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What happened on June 13th


 Birthdates Which Occur on June 13: 
  40 Gnaeus Julius Agricola Roman general; conquered Wales, No England
 823 Charles II the Bald, King of France (843-77)/emperor (875-77)
1539 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator
1592 Tobias Michael composer
1612 Karel van Cro˜ prince of Chimay/Duke of Aarschot
1627 Fidel Molitor composer
1701 Angelo Antonio Caroli composer
1736 Henryk Klein composer
1752 Fanny Burney England, author (Camille, Evelina)
1757 Christian Ludwig Dieter composer
1761 Anton Wranitzky composer
1763 Jos‚ B de Andrada e Silva premier of Brazil
1765 Anton Eberl composer
1773 Thomas Young British philologist/physician (light interference)
1775 Antoni Henryk Radziwill composer
1786 Winfield Scott army general (Union)/presidential candidate
1790 Jos‚ Antonio P ez president of Venezuela
1795 Thomas Arnold English educator/historian (History of Rome)
1806 Bernard ter Haar Dutch vicar/poet/church historian
1809 George Philip St Cooke Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
1820 WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral
1821 Albert duc de Broglie, France, premier (1873-74, 1977)
 and Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox Asst Secy (Union), died in 1883
1823 Gustave Paul Cluseret Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
1824 Julius Eichberg composer
1825 Benjamin Jefferson Hill Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1829 Antonio Zamara composer
1831 James Clerk Maxwell physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory
1854 Charles Algernon Parsons British inventor (steam turbine)
1863 Josef Venantius von Woss composer
1864 Johan R Kjell‚n Swedish sociologist
1865 William Butler Yeats Ireland, poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923)
1866 Lambertus Z˜l sculptor (Trade scholarship)
1869 Ede Poldini composer
1874 Leopoldo Lugones Argentina, writer
1875 Max d' Ollone composer
1879 Johannes G Geelkerken Dutch reformed vicar
1881 Lois Weber 1st US woman film director (What Do Men Want?)
1888 Fernando A Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa Portuguese poet
1891 Nell Craig NJ, actress (Calling Dr Kildare, Queen of Sheba)
1892 Basil Rathbone Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes)
1893 Dorothy Leigh Sayers England, novelist (9 Taylors)
1894 Isaak E Babel Russian writer (Konarm˜a, Mar˜a) [or Jul 13]
 and Jacques-Henri Lartigue France, photographer
 and Mark van Doren Ill, author (Happy Critic, Transients)
1897 Paavo Johannes Nurmi Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1920/24/28)
1898 Eva J C Beck actress (Resurrection)
1899 Carlos Ch vez Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfon¡a India)
19-- Deann Mears Fort Fairfield Maine, actress (Emily-Beacon Hill)
 and Jacqueline XXX actress (Blue Angel Part 2)
 and Lefty Perez Puerto Rico, salsa singer
1900 Ian Hunter Capetown S Africa, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood)
1901 Lode Zielens Flemish author/journalist (Obscure Blood)
 and Tage F Erlander Swedish premier (1946-69)
1903 Harold "Red" Grange "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears)
 and Philipp Kutev composer
1911 Albert Cleage famous African
 and Luis W Alvarez physicist (Nobel-1968) [or Jan 17]
1912 Mary Wickes St Louis Mo, actress (Dennis the Menace, Julia, Doc)
1913 Ralph Edwards Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
1915 J Donald Budge US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles)
1918 Ben Johnson Foraker Okla, actor (Chisum, Battle Force, Dillinger)
1919 Leif Kayser composer
1920 Knut Nordahl Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
1924 Percy Rodrigues Montreal Quebec, actor (Brainwaves)
1926 Paul Lynde Mt Vernon Ohio, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched)
1927 Knut Wiggen composer
1933 Bob Litty US
1935 A S Kisilyov cosmonaut
 and Christo Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence)
1937 Eleanor Norton (Rep-D-Dist of Col)
1938 Gwynne Howell British opera singer
 and Peter Michael English electronic manufacturer (UEI, Paintbox)
1939 Don Harris "Sugarcane" rocker
1940 Bobby Freeman SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
1941 Robert Forester Rochester NY, actor (Banyon, Nakia)
 and Tom Hallick Buffalo NY, actor (Search)
1942 James Carr US, gospel singer (To Love Somebody)
1943 Edward Skorek Poland, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
 and Malcolm McDowell Leeds England, actor (Clockwork Orange, Caligula)
1944 Joe Amato NHRA top fuel drag racing champion (1991)
1945 Ronald J Grabe NYC, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-J, 30, 42, 57)
1947 Daniel P A "Danie" Schutte S African underminister of Justice
 and Jerrold Nadler (Rep-D-NY)
 and Peter Holm boyfriend of Joan Collins
1949 Dennis Locorriere Union City NJ, rock guitarist (Dr Hook)
 and Simon Callow London England, actor (Good Father)
1951 Jonathan Hogan Chicago IL, actor (House on Carroll St)
 and Liz Phillips composer
 and Richard Thomas NYC, (John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda)
1953 Tim Allen Denver Colo, comedian (Home Improvement)
1954 Bo [Robert] Donaldson rock vocalist (Billy Don't Be a Hero)
 and Daniel Seemiller Pitts, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
 and Jorge Santana rocker (Malo)
1963 Bettina Bunge Switz, tennis player (Virginia Slims of Calif 1983)
 and Catarina Lindqvist Sweden, tennis player (Swedish Open 1986)
 and Edward Sturing soccer player (Vitesse)
1964 Jennifer Gillom basketball player, (Olympic-gold-1988)
1966 Thyme Lewis SF Calif, actor (Jonah-Days of our Lives)
1968 Deniece Peterson rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
1969 James Walters actor (Shout)
197- Charlie Rivera singer (Menudo)
1970 Lance Ringnald Des Moines Iowa, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
1971 Broderick nonuplets Sydney Australia (7 of 9 survived infancy)
 and David Mendenhall actor (Over the Top, Space Raiders, Witchfire)
1973 Ines Gorrochategui Cordoba Argentina, tennis star
1974 Harvey Esajas Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1986 Ashley Fuller Olsen actress (Full House)
 and Mary Kate Olsen actress (Full House)
 Deaths Which Occured June 13: 
 323 -BC- Alexander III the Great King of Macedonia, dies of fever at 32
1142 Godfried II duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1371 Jan V of Virneburg bishop of Utrecht (pledge Vollenhove), dies
1550 Johann Spangenberg composer, dies at 66
     Veronica Gambara Italian poet, dies at 64
1612 Charles van Cro˜ prince of Chimay, dies at 51
1665 Auke Stellingwerf lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 29
     Egbert Meussen Kortenaer vice-admiral, dies in battle at about 29
     Jacob van Wassenaer [Foggy Obdam], lt-admiral, dies in battle at 55
1713 Arcangelo Corelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at about 49
1749 Jan F van Bloemen [Orizonte], Flemish painter, dies at 87
1821 [Iza„k J] Alexander Gogel minister of Finance/patriot, dies at 55
1825 Johan Peter Melchior German sculptor, dies at 82
1839 Martin-Pierre Dalvimare composer, dies at 66
1865 Cleaveland J Campbell Union brig-general, dies at about 29
1873 Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani composer, dies at 51
1886 Ludwig II King of Bavaria, drowns
1905 Theodoros Delyannis premier Greece, murdered
     Tippo-Tip [Hamed ben Mohammed], Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
1920 Essad Pasja Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer
1927 Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82
1928 Damaso Ledesma composer, dies at 60
1934 Theodor D„bler German writer (Tie Sternenkind), dies
1939 Volter A Kilpi Finnish writer (Suljetuilla Porteilla), dies at 64
1946 Edward Bowes radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
1954 Nikolai Obouhov composer, dies at 62
1958 Pierre-tienne Flandin French PM (1934-35), dies at 69
1961 Ben Jones Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79
1962 Eugene Goossens British composer (Perseus), dies at 69
1965 Martin Buber German/Israel philosopher/zionist/theologist, dies at 87
1972 Clyde L Mcphatter US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39)
1973 Alvin Derold Etler composer, dies at 60
     Frantisek Suchy composer, dies at 82
1976 Don Bolles US journalist (against Arizona), dies
1977 Tom C Clark former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 77
1979 Darla Hood actress (Little Rascals), dies
1982 Abdul Aziz Khaled King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69
1984 Marinus de Jong composer, dies at 92
1986 Benny Goodman the clarinet playing King of Swing, dies in NY at 77
1987 Geraldine Page actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62
1993 Donald "Deke" K Slayton US major/astronaut: Apollo 18, dies at 69
1994 James Pollack US room designer, dies at 55
 Holidays Which Occur June 13: 
     Yemen Arab Rep Reform Movement Day
 Religious Observances on June 13: 
     Rambertus/Ragnebert, martyr at Lyon
1231 RC Mem of St Anthony of Padua, patron of lovers, poor
 Things to Remember for June 13: 
     Black Music-National Rose Month-Pest Control Month-Dairy Month
     Flower-rose & honeysuckle     Gem-moonstone, pearl & alexandrite
     National Accordion Month-National Tennis Month
     National Adopt-a-Cat-Vacation-American Rivers Month
     Ragweed Control-Zoo & Aquarium-Gay Pride Month
  4 Days Zeta Perseid meteor shower
  8 Days Astrological sign:  Gemini
     Kitchen Klutzes of America Day
     [Ancient Rome] Idus Juni‘
 Highlights in History Which Occur June 13: 
1325 Sheik Ibn Battuta begins 1st world trip, Tangiers to Mecca
1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed
1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails
1547 King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman
1611 John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication
1625 English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette
1655 Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater
1665 Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch
1707 Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc R k¢czi II
1721 England signs Treaty of Madrid
1727 Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris
1753 Austria, England & Modena sign secret military treaty
1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves
1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
1792 King Louis XVI fires French government
1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
1828 Sim¢n Bol¡var proclaimed dictator
1837 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio
1855 Opera "Les Vˆpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)
1863 Battle of Winchester VA
 and Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, NZ
 and Skirmish at Berryville Virginia
1865 Pres Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states
1866 House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks)
1868 Oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana
1871 Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
1873 J C Watson discovers asteroid #132 Aethra
1878 Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization
1879 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella
1886 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC
1888 Congress creates Department of Labor
1889 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming
1890 Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out & named
1895 mile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)
1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital
1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners & Christians
1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland
1905 NY Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chic Cubs, 1-0
1907 Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2øF in Tamarack Calif
1908 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in Paris
1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from NY to Phila
 and William D Crum, a SC physician, appointed minister to Liberia
1912 NY Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game
1913 Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games
1917 Germany bombs London
1918 Phillies & Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings
1921 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8
1924 Bene Berak Palestine founded
 and Gaston Doumergue elected as 1st protestant French premier
 and Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win
1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista Greece
1932 Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta
 and Great Britain & France sign peace treaty
1933 1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)
 and Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized
 and German Secret State Police (Gestapo) established
1934 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1349 Bechuana
1935 James T Braddocks beats Max Baer for heavyweight boxing title
1936 2nd Belgian govt of Van Zealand forms
1937 Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns
 and Stalin executes Rus officers Tuchachevski, Jakir, Putna & Uberevitch
1938 Jews injured and property destroyed in Przemyal Poland
1940 Paris evacuates before German advance
1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemnde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
 and FDR creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head
 and Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island
 and OSS, Office of Strategic Services, form
1944 German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy
 and Nazi Germany begins V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) buzz-bomb attacks
1945 Heerjansdam soccer team forms
 and Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead
1946 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland
 and King Umberto II of Italy abdicates
1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
1950 South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act"
1951 UN arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea
1952 soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8
1953 Ben Hogan wins his 4th US Golf Open
 and Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
 and KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx
1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans France
1956 Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50/KVP 49
 and Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup
1957 Mayflower II from Plymouth, England, reaches Plymouth Mass
 and Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
1959 Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament
1960 Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia
1962 Norway named ombudsman
1964 Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55)
1965 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses & Fiddler on the Roof win
1966 Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
1967 "You Only Live Twice" premieres in US
 and Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice
1969 Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band & joins Rolling Stones
 and T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2111 Tselina
1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
     Beatles' "Long & Winding Road," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LGPA championship
 and NY Times began publishing "Pentagon Papers"
 and Perth Observatory discovers asteroids #1806 Derice & #1978 Patrice
1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604
1973 Garvey, Lopes, Cey & Russell play together for 1st time, set record
     of staying together as an infield for 8« years (LA Dodgers)
1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2219 Mannucci
1976 Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam
 and Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04)
1977 Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"
 and Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation
 and UN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
1981 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany
 and Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II
 and Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"
1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69
 and Jan Stephenson wins LPGA title
1983 Pioneer 10 becomes 1st man-made object to leave Solar System
1986 Pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency
 and Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play
1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete
     cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
 and George Harrison releases "This is Love"
 and US Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist
1989 Detroit sweeps Los Angeles, for NBA championship
1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
 and Nelson & Winnie Mandela welcomed in NYC
 and Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term,
1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at US Open Golf tournament
 and NHL owners present contract to players (leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike)
1993 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran
 and YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
1995 Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0
1930  22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece.
1955  Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France.
 Your Special Reminders for June 13: 
     164th day of year with 201 days left   (Numerology = 1)
 and 1953   51øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
 and 1961   96øF highest temperature for this date in NYC