June 13

Monday 13, 2005:

Michael Jackson found not guilty on all 10 counts during his child molestation trial.

Sunday 13, 2004:

A 4 kg meteorite hits the house of Phil and Brenda Archer in Ellerslie, New Zealand, destroying the roof and a couch.

Tuesday 13, 2000:

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

Friday 13, 1997:

A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to the death penalty for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Thursday 13, 1996:

An 81-day standoff between the Freemen and FBI agents ends with their surrender in Montana.

Tuesday 13, 1995:

French president Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in French Polynesia.

Saturday 13, 1992:

The Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League logged the first (and, to date, only) shutout in league history, defeating the San Antonio Force, 50-0.

Monday 13, 1983:

Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system.

Sunday 13, 1982:

Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.

Saturday 13, 1981:

At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.

Monday 13, 1977:

Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

Sunday 13, 1971:

Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm

Saturday 13, 1970:

"The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last Number 1 song.

Tuesday 13, 1967:

Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Monday 13, 1966:

The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

Saturday 13, 1953:

Hungarian Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by Imre Nagy

Friday 13, 1952:

Catalina affair, a Swedish Douglas DC-3 was shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.

Tuesday 13, 1944:

World War II: Germany launches a V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs actually hit their targets.

Saturday 13, 1942:

The United States opens its Office of War Information, a center for production of propaganda.

Thursday 13, 1935:

In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the 10 to 1 underdog James J. Braddock defeated Max Baer in Long Island City, New York, and became the heavyweight champion of the world.

Wednesday 13, 1934:

Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".

Monday 13, 1927:

A ticker-tape parade is held for aviator Charles Lindbergh down 5th Avenue in New York City.

Sunday 13, 1920:

The United States Postal Service rules that children may not be sent via parcel post.

Wednesday 13, 1917:

1917 - Germany bombs London

Monday 13, 1898:

Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.

Sunday 13, 1886:

A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Monday 13, 1881:

The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.

Tuesday 13, 1871:

In Labrador, a hurricane kills 300 people.

Thursday 13, 1805:

Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

Wednesday 13, 1798:

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is founded.

Friday 13, 1777:

American Revolutionary War: Marquis de Lafayette lands near Charleston, South Carolina, in order to help the Continental Congress to train its army.

Monday 13, 1774:

Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.

Friday 13, 1625:

King Charles I is married to the French princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon

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