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What happened in history on this day: June 13?
On June 13 in ...
- 1798 - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California.
- 1866 - US Congress passes the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, repudiating debt incurred by the Confederate States of America. The amendment is referred to state legislatures for ratification.
- 1888 - US Congress creates the Department of Labor.
- 1898 - Congress authorizes bonds to finance the Spanish-American War.
- 1910 - Pilot Charles Hamilton makes first one-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia.
- 1910 - William D Crum, a South Carolina physician, is appointed minister to Liberia.
- 1927 - A ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh.
- 1933 - First sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady, New York).
- 1933 - Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized.
- 1942 - (evening) George Dasch, Ernest Burger, Heinrich Heinck, and Richard Quirin, all American citizens of German birth, and members of the German Nazi party, land on the beach of Long Island, New York, from a small row boat. Their mission is to sabotage industrial installations producing war material.
- 1945 - American Military Government in Venezia Giulia is established, at the northern end of Adriatic Sea, claimed by both Italy and Yugoslavia.
- 1946 - First transcontinental round-trip flight in one day, California-Maryland.
- 1966 - The US Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. The adopted text: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you."
- 1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall as justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1968 - The Smithsonian Institution receives its single largest donation of 6125 US gold coins from the Josiah K. Lilly estate, in exchange for a Congress-approved $5.5 million tax write-off for the estate.
- 1971 - New York Times begins publishing "The Pentagon Papers".
- 1977 - Convicted assassin James Earl Ray recaptured.
- 1980 - Republican John Jenrette Junior (Democrat-South Carolina) indicted in "Abscam" investigation.
- 1981 - In Salem, Oregon, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite.
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes first man-made object to leave solar system.
- 1985 - In Auburn, Washington, police defuse a Unabomber bomb sent to Boeing.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency.
- 1987 - Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel, and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina.
- 1990 - Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight: Seattle, Washington to Narobi, Kenya.
- 1990 - Washington DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a fourth term.
- 1996 - An 81-day standoff between the Montana Freemen and FBI agents ends with their surrender in Montana.
- 1997 - A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 1998 - In Portales, New Mexico, USA a meteorite penetrates a barn roof.
- 2009 - New York-based theme park operator Six Flags files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with US$2.4 billion in debt.
- 2016 - Microsoft announces it will acquire LinkedIn for US$262 billion, 50 percent over share market price.
Births on June 13
- 1786 - Birth of Winfield Scott American near Petersburg, Virginia; army general/presidential candidate.
- 1894 - Birth of Mark van Doren in Illinois, USA; author (The Happy Critic).
- 1912 - Birth of Mary Wickes in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc).
- 1913 - Birth of Ralph Edwards in Merino, Colorado, USA; announcer/producer/host (This is Your Life TV show, Truth or Consequences radio show, The People's Court).
- 1917 - Birth of Si (Simon) Zentner in New York City, New York, USA; trombonist/bandleader ("Up a Lazy River" (1961)).
- 1918 - Birth of Ben Johnson in Foraker, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger).
- 1926 - Birth of Paul Lynde in Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA; actor/comedian (Hollywood Squares TV show, The Perry Como Show TV show, Uncle Arthur - Bewitched TV show, The Dean Martin Show TV show, Donny and Marie TV show, The Paul Lynde Show TV show).
- 1940 - Birth of Bobby Freeman in San Francisco, California, USA; rocker ("Do You Want to Dance").
- 1941 - Birth of Robert Forester in Rochester, New York, USA; actor (Banyon, Nakia).
- 1941 - Birth of Tom Hallick in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Search).
- 1945 - Birth of Ronald J Grabe in New York City, New York, USA; Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (STS 51-J, STS 30, STS 42).
- 1951 - Birth of Richard Thomas in New York City, New York, USA; actor (John Boy - The Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda, Just Cause).
- 1962 - Birth of Ally Sheedy in New York City, USA; actress (Saint Elmo's, Short Circuit, Maid to Order, The Breakfast Club, The Best Little Girl in the World, Hill St. Blues).
- 1986 - Birth of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen; twin American actresses (Full House, So Little Time).
Deaths on June 13
- 1972 - Death of Clyde McPhatter from complications of heart, liver, and kidney disease at age 38 in New York, USA; singer (The Drifters, Billy Ward and the Dominoes - "Sixty-Minute Man", "Have Mercy Baby", solo - "Treasure of Love" (1956), "A Lover's Question" (1958), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)).
- 1977 - Tom C Clark, former US Supreme Court Justice, dies in New York at age 77.
- 1979 - Death of Darla Hood at age 47 of acute hepatitis from minor surgery; child actress (Our Gang comedies (1935-41), The Little Rascals TV show).
- 1986 - Death of Benny Goodman of a heart attack at age 77 in New York, USA; bandleader and clarinetist, known as the "King of Swing" ("Let's Dance", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Sing, Sing, Sing").
- 1987 - Death of Geraldine Page of a heart attack at age 62; American actress (Blue and Gray, A Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor).
- 2023 - Death of Cormac McCarthy at age 89 of natural causes at home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; author (Blood Meridian book (1985), All the Pretty Horses book (1992), No Country for Old Men book (2005), The Road book (2006, Pulitzer Prize winner), The Crossing book (1994), The Passenger book (2022), Cities of the Plain book (1998), Stella Maris book (2022)).
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