June 13th, 1948

Born on June 13th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 274 days, exactly on February 9th, 2025, people who were born on June 13th, 1948 will be 28,000 days old!

... 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

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, 1948

75

Claudia Storz

Swiss writer

*June 13th, 1948, Zürich

75

Joe Roth

American film executive, producer and director

*June 13th, 1948, New York City

75

Thomas B. Fargo

United States admiral

*June 13th, 1948, San Diego

75

Pratima Kazmi

Indian television and film actress

*June 13th, 1948, India

75

Christina Olofson

Swedish film director, screenwriter and film producer

*June 13th, 1948, Kristinehamn

53

Garnet Bailey

Canadian ice hockey player (1948-2001)

*June 13th, 1948, Lloydminster †September 11th, 2001, Two World Trade Center

75

Darina Allen

Irish chef, food writer, TV personality

*June 13th, 1948, Cullohill

75

Tsuguhisa Kikuchi

Japanese biathlete

*June 13th, 1948, Hokkaido

75

Judith Neuffer

United States Navy aviator

*June 13th, 1948, Wooster

75

Ahmad Tohari

Indonesian writer

*June 13th, 1948, Tinggarjaya

75

John Kormendy

American astronomer

*June 13th, 1948, Graz

75

Gert-Åke Bengtsson

Swedish sports shooter

*June 13th, 1948, Billinge

75

Dave Stainwright

English association football player (born 1948)

*June 13th, 1948, Nottingham

75

Brian Fairlie

New Zealand tennis player

*June 13th, 1948, Christchurch

75

Hans Kaufmann

Swiss politician

*June 13th, 1948, Ettiswil

69

Bernhard J. Deubig

German judge and politician (1948-2018)

*June 13th, 1948, Speyer †February 28th, 2018

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54

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

69

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

74

Ulla Schmidt

German politician (SPD)

*June 13th, 1949, Aachen

26

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

60

Michal Malý

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1963, Hradec Králové

57

Nick Ponting

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1966, London

86

Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

82

Esther Ofarim

Israeli singer

*June 13th, 1941, Safed

72

Stellan Skarsgård

Swedish actor (born 1951)

*June 13th, 1951, Göteborgs Kristine församling

70

Tim Allen

American actor and comedian

*June 13th, 1953, Denver

47

Qiang Hong

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1976, Jiangsu

64

Klaus Iohannis

President of Romania from 2014-

*June 13th, 1959, Sibiu

77

Paul L. Modrich

American biochemist

*June 13th, 1946, Raton

35

Nikita Khakimov

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1988, Moscow

50

Kim Sønderholm

Danish actor and film director

*June 13th, 1973, Aarhus

70

Greg Cohen

American musician

*June 13th, 1953, Los Angeles

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Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor (born 1948)

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 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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