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Movie events on the 13th July
Jean Paul Marat is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday. . (Marat/Sade)
Anger over the Union draft triggers massive protests that explode into four days of violent riots. (New York City) (Gangs of New York)
Billy the Kid is shot to death. (New Mexico) (Young Guns 2)
Leland "Buzz" Meeks is born. (Los Angeles, California) (LA Confidential)
Louise Ricks is found murdered in the coastal Kennerbunkpart home she shared with her granddaughter, Dorothy Ricks, and great-granddaughter, Maria Ricks. (Rockland, Maine) (Offspring)
Senator John F. Kennedy is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention. (Los Angeles, California) (The Rat Pack)
Mrs. McGrath commits suicide by hanging herself and her pet cat, creating a media sensation. (Crimes of the Heart)
Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York reveals a four-stage peace plan that, he argues, could end the war in six months if North Vietnam assented to it. (Nixon)
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace criticises President Richard Nixon for his handling of the war and says he favors an all-out military victory if the Paris talks fail to produce peace soon. (Nixon)
Blofeld writes a letter to Gumbold. (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Benjamin Mee is born. (California) (We Bought a Zoo)
Gang conclave in Van Cortlandt park goes bad; Cyrus is killed, the Warriors are implicated; Fox and Cleon die, Ajax is arrested, Luther is killed by Gramercy Riffs. (New York) (The Warriors)
The events of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter finish. (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter)
Queen reunite for a barnstorming set at Live Aid. Freddie Mercury swings by an old partner's house and his parents' house for tea before the show, and finally makes up with his Dad. (Wembley Stadium, London) (Bohemian Rhapsody)
At 8:30 PM, Trevor Logan receives an e-mail from a woman who says her name is Milani, who has attached a picture of herself. (Los Angeles, CA) (Rennie's Landing)
Brooke attends an Old 97's concert at the Riviera Theater. Gary doesn't show up. (Chicago, Illinois) (The Break-Up)
Jean-Luc Picard is born. (Labarre, France) (Star Trek: Generations)