June 13th, 1909

Born on June 13th, 1909

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on June 13th, 1909

88

E. M. S. Namboodiripad

Indian communist politician and theorist and first Chief Minister of Kerala state (1909-1998)

*June 13th, 1909, Perintalmanna †March 19th, 1998, Thiruvananthapuram

87

Diedrich Wattenberg

German astronomer

*June 13th, 1909, Bremen †November 26th, 1996, Berlin

91

Wilhelmine Corinth

German actress and author (1909-2001)

*June 13th, 1909, Berlin †May 31st, 2001, New York City

78

Antonio Añoveros Ataún

Spanish bishop

*June 13th, 1909, Pamplona †October 24th, 1987, Bilbao

73

Vladimír Neff

Czech translator, bookwriter and writer (1909-1983)

*June 13th, 1909, Prague †June 2nd, 1983, Prague

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 13th?

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

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

76

Paavo Nurmi

Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897-1973)

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

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

86

John Forbes Nash

American mathematician and economist (1928–2015)

*June 13th, 1928, Bluefield †May 23rd, 2015, Monroe Township

88

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Spanish Galician writer

*June 13th, 1910, Serantes †January 27th, 1999, Salamanca

78

Augusta Lundin

Swedish fashion designer

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

69

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

86

Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

57

Nick Ponting

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1966, London

60

Michal Malý

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1963, Hradec Králové

48

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

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

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

47

Qiang Hong

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1976, Jiangsu

77

Luis Walter Alvarez

American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911-1988)

*June 13th, 1911, San Francisco †September 1st, 1988, Berkeley

35

Nikita Khakimov

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1988, Moscow

30

Kai Schäfer

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1993, Darmstadt

28

Jeon Hyuk-jin

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1995, Ulsan

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Born in 1909

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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