Thursday 13th of June 1861

Would-be assassin Richard Lawrence known for attempting to shoot President Andrew Jackson dies of unknown causes at the age of 61 in St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

On 30 january 1835 Lawrence drew his pistol at President Andrew Jackson but his pistol - as well as a second one - misfired.

Tuesday 13th of June 1865

Poet William Butler Yeats aka W. B. Yeats is born in Sandymount, Leinster, Ireland.

Sunday 13th of June 1886

King of Bavaria Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig II aka Der Märchenkönig dies of drowning at the age of 41 in Starnberger See, Berg, Bayern, Germany.

Ludwig II took a walk with Professor Bernhard von Gudden, several hours later their bodies were found floating dead in the lake.

Monday 13th of June 1910

Moralist campaigner Mary Constance Whitehouse is born as Constance Mary Hutcheson in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.

Thursday 13th of June 1935

Artist Javacheff Vladimirov Christo is born as Hristo Yavashev in Gabrovo, Gabrovo, Bulgaria.

Saturday 13th of June 1942

14-year-old Serial killer William George Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More is arrested after committing over 50 thrill-burglaries in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.

Heirens was sent to the Gibault Correctional School for Catholic Boys.

Sunday 13th of June 1943

Actor Malcolm McDowell is born as Malcolm John Taylor in Horsforth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Monday 13th of June 1949

Founder and main organizer of the Paris-Dakar rally Thierry Sabine is born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

Friday 13th of June 1969

Founder of the Five-Percent Nation Clarence 13X aka The Father is assassinated by three unidentified assailants at the age of 41 in New York, Harlem, New York, United States.

Sunday 13th of June 1976

16-year-old William Billy Carrol is strangled by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

Monday 13th of June 1983

17-year-old Cindy Paulson is held captive, tortured, raped and sexually assaulted by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

Paulson saw a chance to escape when Hansen was busy loading his airplane's cockpit.

Monday 13th of June 1983

32-year-old Serial killer Gerald Eugene Stano aka Blind Fury is sentenced to death for two murders in 251 N Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Wednesday 13th of June 1984

17-year-old Wendy Lynn Baribeault is abducted, raped and strangled by serial killer Michael Ross aka The Roadside Strangler in Lisbon, Connecticut, United States.

Thursday 13th of June 1985

The painting 'King Philip IV of Spain' by Peter Paul Rubens is destroyed by arson in Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

The fire reduced the work to ashes, leaving only its Baroque frame. An unidentified man was arrested and said his reason for destroying this priceless work was to protest environmental pollution.

Thursday 13th of June 1985

43-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber mails Bomb #9 to the Auburn Fabrication Division of the Boeing Company in Auburn, Washington in Oakland, California, United States.

The bomb was not addressed to anyone so it sat for a while in the mail room. It was eventually partially opened by mail room employees who discovered the enclosed device. The bomb did not explode.

Friday 13th of June 1986

27-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Ik Daag U Uit' with Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven aka AMVK at the Anti-Chambres exhibition in Fabriek voor Entartete Kunst, Drongensesteenweg 281, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

I was locked in an iron cage. While AMVK read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the cage by a rope. The sound of the iron cage dragging across the floor was electronically amplified.

Friday 13th of June 1986

Musician and bandleader Benny Benjamin David Goodman aka The King of Swing dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Manhattan House, 200 East 66th Street, New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

Tuesday 13th of June 1995

Tenth bomb attack by 46-year-old Xenophobic serial bomber Franz Fuchs in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Fuchs' bomb injured politician Thomas Rother.

Friday 13th of June 1997

Murderer Michael Eugene Elkins is executed by lethal injection at the age of 42 in Broad River Correctional Institution, Columbia, South Carolina, United States.

Because Elkins' body had become swollen from liver and spleen problems it took nearly an hour to find a suitable vein for the insertion of the catheter. Elkins tried to assist the executioners asking "Should I lean my head down a little bit?" as they probed for a vein. After numerous failures a usable vein was finally found in Elkins' neck.

Saturday 13th of June 1998

64-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate is transferred back after serving time in Pelican Bay State Prison for peddling drugs to fellow inmates in Corcoran State Prison, Corcoran, California, United States.

Wednesday 13th of June 2001

Triple murderer John Leslie Wheat is executed by lethal injection at the age of 57 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

At his execution Wheat uttered a Vietnamese word that prison officials said means "let's get out of here."

Thursday 13th of June 2002

Murderer Daniel Earl Reneau is executed by lethal injection at the age of 27 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Thursday 13th of June 2002

A forbidden photo during the trial of an artist against a Museum for Contemporary Art in Assisenhof, Britselei 55-57, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Friday 13th of June 2003

Triple murderer Joseph L. Trueblood is executed by lethal injection at the age of 47 in Indiana State Prison, 1 Park Row, Michigan City, Indiana, United States.

Tuesday 13th of June 2017

Actress, artist, model and muse of the Rolling Stones Anita Pallenberg dies of complications from hepatitis C at the age of 75 in Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom.