Historical Events In June - 13

1920  Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American) on this day in history.   

1920  Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at peace confer on this day in history.   

1921  Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs beating Tigers 11-8 on this day in history.   

1922  Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops on this day in history.   

1924  On June - 13 bene Berak Palestine founded   

1924  On June - 13 percy Rodrigues, Montreal Quebec, actor (Brainwaves)   

1925  57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history hans Fellner, bookseller   

1926  Geoffrey Finsberg, politician on this day in history.   

1927  On June - 13 ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC   

1927  On this day in history knut Wiggen, composer   

1927  On June - 13 henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice, gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82   

1928  On this day in history jean Villain, writer   

1928  On June - 13 damaso Ledesma, composer, dies at 60   

1930  22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista Greece on June - 13.   

1930  1st Nudist Colony opens on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history 63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6   

1931  Lachlan Macleay, USAF/pilot on this day in history.   

1932  Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta on June - 13.   

1933  On this day in history federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized   

1933  On this day in history first sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)   

1933  On this day in history 1st sodium vapor lamps installed (Schenectady NY)   

1933  On this day in history bob Litty, US   

1934  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1349 Bechuana on this day in history.   

1934  Lady Annabel Goldsmith, English socialite on June - 13.   

1935  Hammond scores his 100th hundred, 116 for Gloucs v Somerset on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history 2nd Belgian govt of Van Zealand forms   

1937  On this day in history joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns   

1938  On June - 13 great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge   

1939  Arthur Coningham, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1894), dies on June - 13.   

1940  On June - 13 hMS ODIN, sunk off southern Italy in Gulf of Taranto by torpedo and gunfire of Italian destroyer 'Strale'.   

1940  Paris evacuated before the German advance on this day in history.   

1940  Paris evacuates before German advance on this day in history.   

1941  On June - 13 battle for Jezzine   

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1539  Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman, Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist/illustrator was born on this day in history.   

1592  On June - 13 birth of tobias Michael, composer   

1612  On this day in history birth of karel van Croij, prince of Chimay/Duke of Aarschot   

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

1649  On this day in history birth of adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)   

1701  On June - 13 birth of angelo Antonio Caroli, composer   

1736  On this day in history birth of henryk Klein, composer   

1752  On June - 13 birth of fanny Burney, England, author (Camille, Evelina)   

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

1142  On this day in history godfried II, duke of Brabant/Neth-Lotharingen, dies   

1231  On June - 13 death of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (b. 1195)   

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  Johann Spangenberg, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1612  Charles van Croij, prince of Chimay, dies at 51 on June - 13.   

1636  On this day in history death of george Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, Scottish politician (b. 1562)