Historical timeline for June 13

Israel initiates air strikes against Iran, initiating the Twelve Day War.

At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.

Three people are killed and another three injured in an early morning stabbing and van ramming attack in Nottingham, England.

A gas explosion in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province of China, kills at least 12 people and wounds over 138 others.

Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal.

A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.

A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth by landing in the Australian Outback.

The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.

The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of his charges for allegedly sexually molesting a child in 1993.

The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.

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.

BMW win 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

The Uphaar Cinema Fire takes place at Green Park, Delhi, resulting in the deaths of 59 people and seriously injuring 103 others.

Garuda Indonesia flight 865 crashes during takeoff from Fukuoka Airport, killing three people and injuring 170.

The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.

A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.

First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.

Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.