Video: 'Max Baer vs James Braddock (1935) - Boxing Championship'
(Thursday, June 13, 1935, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — James Braddock claimed the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight tonight in Queens, New York.
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Michael Jackson cleared after 14-week child molesting trial 10 years ago this hour (June 13 2005)
Video: 'June,13 2005 Court verdict: NOT GUILTY - Michael Jackson was acquitted of ALL counts!'
(Monday, June 13, 2005, 2:13 p.m. PDT) — Michael Jackson was acquitted today of all charges against him by a jury that absorbed three months of often lurid testimony about his life and relationships with young boys but rejected a teenager’s claim that Jackson plied him with liquor and sexually molested him.
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‘Becky Sharp,’ first three-strip Technicolor movie, opens in New York City 80 years ago today (June 13 1935)
Video: 'Becky Sharp (1935)'
(Thursday, June 13, 1935) — Becky Sharp, the first movie photographed in “three-strip” Technicolor, opened today at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, the film starred Miriam Hopkins, Alan Mowbray, Frances Dee and Cedric Hardwicke.
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Viet Cong win Battle of Dong Xoai in South Vietnam 50 years ago today (June 13 1965)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (June 13, 1965, at 37:38)
(Sunday, June 13, 1965; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Battle of Dong Xoai, a major battle fought during the National Liberation Front Summer Offensive of 1965 in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, ended today with a Viet Cong victory.
