Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 13
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This is a list of selected June 13 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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- 1525 – Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy discipline decreed by the Roman Catholic Church on priests.
- 1881 – An Arctic Ocean ice pack crushed the USS Jeannette.
- 1935 – In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
- 1966 – The Miranda v. Arizona landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court established the Miranda warning, requiring law enforcement officials to advise a suspect in custody of his rights to remain silent and to obtain an attorney.
- 1971 – Vietnam War: The New York Times began to publish the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page top-secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
- 1983 – Pioneer 10 (pictured) became the first man-made object to pass the orbit of Pluto.
