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On This Day In History for June 13, 2018

This is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining in 2018.

* It was on this date in 1514, that Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.

* It was also this date in 1525 that Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

* It was 244 years ago today, that Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain’s North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.

* It was also this date in 1805 that Meriwether Lewis and four companions, scouting ahead of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River.

* Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City on this date in 1927.

* It was also this date in 1966 that The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

* 41 years ago today, convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

* Also today in 1981, at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.

* It was also this date in 1983 that Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.

* Also on June 13, 1997, A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

* It was 8 years ago today, that A capsule of the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa, containing particles of the asteroid 25143 Itokawa, returns to Earth.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

* Italian mathematician, cartographer and astronomer, Giovanni Antonio Magini, born on this date in 1555.

* Willebrord Snell, the Dutch astronomer and mathematician was born 438 years ago today.

* Born June 13, 1595, Czech physician and scientist Jan Marek Marci.

* English physicist and physiologist, Thomas Young was born 245 years ago today.

* Born June 13, 1831, Scottish physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell.

* Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist was born on that same date in 1903.

* Russian mathematician and engineer, Iosif Vorovich, born on this date in 1920.

* Also turning 84 today is American computer scientist and engineer Leonard Kleinrock.

* American actor, comedian, and producer, Tim Allen, born on this date in 1953.

* Also turning 56 today is American actress and author Ally Sheedy.

* Russian mathematician, Grigori Perelman is 52 today.

* Also born on that same date in 1981,  American actor and producer, Chris Evans.

* American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman, Ashley Olsen is 32 today.