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13 June

🇮🇳 In India

1909 E M S Namboodiripad (popularly known as EMS), communist politician and theorist, was born. He served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969.

1980 Indu Menon, novelist and short story writer, was born.

1997 A fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi, resulting in many causalities.

🌎 Elsewhere

1012 Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer, died. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing, he was referred to as the "Shahenshah-e-Ghazal".

1865 W B Yeats, Irish poet, dramatist, writer and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, was born. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre.

1893 Dorothy L Sayers, English detective writer, creator of Lord Peter Wimsey, was born.

1983 The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune, which at the time was classified as the furthest planet from the Sun, thus becoming the first man-made object to leave the central solar system.

2000 The leaders of South Korea and North Korea meet in an historic summit. The initiative was taken by then President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung. For the implementation of his "Sunshine Policy", he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.

⭐ Significance

International Albinism Awareness Day is celebrated annually to uphold the human rights of persons with albinism worldwide. Albinism is a rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited difference present at birth. The physical appearance of persons with albinism is often the object of erroneous beliefs and myths influenced by superstition, which foster their marginalization and social exclusion. This leads to various forms of stigma and discrimination.

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