13 June 1996

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents. On June 13, 1996, the Montana Freemen—a self-declared sovereign citizen group—surrendered peacefully to the…

13 June 1971

Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers were a classified study of the United States’ political and…

13 June 1982

Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War. The Falklands War, also known as the Falklands Conflict or the Guerra de las Malvinas…

13 June 2007

The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing’]

13 June 2002

The United States pulls out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Statement on Formal Withdrawal From the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty June 13, 2002. Six months…

13 June 1997

Timothy McVeigh is sentenced by the jury to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Prosecutor Joseph Hartzler began his opening statement…