On This Day in History — June 13

• 2015 — A man opens fire at policemen outside the police headquarters in Dallas, Texas, while a bag containing a pipe bomb is also found. He was later shot dead by police.
• 2012 — A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.
• 2010 — A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.
• 2007 — The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
• 2002 — The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
• 2000 — 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.

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Notable Births on June 13

• 2000 — Penny Oleksiak, Canadian swimmer
• 1995 — Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
• 1995 — Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis player
• 1993 — Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (d. 2011)
• 1993 — Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater
• 1992 — Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player

Notable Deaths on June 13

• 2015 — Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1917)
• 2015 — Sergio Renán, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2014 — Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

Sports on June 13

• MLB: Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: St. Louis Cardinals @ Minnesota Twins — 00:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Golden State Valkyries @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Francisco Giants — 02:15 UTC Scheduled

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On This Day in History — June 14

• 2017 — London: A fire in a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington leaves at least 80 people dead and another 74 injured.
• 2014 — A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.
• 2002 — Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
• 1994 — The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated C$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
• 1986 — The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at Galaxyland.
• 1982 — Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

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Notable Births on June 14

• 1993 — Gurinder Sandhu, Australian cricketer
• 1992 — Devante Smith-Pelly, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 — Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
• 1990 — Patrice Cormier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 — Stephen McLaughlin, Irish footballer
• 1989 — Lucy Hale, American actress and singer-songwriter

Notable Deaths on June 14

• 2016 — Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
• 2016 — Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1919)
• 2015 — Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Anne Nicol Gaylor, American activist, co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Qiao Shi, Chinese politician (b. 1924)
• 2014 — Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (b. 1920)

Sports on June 14

• WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ Las Vegas Aces — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: TBD @ TBD — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Dallas Wings @ Portland Fire — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks @ Phoenix Mercury — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Francisco Giants — 02:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC Scheduled

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