TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, July 13, the 195th day of 2020.

Today’s highlight in history

On July 13, 2013, a jury in Sanford, Fla., cleared neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman of all charges in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.

On this date

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first Black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.)

In 1985, “Live Aid,” an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and

Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa’s starving people.

In 2018, a grand jury indictment, sought by special counsel Robert Mueller, alleged that the Russian government was behind a sweeping conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Five years ago: Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old woman from suburban Chicago, was found hanged in a Waller County, Texas, jail cell three days after being arrested during a traffic stop; her death was ruled a suicide, a finding disputed by her family.

Today’s birthdays

Game show announcer Johnny Gilbert (TV: “Jeopardy!”) is 96. Actor Patrick Stewart is 80. Actor Harrison Ford is 78. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 74. Singer Louise Mandrell is 66. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 63. Roots singer/ songwriter Paul Thorn is 56. Actor Ken Jeong is 51. Soul singer Leon Bridges is 31.