page_title: 2013 in the United States
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 in the United States / Events / June
caption_attribution_description: English: Rescue operations on the afternoon of the fatal building collapse at 22nd and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Viewed looking southeast from the JFK Boulevard viaduct
context_page_description: Events in the year 2013 in the United States.
context_section_description: June 5 – An abandoned building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania collapses onto a thrift store killing six people, injuring fourteen others.
  June 6–June 20 – The 2013 NBA Finals finishes the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. The Finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20.
  June 7 – A spree shooting occurs at Santa Monica College in California, with six deaths and more than four injuries. Shooter John Zawahri killed his father and brother and set their house on fire before going on a rampage, ending with him being shot dead by police.
  June 9 – Published in the journal Nature, using the petascale supercomputer Blue Waters, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Physics Professor Klaus Schulten, UIUC Postdoctoral Researcher Juan R. Perilla, and their colleagues, with the aid of previous research, and data from the University of Pittsburgh and Vanderbilt University, publish a structure of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus capsid, potentially useful for drug and vaccine development.
  June 12 – June 24 – The 2013 Stanley Cup Finals finishes the championship series of the National Hockey League (NHL) 2012–13 season, and the conclusion of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Western Conference playoff champion Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Eastern Conference playoff champion Boston Bruins in six games to capture their fifth Stanley Cup in team history.
  June 13
  The Supreme Court rules that naturally occurring human genes may not be patented, with significant implications for future medical research.
  An ethylene- and propylene- manufacturing chemical plant explosion kills two and injures 75 others in Geismar, Louisiana.
  June 13 – June 16 – Justin Rose wins the 113th edition of the U.S. Open with a score of 281 (1 over par). He is the first English player to win the U.S. Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970.
  June 25 – In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court strikes down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Section 4 had required states with a history of discrimination to get permission from the federal government to change their election procedures in any way.
  June 26
  In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court strikes down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, allowing legally married gay couples to receive over 1,000 federal benefits and privileges.
  In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court rules that supporters of California Proposition 8 did not have legal standing in federal court, allowing same-sex marriages to resume in California.
  June 28
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit lifts its stay on gay marriages in California, making the state the thirteenth to legalize same-sex marriage. Gay marriage in the state of California is legalized after the stay held on the unconstitutional California Proposition 8 is lifted. Two women who successfully challenged Proposition 8 in the Supreme Court of the United States are married in San Francisco.
  Australia-based News Corp. completes a planned split into two companies, creating 21st Century Fox.
  June 30 – 19 elite firefighters are killed trying to contain a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona.
caption: June 5: Rescue operations on the afternoon of the collapse.
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