After more than a decade in space, Pioneer 10, the world’s
first outer-planetary probe, left the outer limits of the known
solar system by crossing the orbit of Neptune, the system’s
then farthest planet.
The following day, it radioed back its first scientific data on
interstellar space.
On June 13, 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its
decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that
all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before
interrogation.
Now considered standard police procedure, “You have the
right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used
against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you,” has
been heard so many times in television and film dramas that
it has become almost cliche.
