Today in History for 13th June 2025
Historical Events
1925 – 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
1995 – MLB Cleveland Indians’ Dennis Martínez no-hits Baltimore Orioles 11-0,
1995 – New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2 for a 4-2 series win; qualify for their first Stanley Cup Finals Series (beat Detroit Red Wings, 4-0)
1997 – American fugitive Ira Einhorn is arrested in France for the murder of Holly Maddux after 16 years on the run, though he would not return for another four years
2015 – Floods in Tbilisi, Georgia, kill 12 people and free animals from the city’s zoo, including bears and hippos, to roam the city
Famous Birthdays
1752 – Fanny Burney, English novelist (Camille, Evelina), born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (d. 1840)
1795 – Thomas Arnold, English educator and historian (History of Rome), born in West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England (d. 1842)
1937 – Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician (Rep-D-DC), born in Washington, D.C.
1953 – Zdeněk Prokeš, Czech soccer defender (17 caps Czechoslovakia; Bohemians Praha 294 games), born in České Budějovice, Czech Republic (d. 2024)
1963 – Randy Gilhen, Canadian-German ice hockey forward (Stanley Cup 1991, Pittsburgh Penguins; first German-born player to win SC), born in Zweibrücken, West Germany
Famous Deaths
1036 – Ali az-Zahir, 7th Caliph of the Fātimids (1021-36), dies at 30
1231 – Antony of Padua [Fernando Martins de Bulhões], Portuguese Catholic friar and saint(patron saint of Portugal), dies at 35
1994 – Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies at 82
2020 – Mike McCormick, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960–1961²; NL Cy Young Award 1967; NL wins leader 1967; NL ERA leader 1960; SF Giants), dies of Parkinson’s disease at 81
2023 – Cormac McCarthy, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (The Road; All the Pretty Horses; No Country for Old Men), dies at 89
