June 13 in History

Historical Events on June 13

1774 Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.

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.

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.

1927 Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

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.

1966 The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

1967 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1971 Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.

1977 Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

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Famous Birthdays on June 13

1897 Paavo Nurmi

1944 Ban Ki-moon

1981 Chris Evans (actor)

1986 Jonathan Lucroy

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Famous Deaths on June 13

1886 Ludwig II of Bavaria

1918 Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

1979 Demetrio Stratos

2006 Charles Haughey

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