It happened on this day, June 13
events:
1325 – The traveler Ibn Battuta undertakes his first world tour from his hometown of Tangier, heading to Mecca to perform the Hajj.
1930 – Signing of an Anglo-Iraqi treaty stipulating the establishment of two military bases in Iraq in exchange for its independence.
1933 – Adolf Hitler ratifies the creation of the secret state security service, the Gestapo, considered one of the worst security services in the world during the 20th century.
1951 – The vanguard of international forces arrives in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, after the outbreak of the Korean War.
1957 – Withdrawal of British forces from Jordan.
1974 – White coup d'état against President Abd al-Rahman al-Iryani and Lt. Col. Ibrahim al-Hamdi's rise to power with the creation of the June 13 Nasserist Correctional Movement in the Yemen Arab Republic.
1978 – Lebanese forces attack the town of Ehden and commit a massacre that results in the death of Marada militia leader Minister Tony Franjieh, his wife, their daughter, and several of his supporters.
1980 – European market countries issue the Venice Declaration supporting the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people.
1982 – Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz assumes power in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the death of King Khalid bin Abdulaziz.
1993 – Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani is re-elected for a second presidential term.
2000 – Hafez al-Assad's funeral takes place from Damascus to his hometown of Qardaha, attended by the leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, Sudan, Yemen and foreign ministers from several countries. other countries. With the exception of French President Jacques Chirac, there was a notable absence of leaders of Western countries, and Britain and the United States were represented at foreign minister level.
2007 – Lebanese MP Walid Eido is assassinated by blowing up his car. Detonation using explosive devices in the shrine of Imams Ali Al-Hadi and Al-Hassan
Military forces completely destroyed the sanctuary's two minarets.
2009 – It was announced that incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won a second presidential term, and supporters of candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi clashed with police to protest the election results.
2011 – King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan pledges to work on reforms leading to the formation of governments based on a partisan parliamentary majority.
✴️ Announcement of the new Lebanese government led by Najib Mikati, which he formed five months after his appointment.
2013 – South Korean singing group BTS founded.
2014 – Ali Al-Sistani issued a fatwa calling for sufficient jihad against ISIS after it controlled most of northern and western Iraq, after which the Iraqi Civil War broke out .
✴️ Ukrainian armed forces retake the port of Mariupol, located in eastern Ukraine, from separatists after heavy fighting.
✴️ FIFA decides to ban German Franz Beckenbauer from engaging in any football-related activity for a period of 90 days.
2015 – The Philae probe sends signals after months of interruption by communicating with the Rosetta probe of the comet Churi.
2016 – The American company Microsoft acquires LinkedIn for $26 billion.
2018 – Yemeni forces backed by the Arab coalition launch an attack on the port of Hodeidah as the Houthis ignore the withdrawal deadline.
✴️ The United States, Mexico and Canada win the right to host the 2026 World Cup.
2019 – An attack on two oil tankers, one Norwegian and the other Japanese, in the Gulf of Oman without causing any casualties, and the American and Saudi governments accuse Iran of being behind the incident .
2021 – The formation of a new Israeli government led by Naftali Bennett, and the participation of the Joint List, which ends the 12 years of rule of Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Births:
1580 – Wilbrord Snelius, Dutch mathematician.
1584 – Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai.
1773 – Thomas Young, English scientist in Egyptology, physiology and physics.
1831 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist.
1853 – Mustafa Naja, Lebanese Muslim scholar and mystic.
1865 – William Butler Yeats, Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
1870 – Jules Bordet, Belgian doctor, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1919.
1884 – Anton Drexler, German Nazi politician.
1886 – Radi Al Yassin, Iraqi Muslim jurist.
1911 – Luis Alvarez, American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968.
** Abdullah Yorki Hallaq, Syrian poet, journalist and writer.
1928 – John Forbes Nash, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.
1933 – Fouad Al-Mabzaa, president of Tunisia.
1937 – Erich Rebeck, German footballer and coach.
1944 – Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1949 – Abdullah Al-Hubail, Kuwaiti actor.
1953 – Tim Allen, American actor.
1964 – Cathy Burke, English actress.
1965 – Diaa Abdel Khaleq, Egyptian actor.
1966 – Grigory Perelman, Russian mathematician.
1974 – Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor.
1977 – Tamim Barghouti, Palestinian poet.
1980 – Darius Vazell, English footballer.
** Florent Malouda, French footballer.
1981 – Chris Evans, American actor.
1988 – Sohaila Moallem, Algerian actress.
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Death:
1036 – Al-Zahir Izzaz Din Allah, seventh Fatimid caliph and seventeenth imam of the Ismaili Shiites.
1231 – Saint Anthony, Catholic saint.
1743 – Hussein bin Ali Al-Wafa'i, Syro-Ottoman Sufi and poet.
1932 – Charles Lyell, the first physician to arrive at the presidential box at Ford's Theater to treat President Abraham Lincoln after he was shot.
1972 – Georg von Bekésy, Hungarian biophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1961.
1978 – Tony Franjieh, Lebanese politician.
1982 – King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia.
1986 – Benny Goodman, American jazz musician.
1987 – Geraldine Page, American actress.
2001 – Ikram Ezzo, Egyptian actress.
2007 – Walid Eido, Lebanese politician.
2008 – Saad Ardash, Egyptian actor and director.
2009 – Fathi Yakan, Lebanese Islamic preacher and politician.
2012 – Roger Garaudy, French writer and philosopher.
2014 – Mehdi El Manjra, Moroccan futurist.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ The Queen's official birthday in Tuvalu and the United Kingdom 2020.
⬅️ Feast of Saint Anthony of Lisbon.
⬅️ Martyrs’ Day in Ahwaz.
⬅️ International Albinism Awareness Day.
