TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, the 164th day of 2018. There are 201 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1978, the movie musical “Grease,” starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, had its world premiere in New York.
In 1525, German theologian Martin Luther married former nun Katharina von Bora.
In 1842, Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.
In 1911, the ballet “Petrushka,” with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Michel Fokine, was first performed in Paris by the Ballets Russes, with Vaslav Nijinsky in the title role.
In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
In 1942, a four-man Nazi sabotage team arrived on Long Island, N.Y., three days before a second four-man team landed in Florida. (All eight men were arrested after two members of the first group defected.)
In 1957, the Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620, arrived at Plymouth, Mass., after a nearly two-month journey from England.
In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent.
In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recaptured following his escape from a Tennessee prison.
In 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.
In 1993, Canada’s Progressive Conservative Party chose Defense Minister Kim Campbell to succeed Brian Mulroney as prime minister; she was the first woman to hold the post.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Bob McGrath is 86. Artist Christo is 83. Magician Siegfried (Siegfried & Roy) is 79. Actor Malcolm McDowell is 75. Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is 74. Actors Richard Thomas, Jonathan Hogan and Stellan Skarsgard are 67. Comedian Tim Allen is 65. Actress Ally Sheedy and TV anchor Hannah Storm are 56. Rock musician Paul deLisle (Smash Mouth) is 55. Actress Lisa Vidal is 53. Singer David Gray is 50. Rock musician Soren Rasted (Aqua) is 49. Singer-musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 48. Actor Steve-O is 44. Country singer Jason Michael Carroll and actor Ethan Embry are 40. Actor Chris Evans is 37. Actress Sarah Schaub is 35. Actresses Kat Dennings, Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen are 32. DJ/producer Gesaffelstein is 31. Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is 28.