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Saturday, 13 June 2026

2007

The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a third time.

2005

A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.

2002

Two 14-year-old South Korean girls are struck and killed by a United States Army armored vehicle, leading to months of public protests against the US.

The United States of America withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

2000

Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.

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

1997

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

Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured.

American fugitive Ira Einhorn is arrested in France for the murder of Holly Maddux after 16 years on the run, though he would not return for another four years.

1996

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.

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