All Our Yesterdays 13th - 19th June

 This time, we're looking back to the week of 13th - 19th June.

On the 13th June 2005, After a 14-week trial that became a media circus, American pop singer Michael Jackson was acquitted of child-molestation charges.

On the 14th June 1982, The surrender of the large Argentine garrison at Port Stanley to the British military concluded the Falkland Islands War, which was fought for the control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and its dependencies—territory long disputed by the warring nations.

On the 15th June 1215, The Magna Carta—a charter of English liberties that occupies a unique place in the popular imagination as a symbol and a battle cry against oppression—was sealed this day, under threat of civil war, by King John

On 16th June 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space, having been launched into orbit aboard the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours.

On 17th June 1994, American gridiron football hero O.J. Simpson was charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, though after a sensational trial he was acquitted the following year.

On 18th June 1940, Broadcasting from London after France fell to the Nazis, French General Charles de Gaulle appealed to his compatriots to continue World War II under his leadership.

On 19th June 2013, American actor James Gandolfini, who was best known for his portrayal of Mafia boss and family man Tony Soprano in the HBO drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007), died of a heart attack while vacationing in Rome.

And finally in this week in 1966, Frank Sinatra spent his third and final week at number one in the UK chart with his hit, 'Strangers In The Night.'

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