Datebook

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018

Today is the 164th day of 2018 and the 86th day of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-american to be nominated as a Supreme Court justice.

In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts from the Pentagon Papers.

In 1996, the Montana Freemen surrendered after an 81-day standoff with federal agents outside Jordan, Montana.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: William Butler Yeats (18651939), poet/dramatist; Harold “Red” Grange (19031991), football player; John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928-2015), mathematician; Christo (1935- ), artist; Malcolm Mcdowell (1943- ), actor; Ban Ki-moon (1944- ), U.N. secretary-general; Stellan Skarsgard (1951- ), actor; Tim Allen (1953- ), actor; Steve-o (1974- ), stunt performer; Chris Evans (1981- ), actor; Kat Dennings (1986- ), actress; Ashley and Mary-kate Olsen (1986- ), actresses; Aaron Taylor-johnson (1990- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: Ananya Vinay, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California, successfully spelled the word “marocain” to win the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2017.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1948, Babe Ruth appeared at Yankee Stadium for the last time, on the occasion of the New York Yankees’ Silver Anniversary Day, during which his No. 3 jersey was ceremonially retired.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.” — William Butler Yeats

TODAY’S NUMBER: 1,722 — depth (in feet) of the now-inactive Mirny mine in Eastern Siberia, Russia, the 4th-deepest mine in the world. Diamond-bearing deposits were first discovered at the site on this day in 1955.

TODAY’S MOON: New moon (June 13).