June 13 - This Day in History

June 13 : General Interest
1966: The Miranda rights are established

On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation... read more

American Revolution
1777 : Lafayette arrives in South Carolina
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lafayette-arrives-in-south-carolina

Automotive
1895 : First auto race held from Paris-Bordeaux-Paris
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-auto-race-held-from-paris-bordeaux-paris

Civil War
1864 : Grant swings toward Petersburg
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grant-swings-toward-petersburg

Cold War
1971 : "Pentagon Papers" damage credibility of Cold War policy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pentagon-papers-damage-credibility-of-cold-war-policy

Crime
2006 : Jurors begin deliberations in Susan Polk trial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jurors-begin-deliberations-in-susan-polk-trial


Disaster
1972 : Hurricane Agnes is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hurricane-agnes-is-born


General Interest
323 B.C. : Alexander the Great dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bc-alexander-the-great-dies

1381 : Peasant army marches into London
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peasant-army-marches-into-london

1967 : Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thurgood-marshall-appointed-to-supreme-court

1983 : Pioneer 10 departs solar system
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ipioneer-10i-departs-solar-system

1986 : Tutu meets with Botha
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tutu-meets-with-botha


Hollywood
1962 : Stanley Kubrick's Lolita released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stanley-kubricks-lolita-released


Literary
1893 : Dorothy Sayers is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dorothy-sayers-is-born


Music
1975 : Linda Ronstadt has her first #1 hit on the country-music charts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/linda-ronstadt-has-her-first-1-hit8212on-the-country-music-charts


Old West
1805 : Meriwether Lewis reaches the Great Falls
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-reaches-the-great-falls


Presidential
1807 : Thomas Jefferson subpoenaed in Aaron Burr's treason trial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-jefferson-subpoenaed-in-aaron-burrs-treason-trial


Sports
1905 : Christy Matthewson throws second no-hitter
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/christy-matthewson-throws-second-no-hitter


Vietnam War
1971 : The New York Times publishes the "Pentagon Papers"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-new-york-times-publishes-the-pentagon-papers

1973 : Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sign new peace agreement
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kissinger-and-le-duc-tho-sign-new-peace-agreement


World War I
1914 : Kaiser Wilhelm concludes meeting with Archduke Franz Ferdinand
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kaiser-wilhelm-concludes-meeting-with-archduke-franz-ferdinand


World War II
1944 : Germans launch V-1 rocket attack against Britain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-launch-v-1-rocket-attack-against-britain