Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Thursday invited supporters to "get excited" about the candidate's official announcement speech on June 13th.
Get excited: Hillary will be making her official campaign announcement speech at the first big event of her campaign on June 13th.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 21, 2015
Clinton, who is seeking to become one of the oldest world leaders in history, has chosen a date of profound historical significance for her campaign announcement speech, a Free Beacon analysis found. Here are a few of the consequential events that have occurred on June 13th throughout history:
- Holy Roman Emperors Charles the Bald (823) and Charles the Fat (839) were born
- Twin celebs Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were born (1986)
- Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing (1997)
- Michael Jackson was acquitted on all counts in a child molestation case (2005)
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of a controversial presidential election in Iran, triggering violent protests (2009)