Almanac for May 13th

Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for May 13th: https://ko-fi.com/post/May-13-Is-There-Something-I-Should-Know-H2H31FO1XI

Beatles Trivia
May 13, 1970: The Beatles documentary Let It Be, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, premieres in New York. 

Author Julie S. Howlin post of the day: Druid Day

Bummer May 13th

May 13, 1985: The Philadelphia Police Department destroys 61 homes via two explosive devices dropped from a police helicopter in an attempt to end a standoff with the MOVE compound. The members of MOVE were followers of a man who called himself John Africa and emphasized so-called natural living, resistance to police brutality, and animal rights.

The MOVE house was considered a nuisance to its neighbors. The Philadelphia PD obtained warrants for four MOVE members for various violations. Police evacuated the neighborhood around the MOVE house, then showed up in force to enforce the arrest warrants and evacuate the other residents of the house. A firefight ensued. 

Of the seven adults and six children in the house, only one adult woman and one 13-year-old boy survived. The fire department allowed the unoccupied houses around the MOVE house to burn after the bombing.

May 13, 1988: American jazz musician Chet Baker dies of an apparently accidental fall from a window in Amsterdam, Netherlands.