June 13th, 1744

Born on June 13th, 1744

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 13th?

June 13th, 2013

Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption.

June 13th, 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.

June 13th, 2007

Insurgents carried out a second bombing at the al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam.

June 13th, 1996

After an 81-day standoff sparked by their refusal to be evicted from their foreclosed property in Jordan, Montana, the Christian Patriot group Montana Freemen surrendered to the FBI.

June 13th, 1983

Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.

June 13th, 1971

The 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.

June 13th, 1970

"The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' twentieth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

June 13th, 1969

Preston Smith, Governor of Texas, signed a law converting a research arm of Texas Instruments into the University of Texas at Dallas.

June 13th, 1952

Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed three days later by the shootdown of a second plane searching for the first one.

June 13th, 1944

Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.

June 13th, 1935

In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

June 13th, 1916

World 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.

June 13th, 1881

The Jeannette expedition to reach the North Pole from the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait came to an end when the USS Jeannette (pictured), after having been trapped in ice for almost two years, was crushed and sank.

June 13th, 1805

Lewis and Clark Expedition: Meriwether Lewis became the first white American to sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

June 13th, 1525

Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, beginning the practice of clerical marriage in Protestantism.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 13th

Same year
Born in 1744

82

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*November 30th, 1744, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

85

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

French naturalist (1744-1829)

*August 1st, 1744, Bazentin †December 18th, 1829, Paris

36

Patrick Ferguson

British Army officer

*June 4th, 1744, Pitfour estate †October 7th, 1780, Battle of Kings Mountain

86

Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł

Lithuanian noble (1744-1831)

*October 10th, 1744, Kraków †March 28th, 1831, Warsaw

73

Abigail Adams

First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*November 22nd, 1744, Weymouth †October 28th, 1818, Quincy

59

Johann Gottfried Herder

German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic

*August 25th, 1744, Morąg †December 18th, 1803, Weimar

70

Elbridge Gerry

Vice president of the United States from 1813 to 1814

*July 17th, 1744, Marblehead †November 23rd, 1814, Washington County

53

Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia

King of Prussia from 1786 to 1797

*September 25th, 1744, Berlin †November 16th, 1797, Potsdam

67

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher (1744-1811)

*January 5th, 1744, Gijón †November 27th, 1811, Puerto de Vega

74

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III

*May 19th, 1744, Mirow †November 17th, 1818, Kew

68

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

German banker

*February 23rd, 1744, Frankfurt †September 19th, 1812, Frankfurt

77

Pierce Butler

United States Founding Father, from South Carolina

*July 11th, 1744, County Carlow †February 15th, 1822, Philadelphia

52

William Hodges

British artist (1744-1797)

*October 28th, 1744, London †March 6th, 1797, Brixham

73

Ebenezer Hazard

American postmaster (1744-1817)

*January 15th, 1744, Philadelphia †June 13th, 1817, Philadelphia

60

Conrad Moench

German botanist (1744–1805)

*August 15th, 1744, Kassel †January 6th, 1805, Marburg

51

John Houstoun

American politician (1744-1796)

*August 31st, 1744, Waynesboro †July 20th, 1796, Savannah

71

Christian Gottfried Gruner

German physician

*November 8th, 1744, Żagań †December 5th, 1815, Jena

73

Karl Theodor von Dalberg

German archbishop of Mainz, later of Regensburg (1744-1817)

*February 8th, 1744, Mannheim †February 10th, 1817, Regensburg

51

Georg von Callenberg

(1744-1795)

*February 8th, 1744, Bad Muskau †May 4th, 1795, Bad Muskau

62

John Christopher Kunze

American minister (1744-1807)

*August 5th, 1744, Artern †July 24th, 1807, New York City

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Leap year

Yes: 1744 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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