Summary of the Day ✨ 13 June (13/06)
Israel launched air strikes against Iran, sparking the Twelve Day War, while a tragic wedding boat accident on Nigeria’s Niger River claimed at least 100 lives. In separate incidents, a stabbing and van attack in England killed three people, a gas explosion in China left 12 dead and over 138 injured, and Volkswagen was fined one billion euros for its emissions scandal.
Historical Events 📜
- 2025: Israel initiates air strikes against Iran, initiating the Twelve Day War.
- 2023: At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.
- 2023: Three people are killed and another three injured in an early morning stabbing and van ramming attack in Nottingham, England.
- 2021: A gas explosion in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province of China kills at least 12 people and wounds over 138 others.
- 2018: Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.
- 2015: A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police.
- 2012: A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
- 2010: A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.
- 2007: The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
- 2005: The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of his charges for allegedly sexually molesting a child in 1993.
- 2002: The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
- 2000: President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
- 2000: Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- 1999: BMW win 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans
- 1997: A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
Famous Births 👶
- 2006: Macklin Celebrini, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2006: Pablo García, Spanish footballer
- 2001: Bowen Byram, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2001: Sung Han-bin, South Korean singer
- 2000: Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
- 1995: Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
- 1995: Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
- 1994: Deepika Kumari, Indian archer
- 1994: Atsuhiro Inukai, Japanese actor
- 1993: Cansin Köktürk, German politician
- 1993: Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (died 2011)
- 1993: Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater (died 2018)
- 1992: Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
- 1991: Will Claye, American jumper
- 1991: Ryan Mason, English footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Angela Bofill, American R&B singer (born 1954)
- 2024: Benji Gregory, American child actor (born 1978)
- 2023: Cormac McCarthy, American author (born 1933)
- 2021: Ned Beatty, American actor (born 1937)
- 2015: Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1917)
- 2015: Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1933)
- 2015: Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (born 1940)
- 2014: Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933)
- 2014: Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1926)
- 2014: Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
- 2014: Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (born 1932)
- 2014: Robert Peters, American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1924)
- 2013: David Deutsch, American businessman, founded Deutsch Inc. (born 1929)
- 2013: Sam Most, American flute player and saxophonist (born 1930)
- 2013: Albert White Hat, American educator and activist (born 1938)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Anthony of Padua, Doctor of the Church - Christian feast day:
Aquilina - Christian feast day:
Cetteus (Peregrinus) - Christian feast day:
Felicula - Christian feast day:
G. K. Chesterton (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Gerard of Clairvaux - Christian feast day:
Psalmodius - Christian feast day:
Ragnebert (Rambert) - Christian feast day:
Blessed Thomas Woodhouse - Christian feast day:
Triphyllius - Christian feast day:
June 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Inventors’ Day (Hungary)
- Suleimaniah City Fallen and Martyrs Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- International Albinism Awareness Day (international)