The New York Times began publishing the "Pentagon Papers" on this day in 1971. The articles were a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam.
On this day in 1967, Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall (left) was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The landmark "Miranda v. Arizona" decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on this day in 1966 . The decision ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by police.
China’s Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Chinese Christians erupted into violence on this day in 1900.
The unmanned U.S. space probe Pioneer 10 became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system on this day in 1983. It was launched in March 1972. The first up-close images of the planet Jupiter were provided by Pioneer 10.
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)
Benny Goodman was a jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing”. He led some of the most “popular musical groups in the mid-1930s. These bands launched the careers of many major jazz artists. Despite
increasing health problems, he continued to play until his death from a heart attack in New York City in 1986, at the age of 77,