The Chicago Blackhawks won their first Stanley Cup in 49 years
Patrick Kane scored the championship-winning goal in overtime against the Philadelphia Flyers, ending one of the longest droughts in NHL history. The...
June 13 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
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2000
Leaders from North and South Korea met for the first time since the Korean War ended in 1953
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung traveled to Pyongyang for an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The historic meeting earne...
1996
A Montana man was arrested for attempting to sell a pound of cocaine to fund his daughter's beauty pageant career
The 42-year-old father told police he needed the money to pay for his daughter's Little Miss Montana competition. He was caught in an undercover sting...
1986
A Canadian man was arrested for impersonating a doctor and performing surgery for over 10 years without a medical degree
Ferdinand Demara Jr., known as 'The Great Impostor,' had already lived multiple lives as a fake surgeon, monk, teacher, and prison warden. His exploit...
1983
Pioneer 10 became the first human-made object to leave the solar system
MajorAfter 11 years of travel, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft crossed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first spacecraft to venture beyond the outermost pla...
1971
The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, classified documents revealing government deception about the Vietnam War
MajorDaniel Ellsberg leaked the top-secret study showing that the government had systematically lied about the war for years. The Nixon administration trie...
1967
President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, making him the first African American justice
MajorMarshall, who had successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education, broke the Supreme Court's color barrier. He served for 24 years and became known as...
1966
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that suspects must be informed of their rights before questioning
MajorThis landmark decision created the famous 'Miranda rights' that police must read to suspects. The ruling came after Ernesto Miranda's confession was u...
1944
Germany launched the first V-1 flying bomb attack on London during World War II
MajorThese pilotless flying bombs, nicknamed 'buzz bombs' or 'doodlebugs,' terrorized London for months. Over 9,500 were launched at England, and their dis...
1935
James Braddock defeated Max Baer to become heavyweight boxing champion in one of sports' greatest upsets
Braddock, nicknamed the 'Cinderella Man,' was a washed-up fighter on welfare who shocked the world by defeating the heavily favored champion. His impr...
1920
The U.S. Post Office ruled that children may not be sent by parcel post
This wasn't a hypothetical concern—several parents had actually tried mailing their children to relatives because it was cheaper than train fare. One...
1893
The first recorded women's college basketball game was played in Massachusetts
Smith College students played the first official women's basketball game just two years after Dr. James Naismith invented the sport. The game was play...
1865
William Butler Yeats, who would become one of the greatest poets in the English language, was born in Dublin
Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 and helped found the Abbey Theatre. Despite his literary genius, he was also obsessed with the occult...
1774
Rhode Island became the first American colony to ban the importation of enslaved people
The colonial legislature passed a law prohibiting the slave trade, though it didn't free those already enslaved. Rhode Island, ironically, had been on...
1525
Martin Luther married former nun Katharina von Bora
The leader of the Protestant Reformation shocked Europe by marrying a runaway nun, defying Catholic celibacy traditions. Their marriage became a model...