Updated June 12, 2012, 2:28 pm
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police.
Go to article »On June 13, 1865, William Butler Yeats, the Irish Nobel Prize-winning writer and poet was born. Following his death on Jan. 28, 1939, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1900 China’s Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Chinese Christians erupted. 1966 The Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police. 1971 The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam. 1981 A teen-ager fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II during a parade in London. 1983 The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune. 1994 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blamed recklessness by Exxon Corp. and Capt. Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the nation’s worst oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages. 1996 An 81-day standoff ended as 16 members of the anti-government Freemen group surrendered to the FBI and left their Montana ranch. 1997 A jury voted unanimously to give Timothy McVeigh the death penalty for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2004 Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 80th birthday with a 13,000-foot parachute jump over his presidential library in College Station, Texas. 2005 Singer Michael Jackson was acquitted on charges of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch. 2009 Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of a disputed Iranian presidential vote, touching off weeks of mass demonstrations. Current Birthdays
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon turn years old today.
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Actress Kat Dennings turn years old today.
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1932 Bob McGrath, Actor (“Sesame Street”), turns 80 1939 Siegfried, Magician (Siegfried & Roy), turns 73 1943 Malcolm McDowell, Actor, turns 69 1947 Jerrold Nadler, U.S. representative, D-N.Y., turns 65 1951 Stellan Skarsgard, Actor, turns 61 1951 Richard Thomas, Actor (“The Waltons”), turns 61 1953 Tim Allen, Actor, comedian (“Home Improvement”), turns 59 1962 Ally Sheedy, Actress, turns 50 1962 Hannah Storm, TV host, turns 50 1974 Steve-O, Actor (“Jackass”), turns 38 1978 Ethan Embry, Actor, turns 34 1986 Ashley Olsen, Actress, turns 26 1986 Mary-Kate Olsen, Actress, turns 26
Historic Birthdays
William Butler Yeats 6/13/1865 – 1/28/1939 Irish poet, dramatist and writer.Go to obituary »
80 Winfield Scott 6/13/1786 – 5/29/1866
American army general82 Jose Antonio Paez 6/13/1790 – 5/7/1873
Venezuelan soldier and politician48 James Clerk Maxwell 6/13/1831 – 11/5/1879
Scottish physicist90 Robert Wood 6/13/1879 – 11/6/1969
American business executive94 Etienne Gilson 6/13/1884 – 9/19/1978
French Canadian philosopher and historian66 Elizabeth Schumann 6/13/1885 – 4/23/1952
German-born American soprano78 Mark Van Doren 6/13/1894 – 12/10/1972
American poet, writer and teacher84 Tage Erlander 6/13/1901 – 6/21/1985
Swedish prime minister (1946-69)87 Red Grange 6/13/1903 – 1/28/1991
American football player77 Luis Alvarez 6/13/1911 – 9/1/1988
American experimental physicist
