Observed on 13 June
- Inventors' Day (Hungary)
- Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- International Albinism Awareness Day (international)
13 June in Indian history
13 June in world history
- 2011A 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.
- 2002The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 1994A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
- 1990First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
- 1982Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War.
- 1973In a game versus the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey and Bill Russell play together as an infield for the first time, going on to set the Major League Baseball record of staying togeth
- 1971The New York Times published the first excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
- 1970"The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' twentieth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- 1967U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1966The 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").
- 1956Spanish football club Real Madrid CF wins the inaugural European Cup, UEFA's premier club competition, by winning 4–3 against French club Stade de Reims in the final.
- 1944Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.
- 1916World 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.
- 1907The Workers' Federation of Chile declares a general strike in solidarity with an ongoing rail workers' strike.
- 1878Start of the Congress of Berlin in which the major powers of Europe revise the Treaty of San Stefano, signed on March 3 the same year, that Russia had imposed on a defeated Ottoman Empire.
- 1850The American League of Colored Laborers, one of the first labor unions for African Americans, was established in New York City.
- 1805Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
Born on 13 June
- 1973Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1965Maninder Singh, Indian cricketerIndia
- 1964Piyush Goyal, Indian politician, Minister of RailwaysIndia
- 1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (died 1998)India
- 1894Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and medical doctor (died 1981)
- 1508Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (died 1579)
Died on 13 June
- 2015Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1917)
- 2008Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (born 1950)
- 1969Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director and producer (born 1898)India
- 1784Henry Middleton, American farmer and politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (born 1717)
Frequently asked questions
- What happened on 13 June in history?
- 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. 2002: The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 1997: The Uphaar Cinema Fire takes place at Green Park, Delhi, resulting in the deaths of 59 people and seriously injuring 103 others. 1994: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
- What happened on 13 June in Indian history?
- 1997: The Uphaar Cinema Fire takes place at Green Park, Delhi, resulting in the deaths of 59 people and seriously injuring 103 others.
- Which famous people were born on 13 June?
- Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach (1973); Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer (1965); Piyush Goyal, Indian politician, Minister of Railways (1964); E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (died 1998) (1909).
- Which day is observed on 13 June?
- Inventors' Day (Hungary); Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan); International Albinism Awareness Day (international).
Historical entries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), sorted with India-related events first.