Donald Trump wounded in Pennsylvania shooting, spectator killed

On July 13, 2024, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot while speaking at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. One member of the audience was killed, and security forces later shot and killed the attacker.

The same daily recap also noted that Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner won his first Wimbledon title in 2025, beating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, and that Poland’s Iga Świątek had defeated American Amanda Anisimova in the women's final the previous day. It recalled that Theresa May became UK Prime Minister in 2016 after the Brexit vote, that Regensburg’s old town was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2006, and that the Taliban banned Internet use in Afghanistan in 2001.

The entry is part of a “what happened on this day” series covering historical events, birthdays and deaths for July 13, 2026.