Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Day 164 - This day in legal and military history

June 13
 

INTERNATIONAL Axe Throwing Day
 

NATIONAL Sewing Machine Day
 

NATIONAL Call Your Doctor Day
 

NATIONAL Weed Your Garden Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1798 Mission San Luis Rey in California was founded

1900 Boxer Rebellion begins in China
 

1920 The US Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent by parcel post
 

1966 The Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police
 

1967 Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American on the US Supreme Court
 

1971 The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers
 

1979 Sioux Indians are awarded $105 million in compensation for the 1877 US seizure of the Black Hills in South Dakota
 

1983 Pioneer 10, already in space for 11 years, leaves the solar system

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