Today is Sunday, June 13, the 164th day of 2010. There are 201 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. 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
@History item:In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York.
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.
@History item:In 1944, Germany began launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II.
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 2005, a jury in Santa Maria, Calif., acquitted Michael Jackson of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Magician Siegfried (Siegfried &Roy) is 71. Actor Malcolm McDowell is 67. Actor Richard Thomas is 59. Actor Stellan Skarsgard is 59. Comedian Tim Allen is 57. Actress Ally Sheedy is 48. TV anchor Hannah Storm is 48.
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. Actor Steve-O (“Jackass”) is 36.
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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