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Historical Events on June 13

  • Rhode Island

    1774

    Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.

  • American Revolutionary War

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.

  • World War I

    1917

    World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.

  • Charles Lindbergh

    1927

    Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

  • World War II

    1944

    World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.

  • United States Supreme Court

    1966

    The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    1967

    U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Vietnam War

    1971

    Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    1977

    Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

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