This is just a small sample of today's events in history. Please click the link below for more amazing events:
http://www.onthisday.com/events/june/13
-1777 Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
-1865 President Andrew Johnson proclaims reconstruction of confederate states
-1920 Post Office says children could not be sent by parcel post
-1925 Charles Jenkins demonstrates the transmission of synchronized pictures and sound (early television)
-1942 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
-1942 Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island
-1942 US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) formed
-1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
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