Today in history

Today is Saturday, June 13, the 164th day of 2009. There are 201 days left in the year. On this date in 1966, the Supreme Court issues its landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects have to be informed of their constitutional right to consult with an attorney and to remain silent before being questioned by police.

In 1886, King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowns in Lake Starnberg. In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh is honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. In 1935, James Braddock claims the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Long Island City, N.Y. In 1944, Germany begins launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1971, The New York Times begins publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam. In 1981, a scare occurs during a parade in London when a teenager fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.

June 13, 1984: Reputed Mahoning Valley racketeer Orland Carabbia has not agreed to testify before a federal grand jury in Columbus against Fairfield County Sheriff James Peck who allegedly took kickbacks to protect gamblers.

The Senate commerce committee, by a vote of 11-6, rejects a bill that would have repealed the broadcast fairness doctrine and equal time law for radio stations.

President Reagan’s Justice Department sees no competitive problems in the biggest foreign move ever into U.S. steel production, the $292 million deal that will give Japan’s No. 2 steelmaker, Nippon, a half stake in National Steel Corp., the nation’s seventh largest producer.

June 13, 1969: Rear Admiral Jerome H. King Jr., a graduate of Rayen School, is the senior U.S. member of a joint U.S.-Australian Board of Inquiry probing the collision of an American destroyer with an Australian carrier in which 74 crewmen of the U.S. ship were lost.

John Kenley, producer of summer theater at the Packard Music Hall in Warren, will present a 20-week winter season at the Hilton Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach. Kenley also has summer theaters in Dayton and Columbus.

June 13, 1959: The swan couple at Crandall Park are the proud parents of two Cygnets. Park Superintendent Edward Finamore says it is the first time in 10 years that swans have hatched at the park.

Roger Palko, 14, breaks both legs in a freak accident when his legs become entangled in the undercarriage of his homemade soapbox racer that was being towed behind a motorcycle in DeCamp Road. Kenneth Walko, also 14, who was driving the motorcycle, was cited for reckless operation.

The state Liquor Department in Columbus is investigating reports that agents are soliciting and receiving bribes from liquor permit holders in Mahoning County.

June 13, 1934: Youngstown Park Commissioner Lionel Evans orders the eight eggs that have been in the nest of a Crandall Lake swan destroyed because the mother swan has been sitting on the eggs longer than the usual incubation period. He believes the eggs were damaged by severe cold of a few weeks ago.

Sirens roar, fire bells clang and bands play as thousands of Youngstowners turn out for a parade marking the first day of a three-day convention of Ohio Fire chiefs in Youngstown.