Wikipedia:Main Page history/2017 June 13

Raising of Lazarus, detail

• ... that Michelangelo had Sebastiano del Piombo paint his Raising of Lazarus (detail pictured) to outdo his rival Raphael, but Raphael's painting was judged superior?
• ... that the apple sawfly is invasive in North America, and a parasitic wasp has been introduced in an attempt to control it?
• ... that a good word from his son-in-law's employer gained Edward L. Hedden the position of Collector of the Port of New York?
• ... that the leader of the Chechen-led Jihadist group Ajnad al-Kavkaz believes there will eventually be a world war against Russia?
• ... that U.S. citizens are prohibited from conducting business transactions with Elvis González Valencia?
• ... that the final mission from the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron was flown into Typhoon Cary?
• ... that professional wrestler Jerry London worked in the main event of both the first and second EMLL 33rd anniversary show, three weeks apart?
• ... that shags may be spotted in New Zealand?

• In the
  UK general election, the ruling Conservative Party, led by Theresa May (pictured), loses its majority
  but remains the largest party.
• A study of fossils from
  Homo sapiens
  may have evolved at least 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.
• Simultaneous terrorist attacks at the Iranian parliament and the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini kill at least 17 people and injure 43 others.
• A Myanmar Air Force aircraft crashes into the Andaman Sea, killing all 122 people on board.

June 13

USS Jeannette

• 313 – The Edict of Milan, an agreement between Constantine the Great and Licinius to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire, was posted in Nicomedia.
• 1881 – An Arctic Ocean ice pack crushed the USS Jeannette (pictured) during its expedition to the North Pole.
• 1944 – Second World War: During the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann personally destroyed dozens of Allied vehicles in less than 15 minutes.
• 1981 – English teenager Marcus Sarjeant fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
• al-Askari Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
  .

Veronica Gambara (d. 1550) · W. B. Yeats (b. 1865) · Carolyn Eisele (b. 1902)