Historical Events In June - 13

1972  Clyde L Mcphatter, US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39 on June - 13.  

1973  Alvin Derold Etler, composer, dies at 60 on June - 13.  

1975  Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2219 Mannucci on this day in history.  

1976  Don Bolles, US journalist (against Arizona), dies on this day in history.  

1977  On June - 13 tom C Clark, former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in NY at 77  

1979  On June - 13 darla Hood, actress (Our Gang 1935-45), dies at 47  

1980  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Waterfall"  

1980  On June - 13 uN Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela  

1981  On this day in history 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany  

1981  On this day in history teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II  

1981  On this day in history tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"  

1982  Argentine forces surrender to the British in the Falklands conflict on June - 13.  

1982  On June - 13 fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69  

1982  On June - 13 abdul Aziz Khaled, King of Saudi-Arabia, dies at 69  

1983  On June - 13 pioneer 10 becomes first man-made object to leave Solar System  

1983  On this day in history pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system  

1984  On June - 13 marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92  

1986  On June - 13 pres Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency  

1986  On this day in history benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), dies at 77  

1987  Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel &Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina on June - 13.  

1987  Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62 on June - 13.  

1988  George Harrison releases "This is Love" on this day in history.  

1988  On June - 13 uS Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist  

1989  On this day in history fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), dies at 81  

1990  Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya on this day in history.  

1990  On June - 13 official removal of the Berlin Wall begins  

1990  Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term on June - 13.  

1993  Donald "Deke" K Slayton, US major/astronaut (Apollo 18), dies at 69 on June - 13.  

1994  On June - 13 anne Aitken, student of Zen, dies at 83  

1995  On this day in history david Parry, guitarist, dies 53  

1996  David Nicholls, priest/theologian/political theorist, dies at 60 on June - 13.  

2005  On June - 13 death of Álvaro Cunhal, former General-Secretary of the Portuguese Communist Party and a major figure among European communists.  

2005  Singer Michael Jackson acquitted of all charges of harming children (see 205 trial of Michael Jackson) on June - 13.  

2012  A series of bombings across Iraq kill 93 and wound 300 people on June - 13.  

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1539  Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator was born on June - 13.  

1592  On this day in history birth of tobias Michael, composer  

1612  Karel van Croij, prince of Chimay/Duke of Aarschot was born on June - 13.  

1627  On this day in history birth of fidel Molitor, composer  

1649  On June - 13 birth of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)  

1701  On this day in history birth of angelo Antonio Caroli, composer  

1736  Henryk Klein, composer was born on this day in history.  

1752  Fanny Burney, England, author (Camille, Evelina) was born on June - 13.  

1036  Death of Ali az-Zahir, caliph (b. 1005) on this day in history.  

1142  Godfried II, duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies on June - 13.  

1231  Death of Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (b. 1195) on June - 13.  

1256  Death of Tankei, Japanese sculptor (b. 1173) on June - 13.  

1371  Jan V of Virneburg, bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove), dies on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history johann Spangenberg, composer, dies at 66  

1612  On June - 13 charles van Croij, prince of Chimay, dies at 51  

1636  Death of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562) on this day in history.