On this day, June 13 …



1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Also on this day:

1966: The Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects have to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent.

The Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects have to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent. 1971: The New York Times begins to publish sections of the so-called "Pentagon Papers," a top-secret Department of Defense study of America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

1978: "Grease," starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere in New York.

1983: The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crosses the orbit of Neptune.

The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, becomes the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crosses the orbit of Neptune. 1994: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, finds Exxon Corp. and Capt. Joseph Hazelwood guilty of recklessness in the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the nation's worst oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.

2005: A jury in Santa Maria, Calif., acquits Michael Jackson of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland Ranch.

2008: R. Kelly is acquitted of all charges in his child pornography trial in Chicago.

2008: Tim Russert, moderator of NBC News' “Meet the Press,” dies suddenly while preparing for his weekly broadcast.

2014: The IRS tells Congress it has lost a trove of emails to and from Lois Lerner, a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy, sparking outrage from congressional investigators.