FRIDAY, June 13, 2025

1373-Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Perpetual Alliance (world's oldest still in existence) signed in London between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand I of Portugal [1]

1866-U.S. House of representatives passes the 14th Amendment (Civil rights)

1878-Congress of Berlin begins, determines the territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78

1933-German Secret State Police (Gestapo - Geheime Staats Polizei) established by Hermann Goering

1945-Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead

1951-U.N. arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea

1956-The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt

2000-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung meets North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang