13 June History
- 1777 - The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in the American colonies to help in their rebellion against Britain.
- 1863 - Confederate forces on their way to Gettysburg clash with Union troops at the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia.
- 1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent by parcel post.
- 1923 - The French set a trade barrier between occupied Ruhr and the rest of Germany.
- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh receives the Distinguished Flying Cross and is treated to a ticker-tape parade to celebrate his successful crossing of the Atlantic.
- 1940 - Paris is evacuated as the Germans advance on the city.
- 1943 - German spies land on Long Island, New York, and are soon captured.
- 1944 - The first Germany V-1 buzz-bomb hits London.
- 1949 - Installed by the French, Bao Dai enters Saigon to rule Vietnam.
- 1971 - The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers.
- 1978 - Israelis withdraw the last of their invading forces from Lebanon.
- 1979 - Sioux Indians are awarded $105 million in compensation for the 1877 U.S. seizure of the Black Hills in South Dakota.
- 1983 - Pioneer 10, already in space for 11 years, leaves the solar system.
13 June Birthdays
- 40 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general.
- 1752 - Fanny Burney, English writer.
- 1786 - Winfield Scott, U.S. Army general.
- 1831 - James C. Maxwell, scientist.
- 1865 - William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and dramatist.
- 1893 - Dorothy Leigh Sayers, English detective writer, creator of Lord Peter Wimsey.
- 1894 - Mark Van Doren, American poet, writer and educator.
- 1903 - Harold "Red" Grange, American football player.