Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: June 13
June 13, 2024 is the 165th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 13
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.
- 1944 –World War II: German combat elements - reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division - launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
- 1952 –Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
- 1969 –Governor of Texas Preston Smith signs a bill into law converting the former Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, originally founded as a research arm of Texas Instruments, into the University of Texas at Dallas.
- 1970 –“The Long and Winding Road” becomes the Beatles’ last Number 1 song.
- 1978 –Israeli Defense Forces withdraw from Lebanon.
- 1995 –French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.
- 1997 –A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2000 –Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
- 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.
Who were born on June 13?
- 1672 –Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1741)
- 1884 –Étienne Gilson, French philosopher (d. 1978)
- 1884 –Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
- 1897 –Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (d. 1973)
- 1927 –Slim Dusty, Australian Singer (d. 2003)
- 1951 –Richard Thomas, American actor
- 1964 –Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1965 –Lisa Vidal, American actress
- 1978 –Ethan Embry, American actor
- 1980 –Darius Vassell, English footballer
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