It happened on a… June 13

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

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

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

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

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

Paris was evacuated before the German advance on the city.

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

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