Today In History
Today is Wednesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2018. There are 201 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1978: The movie musical “Grease,” starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, had its world premiere in New York.
ON THIS DATE
› 1842: Queen Victoria became the first British monarch to ride on a train, traveling from Slough Railway Station to Paddington in 25 minutes.
› 1927: Aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a tickertape parade in New York City.
› 1935: James “Becky Sharp,” the first movie photographed in “threestrip” Technicolor, opened in New York.
› 1957: The Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620, arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, after a nearly two-month journey from England.
› 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.
› 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.
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. Singer Dennis Locorriere is 69. Actor Richard Thomas is
67. Actor Jonathan Hogan is 67. Actor Stellan Skarsgard is 67. Comedian Tim Allen is 65. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is 61. Actress Ally Sheedy is 56. TV anchor Hannah Storm is 56. Rock musician Paul deLisle (Smash Mouth) is 55. Actress Lisa Vidal is 53. Singer David Gray is 50. Rhythm and blues singer Deniece Pearson (Five Star) is 50. Rock musician Soren Rasted (Aqua) is 49. Actor Jamie Walters is 49. Singer-musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 48. Country singer Susan Haynes is
46. Actor Steve-O is 44. Actor Ethan Embry is
40. Actor Chris Evans is
37. Actress Sarah Schaub is 35. Singer Raz B is 33. Actress Kat Dennings is
32. Actress Ashley Olsen is 32. Actress Mary-Kate Olsen is 32. DJ/producer Gesaffelstein is 31. Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is
28.