June 13th, 1959

Born on June 13th, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 243 days, exactly on February 26th, 2025, people who were born on June 13th, 1959 will be 24,000 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

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) 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, 1959

65

Klaus Iohannis

President of Romania from 2014-

*June 13th, 1959, Sibiu

65

Boyko Borisov

Bulgarian politician

*June 13th, 1959, Bankya

65

Steve Georganas

Australian politician

*June 13th, 1959, Adelaide

65

Jennifer Chandler

American diver

*June 13th, 1959, Valley

65

Mairead McGuinness

Irish politician and European Commissioner

*June 13th, 1959, Drogheda

65

Olivia Rodríguez

Spanish writer

*June 13th, 1959, A Coruña

65

Artur Dmochowski

Polish writer, historian and diplomat

*June 13th, 1959, Kraków

65

Jim Irsay

American football team owner

*June 13th, 1959, Lincolnwood

57

Maurice G. Dantec

French novelist, essayist (1959-2016)

*June 13th, 1959, Grenoble †June 25th, 2016, Montreal

65

José Weinstein

Chilean sociologist

*June 13th, 1959, Santiago

65

Mike Smith

American football coach

*June 13th, 1959, Chicago

65

Mary Wallace

Irish politician

*June 13th, 1959, County Dublin

65

Anthony Lawlor

Irish politician

*June 13th, 1959, Johnstown

65

Waldemar Merk

Polish canoeist

*June 13th, 1959, Warsaw

65

Tamara Shelofastova

Russian swimmer

*June 13th, 1959, Saint Petersburg

65

Dickey Nutt

American basketball player-coach

*June 13th, 1959, Little Rock

65

Ben Utt

American football player

*June 13th, 1959, Richmond

65

Carol Twombly

American artist and typeface designer

*June 13th, 1959, Concord

65

Katalin Tuschák

Hungarian fencer

*June 13th, 1959, Budapest

65

Samuel Moncada

Venezuelan politician

*June 13th, 1959, Caracas

65

Chuck Nevitt

American basketball player

*June 13th, 1959, Cortez

65

Prince Alexander-Georg von Auersperg

(born 1959)

*June 13th, 1959, New York City

65

Donnie Ray Koonce

American basketball player

*June 13th, 1959, North Carolina

65

Elsy del Pilar Cuello

Supreme court judge in Colombia

*June 13th, 1959, Bogotá

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

55

Søren Rasted

Danish musician

*June 13th, 1969, Blovstrød

45

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

61

Michal Malý

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1963, Hradec Králové

70

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigerian-American economist

*June 13th, 1954, Ogwashi-Uku

27

Yuta Watanabe

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1997, Suginami-ku

58

Nick Ponting

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1966, London

81

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

80

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

54

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

48

Qiang Hong

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1976, Jiangsu

51

Kim Sønderholm

Danish actor and film director

*June 13th, 1973, Aarhus

67

Janet Hemingway

British parasitologist

*June 13th, 1957, West Yorkshire

61

Félix Tshisekedi

President of DRC

*June 13th, 1963, Kinshasa

36

Nikita Khakimov

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1988, Moscow

31

Kai Schäfer

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1993, Darmstadt

71

Tim Allen

American actor and comedian

*June 13th, 1953, Denver

29

Jeon Hyuk-jin

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1995, Ulsan

44

Florent Malouda

French association football player

*June 13th, 1980, Cayenne

58

Annette Widmann-Mauz

German politician

*June 13th, 1966, Tübingen

27

070 Shake

American rapper (born 1997)

*June 13th, 1997, North Bergen

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

65

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

65

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

65

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

65

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

65

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 13th, 1959, Güímar

65

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Dag Erik Pedersen

Norwegian racing cyclist and cycling journalist

*June 6th, 1959, Skien †June 3rd, 2024, Helgeroa

65

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

65

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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