Historical events on June 13
JUNE 13, 2013
Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.
Petr Nečas is a Czech former politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Civic
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JUNE 13, 1881
The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the USS Jeannette (pictured) was finally crushed and sank after having been trapped in ice for almost two years.
The Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, officially called the U.S. Arctic Expedition, was an attempt led by George W. De Long to reach
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JUNE 13, 1983
Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.
Pioneer 10 is a NASA space probe launched in 1972 that completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter. Pioneer 10 became
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JUNE 13, 1850
The American League of Colored Laborers, one of the first labor unions for African Americans, was established in New York City.
The American League of Colored Laborers was a short-lived labor union established in New York City in 1850. It is notable for
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JUNE 13, 2011
A 6.0 Mw earthquake caused up to NZ$6 billion of additional damage to Christchurch, New Zealand, which was still recovering from an earthquake four months earlier.
The June 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a shallow magnitude 6.0 Mw earthquake that occurred on 13 June 2011 at 14:20 NZST. It
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JUNE 13, 1525
Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, beginning the practice of clerical marriage in Protestantism.
Martin Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant
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JUNE 13, 1969
Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at Dallas.
Preston Earnest Smith was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as the 40th governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. A
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JUNE 13, 1805
Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly
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JUNE 13, 1944
Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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JUNE 13, 1514
Henry Grace à Dieu, the largest warship ever built at the time, was launched from Woolwich Dockyard, England.
Henry Grace à Dieu, also known as Great Harry, was an English carrack or "great ship" of the King's Fleet in the
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JUNE 13, 2007
Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.
The 2007 al-Askari mosque bombing occurred on 13 June 2007 at around 9 am local time at one of the holiest sites in
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JUNE 13, 1981
English teenager Marcus Sarjeant fired six blanks at Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
Marcus Simon Sarjeant is a British man who fired six blank shots near Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall
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JUNE 13, 1935
In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective
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JUNE 13, 1916
World War I: The Battle of Mont Sorrel in the Ypres Salient came to an end as a Canadian assault led German forces to withdraw to their original lines.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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JUNE 13, 1952
Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.
The Catalina affair was a military confrontation and Cold War-era diplomatic crisis in June 1952, in which Soviet Air Force fighter jets
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