June 13th: This Day in History

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Across
  1. 4. 1525: German priest who marries Katharina von Bora, going against the Catholic Church's celibacy rule; eight years earlier published his Ninety-five Theses.
  2. 8. 1997: For his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, he is sentenced to death.
  3. 9. 1774: This small British colony on the Atlantic coast becomes the first to prohibit the importation of slaves.
  4. 10. 1965: After the American Civil War ends, President Johnson proclaims this new policy to help rebuild the Southern Confederate States.
  5. 13. 1325: Ibn Battuta begins his travels to go on a pilgrimage to this holy city, a trip that will take 24 years.
Down
  1. 1. 2005: After long deliberation, a jury in Santa Maria, CA acquit this pop singer of molesting a child at Neverland Ranch.
  2. 2. 2008: This song is released by British band Coldplay, becoming their first US #1 and the Grammy Song of the Year.
  3. 3. 1927: After making the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, he receives a ticker tape parade through the streets of NYC.
  4. 5. 1922: Charlie Osborne begins to get this condition, also known as singultus, which continues 20-40 times per minute for 68 more years of his life.
  5. 6. 2007: On the 100th anniversary of her birth, a large-scale exhibition of her art opens at Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico.
  6. 7. 1805: Along with four companions, the co-leader of a famous expedition sights the Great Falls of the Missouri River.
  7. 11. 1956: The last of the British troops leave this famed Canal Zone in Egypt.
  8. 12. 1948: The Sultan of Swat, this baseball giant makes his final farewell at Yankee Stadium, passing away two months later on August 16th.
  9. 13. 1966: The US Supreme Court makes a landmark decision: suspects must be informed of these rights, one of which include the right to remain silent.