Today In History June 13, 2010

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    Today is Sunday, June 13, the 164th day of 2010. There are 201 days left in the year.

    Today’s Highlight in History:

    On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent before being questioned by police.

    On this date:

    In 1886, King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in Lake Starnberg.

    In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

    In 1935, James Braddock claimed the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Long Island City, N.Y. “Becky Sharp,” the first movie photographed in “three-strip” Technicolor, opened in New York.

    In 1944, Germany began launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II.

    In 1957, the Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620, arrived at Plymouth, Mass., after a nearly two-month journey from England.

    In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

    In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam.

    In 1981, a scare occurred during a parade in London when a teenager fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.

    In 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.

    In 1996, the 81-day-old Freemen standoff ended as 16 remaining members of the anti-government group surrendered to the FBI and left their Montana ranch.

    Ten years ago: The presidents of South Korea and North Korea opened a summit in the northern capital of Pyongyang with pledges to seek reunification of the divided peninsula. Italy pardoned Mehmet Ali Agca (MEH’-met AH’-lee AH’-juh), the Turkish gunman who’d tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981. (Agca was then sent back to Turkey to serve a prison term for a killing there; he was released in Jan. 2010.)

    Five years ago: A jury in Santa Maria, Calif. acquitted Michael Jackson of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch. The Supreme Court warned prosecutors to use care in striking minorities from juries, siding with black murder defendants in Texas and California who contended their juries had been unfairly stacked with whites. The Senate apologized for blocking anti-lynching legislation in the early 20th century, when mob violence against blacks was commonplace.

    One year ago: Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) clashed with police in the heart of Tehran after the Iranian president claimed a re-election victory. Hundreds gathered at a sprawling hillside cemetery in Los Angeles to attend a funeral for David Carradine, more than a week after the 72-year-old actor was found hanging in a Bangkok hotel room.

    Today’s Birthdays: Actor Bob McGrath is 78. Artist Christo is 75. Magician Siegfried (Siegfried & Roy) is 71. Singer Bobby Freeman is 70. Actor Malcolm McDowell is 67. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is 66. Singer Dennis Locorriere is 61. Actor Richard Thomas is 59. Actor Jonathan Hogan is 59. Actor Stellan Skarsgard is 59. Comedian Tim Allen is 57. Actress Ally Sheedy is 48. TV anchor Hannah Storm is 48. Rock musician Paul deLisle (Smash Mouth) is 47. Singer David Gray is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Deniece Pearson (Five Star) is 42. Rock musician Soren Rasted (Aqua) is 41. Actor Jamie Walters is 41. Singer-musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 40. Country singer Susan Haynes is 38. Actor Steve-O (“Jackass”) is 36. Country singer Jason Michael Carroll is 32. Actor Ethan Embry is 32. Actor Chris Evans is 29. Actress Sarah Schaub is 27. Singer Raz B is 25. Actress Kat Dennings is 24. Actress Ashley Olsen is 24. Actress Mary-Kate Olsen is 24.

    Thought for Today: “What intellectual snobs we have become! Virtue is now in the number of degrees you have – not in the kind of person you are or what you can accomplish in real-life situations.” – Eda J. LeShan, American educator (1922-2002).

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