June 13th, 1842

Born on June 13th, 1842

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 572 days, exactly on November 20th, 2025, people who were born on June 13th, 1842 will be 67,000 days old!

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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

Governor of Texas Preston Smith 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) was finally crushed and sank after having been trapped in ice for almost two years.

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 Day
Who's birthday is on June 13th?

78

Augusta Lundin

Swedish fashion designer

*June 13th, 1840, Kristianstad †February 20th, 1919, Stockholm

48

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

*June 13th, 1831, Edinburgh †November 5th, 1879, Cambridge

54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

73

William Butler Yeats

Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

*June 13th, 1865, Sandymount †January 28th, 1939, Menton

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

76

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

*June 13th, 1897, Turku †October 2nd, 1973, Helsinki

35

Nikita Khakimov

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1988, Moscow

57

Nick Ponting

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1966, London

30

Kai Schäfer

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1993, Darmstadt

47

Qiang Hong

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1976, Jiangsu

28

Jeon Hyuk-jin

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1995, Ulsan

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

49

Benoît Rouquayrol

French inventor (1826-1875)

*June 13th, 1826, Espalion †November 14th, 1875, Rodez

60

Michal Malý

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1963, Hradec Králové

26

070 Shake

American rapper (born 1997)

*June 13th, 1997, North Bergen

69

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

50

Kim Sønderholm

Danish actor and film director

*June 13th, 1973, Aarhus

Same year
Born in 1842

70

Karl May

German author (1842-1912)

*February 25th, 1842, Hohenstein-Ernstthal †March 30th, 1912, Radebeul

56

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

81

Alfred Marshall

British economist

*July 26th, 1842, Bermondsey †July 13th, 1924, Cambridge

68

William James

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)

*January 11th, 1842, Astor House †August 26th, 1910, Tamworth

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

75

Abdul Hamid II

34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909

*September 21st, 1842, Istanbul †February 10th, 1918, Beylerbeyi Palace

76

Arrigo Boito

Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)

*February 24th, 1842, Padua †June 10th, 1918, Milan

47

Charles Grad

French politician (1842-1890)

*December 8th, 1842, Turckheim †July 3rd, 1890, Wintzenheim

88

Giovanni Boldini

Italian painter (1842-1931)

*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris

80

Cornelie Richter

German salonnière

*March 4th, 1842, Berlin †July 19th, 1922, Berlin

71

Ambrose Bierce

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

*June 24th, 1842, Meigs County †November 30th, 1913, Chihuahua City

70

Jules Massenet

French composer (1842–1912)

*May 12th, 1842, Saint-Étienne †August 13th, 1912, Paris

66

François Coppée

French poet and novelist

*January 26th, 1842, Paris †May 23rd, 1908, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Giovanni Giolitti

Italian statesman (1842–1928)

*October 27th, 1842, Mondovì †July 17th, 1928, Cavour

80

James Dewar

Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)

*September 20th, 1842, Kincardine †March 27th, 1923, London

68

Ellen Swallow Richards

American chemist (1842-1911)

*December 3rd, 1842, Dunstable †March 30th, 1911, Boston

77

John H. Bankhead

American politician (1842-1920)

*September 13th, 1842, Marion County †March 1st, 1920, Washington, D.C.

76

John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

English physicist (1842–1919)

*November 12th, 1842, Maldon †June 30th, 1919, Witham

79

Madeleine Brès

French physician

*November 25th, 1842, Bouillargues †November 30th, 1921, Montrouge

78

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

*November 27th, 1842, Moscow †February 8th, 1921, Dmitrov

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1842 is a normal year and no leap year.

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