Monday, 13 June 2011

On This Day - 13th June


1865 - William Butler Yeats born
1913 - Ralph Edwards born
1926 - Paul Lynde born
1935 - Christo born
1939 - Siegfried Fischbacher born
1943 - Malcolm McDowell born
1951 - Richard Thomas born

1953 - Tim Allen born
1962 - Ally Sheedy born
1967 - The United Nations Security Council rejects Soviet demands for an immediate vote to condemn Israel's aggression in the so-called six-day war.

1969 - Jamie Walters born
1970 - Rivers Cuomo born
1978 - Israeli troops complete their withdrawal from southern Lebanon handing over many of their positions to a right-wing Christian movement.
1981 - A 17-year-old man has been arrested for shooting a replica gun at the Queen as she rode past crowds on horseback. Marcus Serjeant pointed a pistol directly at the Queen as she turned down Horseguards' Parade for the start of the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin celebrates victory as Russia's first popularly-elected president.


1996 - Guernsey votes to legalise abortion, overturning a ban which dates back to 1910.
2005 - Pop star Michael Jackson is found not guilty of all charges after a four-month-long child abuse trial.

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