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Today is Saturday, June 13, the 164th day of 2026. There are 201 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

Read more Borenstein: The A\u2019s left Oakland but they still control the Coliseum. That must change.<\/a><\/p>\n

Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On June 13, 2017, Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student, was released by North Korea in a coma and medically evacuated to the U.S. after 17 months in captivity, dying days later on June 19. The University of Virginia student had been accused of trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting North Korea with a tour group and was convicted of subversion.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1942, during World War II, a four-man Nazi sabotage team arrived by submarine on Long Island, New York, three days before a second four-man team landed in Florida. (All eight men were arrested within weeks, after two members of the first group defected.)<\/p>\n

In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights to remain silent and to consult an attorney.<\/p>\n

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first non-white justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, a top secret study of America\u2019s involvement in Vietnam since 1945 that had been leaked to the paper by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg.<\/p>\n

Read more Folarin Balogun, who could have played for England or Nigeria, scores 2 for US in World Cup debut<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.<\/p>\n

In 1996, the 81-day-old Freemen standoff in Montana ended as the 16 remaining members of the anti-government group left their ranch and surrendered to the FBI.<\/p>\n

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In 2000, the first meeting between leaders of North Korea and South Korea since the Korean War began as South Korean President Kim Dae-jung met North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

In 2013, the White House said it had conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces seeking to overthrow him.<\/p>\n

Read more Horoscopes June 13, 2026: Kat Dennings, it\u2019s up to you to make things happen<\/a><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Actor Malcolm McDowell is 83.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd is 75.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Richard Thomas is 75.<\/li>\n
  • Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Weaver is 75.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-comedian Tim Allen is 72.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Ally Sheedy is 64.<\/li>\n
  • Musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 56.<\/li>\n
  • Actor-comedian Steve-O is 52.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Ethan Embry is 48.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Chris Evans is 45.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Kat Dennings is 40.<\/li>\n
  • Fashion designers and former actors Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen are 39.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is 36.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee is 30.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Daniella Perkins is 26.<\/li>\n
  • NHL hockey player Macklin Celebrini is 20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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