On This Day In ...

• Jun 13 1846 – Dr John Rae leaves York Factory, charged with exploring the north coastline of North America.

• Jun 13 1865 – W. B. Yeats, poet, born in Sandymount, County Dublin, Ireland.
• Jun 13 1893 – Birth of Dorothy L. Sayers, best known for mystery novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, in Oxford, England.
• Jun 13 2016 – Gregory Rabassa, translator, died in Branford, Connecticut, USA, at the age of 94. Rabassa translated from Portuguese and Spanish into English. He is probably best known for his translations of works of Julio Cortázar and Gabriel García Márquez.

• Jun 13 1899 – Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor, born in Mexico City, Mexico.
• Jun 13 1911 – World première performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka, at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris, France, conducted by Pierre Monteux with Vaslav Nijinsky dancing the title role.
• Jun 13 1913 – Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano and opera performer, born in New York City, USA.
• Jun 13 1962 – Death of Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, in Hillingdon, London, England, at the age of 69.
• Jun 13 1963 – Sarah Connolly, soprano and opera performer, born in County Durham, England.
• Jun 13 1966 – Alain Trudel, trombone player and conductor, born in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
• Jun 13 1986 – Benny Goodman, clarinettist and band leader, died in New York City, USA, at the age of 77.
• Jun 13 2007 – Oskar Morawetz, composer, died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 90.

• Jun 13 1831 – James Clerk Maxwell, theoretical physicist and mathematician, best known for Maxwell's equations, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Jun 13 1818 – Simon James Dawson, surveyor and civil engineer, born in Redhaven, Banffshire, Scotland. He surveyed and constructed the Dawson Road from Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) to Fort Garry.
• Jun 13 1846 – Paul Kane arrives at the Red River Settlement, now the vicinity of Winnipeg. While there, he meets Cuthbert Grant, the Métis leader.
• Jun 13 1916 – Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Suffragette Movement, visits Edmonton, and gives a public lecture.
• Jun 13 1996 – Governor-General Roméo LeBlanc declared that June 21 would be celebrated annually as National Aboriginal Day. The proclamation was made in Ottawa, Ontario.

• Jun 13 1949 – Jack Brink, Curator of Archaeology (2001-2018), born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
• Jun 13 1984 – Great Horned Owl Diorama in the Habitat Gallery opens.
• Jun 13 1984 – The Birds of Jean-Luc Grondin exhibition opens.
• Jun 13 2013 – Opening event and preview for The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design exhibition, including a presentation by Tim Antoniuk providing context for the design story.

This presentation has been compiled and is ©1998-2025 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
Last updated February 1, 2025