On June 13
On June 13, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Israel-Iran Twelve-Day War and US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites (2025).
On this day
On 13 June 2025, Israel launched a surprise air campaign against Iran's nuclear facilities, missile sites, and senior military and scientific personnel, opening a direct twelve-day war between the two adversaries.
Also this week in history (Jun 10 – Jun 16)
In 1215, rebellious English barons confronted the unpopular King John over heavy taxation, arbitrary justice and the abuses of royal power that had followed his military failures in France.
On 14 June 1830 a French expeditionary force of some 34,000 troops under General de Bourmont landed at Sidi Ferruch, west of Algiers, and within three weeks compelled the surrender of Hussein Dey, ruler of the Ottoman Regency of Algiers.
On 16 June 2009 the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China met in Yekaterinburg, Russia, for the first formal BRIC summit, transforming an investment-bank acronym coined in 2001 into a working diplomatic grouping.