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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.
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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

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

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 79
1939	Siegfried, Magician (Siegfried & Roy), turns 72
1943	Malcolm McDowell, Actor, turns 68
1947	Jerrold Nadler, U.S. representative, D-N.Y., turns 64
1951	Stellan Skarsgard, Actor, turns 60
1951	Richard Thomas, Actor ("The Waltons"), turns 60
1953	Tim Allen, Actor, comedian ("Home Improvement"), turns 58
1962	Ally Sheedy, Actress, turns 49
1962	Hannah Storm, TV host, turns 49
1974	Steve-O, Actor ("Jackass"), turns 37
1978	Ethan Embry, Actor, turns 33
1986	Ashley Olsen, Actress, turns 25
1986	Mary-Kate Olsen, Actress, turns 25

Historic Birthdays

William Butler Yeats6/13/1865 - 1/28/1939Irish poet, dramatist and writer.Go to obituary »

80	Winfield Scott 6/13/1786 - 5/29/1866 American army general
82	Jose Antonio Paez 6/13/1790 - 5/7/1873 Venezuelan soldier and politician
48	James Clerk Maxwell 6/13/1831 - 11/5/1879 Scottish physicist
90	Robert Wood 6/13/1879 - 11/6/1969 American business executive
94	Etienne Gilson 6/13/1884 - 9/19/1978 French Canadian philosopher and historian
66	Elizabeth Schumann 6/13/1885 - 4/23/1952 German-born American soprano
78	Mark Van Doren 6/13/1894 - 12/10/1972 American poet, writer and teacher
84	Tage Erlander 6/13/1901 - 6/21/1985 Swedish prime minister (1946-69)
87	Red Grange 6/13/1903 - 1/28/1991 American football player
77	Luis Alvarez 6/13/1911 - 9/1/1988 American experimental physicist