June 13 in history
Events on June 13
Notable events that happened on June 13 in past years.
- 2025
Israel initiates air strikes against Iran, initiating the Twelve Day War.
Wikipedia article: Twelve-Day War - 2018
Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
Wikipedia article: Volkswagen - 2005
The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of all charges for allegedly sexually abusing a child in 2003.
Wikipedia article: Trial of Michael Jackson - 2000
Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
Wikipedia article: Mehmet Ali Ağca - 1996
The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
Wikipedia article: Montana Freemen - 1983
Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Wikipedia article: Pioneer 10 - 1977
Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.
Wikipedia article: Martin Luther King Jr. - 1966
The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing").
Wikipedia article: Supreme Court of the United States - 1944
World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1917
World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1893
Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
Wikipedia article: Grover Cleveland - 1855
Twentieth opera of Giuseppe Verdi, Les vêpres siciliennes ("The Sicilian Vespers"), is premiered in Paris.
Wikipedia article: Giuseppe Verdi - 1777
American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
Wikipedia article: American Revolutionary War - 1525
Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
- 313
The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.
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