosi is replaced by Imre Nagy
- 1953 Tim Allen (real name: Tim Allen Dick) born.
- 1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France
- 1955 Mir Mine, the first diamond mine of the USSR, is discovered.
- 1956 Real Madrid win the inaugural European Champion Clubs' Cup final, defeating Stade de Reims 4-3 at the Parc des Princes, Paris.
- 1957 Visitor posting - June 13 1957- jill stone was born
- 1959 Visitor posting - William Thatcher & Patricia Doughtery are joined together in holy matrimony - USA
- 1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
- 1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as first black Supreme Court justice
- 1967 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band & joins the Rolling Stones
- 1969 Visitor posting - june 13 1969 martin ralph was born
- 1969 Visitor posting - 1969 - June 13 - Rick F. was born
- 1970 "The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.
- 1970 Number one hit on UK music charts - Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
- 1971 NY Times began publishing "The Pentagon Papers"
- 1971 Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers.
- 1977 Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
- 1978 Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- 1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
- 1981 At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1981 Number one hit on UK music charts - Smokey Robinson - Being With You
- 1981 Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
- 1981 Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"
- 1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69
- 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system.
- 1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
- 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
- 1988 US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist
- 1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
- 1990 Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term,
- 1994 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
- 1994 Visitor posting - The most Beautiful and amzing girl in the world is born (Destiny) - USA [email protected]
- 1995 French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- 1995 Visitor posting - Alex Swisher born - USA
- 1996 Visitor posting - Haylee Beaton was born - USA
- 1996 The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Anna Radwell was born. - United Kingdom
- 1997 A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1997 Visitor posting - the coolest person in the world Kidaan Zelleke was born !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Australia
- 2000 Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- 2000 Visitor posting - Dominic Derrell Harris Jr was born
- 2000 President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
- 2005 A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
- 2007 Al Askari Mosque bombed again.
- 2007 Visitor posting - Chase Manhattan Mortgage Took my home. fraudently, said i did not have home owners ins. i proved i had prudential (they) verified current and no lapse, however, i was recharged fees, until payment was changed from $457.00 to well over $1000.00 a month. this is true i have proof (all true) in detail upon request. - USA [email protected]
- 2008 Visitor posting - Aurora Corle was born in Elkhart, IN - USA
- 2009 Visitor posting - William Thatcher & Patricia Doughtery celebrate 50 years of marriage on a romantic Caribbean cruise - USA
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