It happened on a… June 13

2019

NBA Finals: Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-110 to win franchise’s first Championship; last game at Oracle Arena, Oakland; Kawhi Leonard MVP

2005

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

1995

“Jagged Little Pill” 3rd studio album by Alanis Morissette is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1996).

1989

“Licence to Kill”, 16th James Bond film, last directed by John Glen and starring Timothy Dalton premieres in London.

1970

“The Long and Winding Road” becomes the Beatles’ last US Number 1 song.

1948

Babe Ruth’s final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th.

1940

Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the city.

1912

Captain Albert Berry made the first successful parachute jump from an airplane in Jefferson, Mississippi.

1886

Fire wipes out much of Vancouver, destroying nearly 1,000 buildings; 50 people killed, and only 4 houses left standing.