Today in History June 13

1777		The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in the American colonies to help in their rebellion against Britain.
1863		Confederate forces on their way to Gettysburg clash with Union troops at the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia.
1920		The U.S. Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent by parcel post.
1923		The French set a trade barrier between occupied Ruhr and the rest of Germany.
1927		Charles Lindbergh receives the Distinguished Flying Cross and is treated to a ticker-tape parade to celebrate his successful crossing of the Atlantic.
1940		Paris is evacuated as the Germans advance on the city.
1943		German spies land on Long Island, New York, and are soon captured.
1944		The first Germany V-1 buzz-bomb hits London.
1949		Installed by the French, Bao Dai enters Saigon to rule Vietnam.
1971		The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers.
1978		Israelis withdraw the last of their invading forces from Lebanon.
1979		Sioux Indians are awarded $105 million in compensation for the 1877 U.S. seizure of the Black Hills in South Dakota.
1983		Pioneer 10, already in space for 11 years, leaves the solar system.
Born on June 13
40		Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general.
1752		Fanny Burney, English writer.
1786		Winfield Scott, U.S. Army general.
1831		James C. Maxwell, scientist.
1865		William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and dramatist.
1893		Dorothy Leigh Sayers, English detective writer, creator of Lord Peter Wimsey.
1894		Mark Van Doren, American poet, writer and educator.
1903		Harold “Red” Grange, American football player.