This Week in History

June 13

Sandi Rose was born.

Vicky Bacalles Comiano was born.

1966 – The U.S. Supreme Court set forth in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must advise suspects of their rights upon taking them into custody.

1983 – The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system.

June 14

Joann Ariola was born.

Chrissy Mullin was born.

1775 – The United States Army was founded.

1954 – President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words “under God” into the Pledge of Allegiance.

June 15

Marni Rhyne was born.

Luke Raphael Tomasetti was born.

Daniel Dickesheid was born.

Justin T. McCarthy was born.

1215 – King John sealed the Magna Carta.

1923 – Lou Gehrig made his New York Yankee debut as a pinch runner.

June 16

Suntan Dan Edwards was born.

Nicole Taylor-Lang was born.

Shane Shackelford was born.

John Ayrey was born.

Mikey McElhatton was born.

Shamus Barnes was born.

1858 – Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln declared, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”

2004 – The 9/11 Commission determined that Saddam Hussein had no strong links to al-Qaeda, contradicting White House beliefs.

June 17

Brendan Brosch was born.

Michael Reinhardt was born.

Mary Donnelly was born.

Kevin Cregan was born.

1775 – The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the American Revolution.

1994 – O.J. Simpson’s slow-speed chase by the police ended in his arrest.

June 18

Dan Spaeth was born.

Lorraine Agoglia was born.

1983 – Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

June 19

Tom Long was born.

Tom Kushner was born.

Rockaway Rod was born.

1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved.

1977 – Pope Paul VI proclaimed John Neumann, the first male saint from the United States.