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On This Day

June 13

2005
Michael Jackson: The King of Pop is acquitted of all charges of child molestation in the Gavin Arviso case.

1993
First woman prime minister of Canada: 46-year-old Defense Minister Kim Campbell wins the party race to succeed Brian Mulroney after he resigned.

1981
A 17-year-old shoots blanks at Queen Elizabeth II as she was horseback riding in London.

1980
Opening scene of the movie Friday the 13th.

1977
First U.S. policewoman to shoot and kill someone in the line of duty, Janice Gray.

1971
Pentagon Papers: The New York Times begins publishing of the classified papers on U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

1971
Mrs. Geraldine Brodrick delivers nine babies, tie for the highest number medically recorded for a single birth, Sydney, Australia.

1967
First black U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood Marshall is appointed.

1967
You Only Live Twice premiers in the U.S., 5th in the James Bond series, it starred Sean Connery as 007.

1966
Miranda Decision: U.S. Supreme Court rules that a suspect must be advised before questioning of his right to remain silent and to an attorney.

1944
Germany launches its first V-1 rockets, striking London during World War II.

1933
Home Owner's Loan Act: Authorized the Federal Savings and Loan Association - the first of which was First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Miami, Florida, chartered August 8th.

1835
First Wall Street financial article: The New York Herald starts a trend that will be followed by many papers to come.

1962
Ally Sheedy (Alexandra Sheedy), American actress. Film: Bad Boys (1983), WarGames (1983), The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), and Short Circuit 1986). At age 12 wrote the best-selling children's book She Was Nice to Mice.

1953
Tim Allen, American actor, comedian. TV: Home Improvement (Tim the fix-it guy). He served 2.5 years in prison for selling drugs.

1951
Richard Thomas, American Emmy-winning actor. TV: The Waltons (John Boy).

1943
Malcolm McDowell (Malcolm John Taylor), English actor. Film: A Clockwork Orange (1971, Alex), Cat People (1982), and Star Trek: Generations (1994, Dr. Tolian Soran).

1926     d. 1982
Paul Lynde, American comedian, Uncle Arthur of Bewitched and a regular on Hollywood Squares.

1915
Donald J. Budge, American tennis Hall of Famer, first to win the tennis Grand Slam (1938).

1913
Ralph Edwards, American radio and TV host. TV: Truth or Consequences and This Is Your Life.

1903     d. 1991
Harold "Red" Grange, American football player, the "Galloping Ghost." He and C.C. Pyle formed the first American Football League (AFL) in 1926, although it folded a year later.

1884     d. 1983
Burrill Bernard Crohn, American gastroenterologist, for whom Crohn's disease is named.

1854     d. 1931
Sir Charles Parsons, British engineer, invented (1889) the steam turbine.

1786     d. 1866
Winfield Scott, American general, noted for his service during the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. He was the last Whig presidential candidate (1852, losing to Franklin Pierce).

1993     b. 1924
Donald "Deke" Slayton, American astronaut, one of NASA's original seven Project Mercury astronauts (1959). He made his only space flight on the Apollo-Soyuz mission (1975).

1989     b. 1908
Fran Allison, American actress. TV: Kukla, Fran, & Ollie.

1986     b. 1909
Benny Goodman (Benjamin David Goodman), American band leader, called "The King of Swing."

1979     b. 1931
Darla Jean Hood, American actress. Film: Little Rascals series (Darla). She appeared in 50 Our Gang films.

1977     b. 1899
Tom Campbell Clark, American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General (1945-49), and U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1949-67).

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