THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013

Today is Thursday, June 13, the 164th day of 2013. There are 201 days left in the year.

1373 ― Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest) signed

1611 ― John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication

1777 ― Marquis de Lafayette lands in U.S.

1927 ― Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A. Lindbergh to NYC

1940 ― Paris evacuated before the German advance

1948 ― Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug. 16

1967 ― Thurgood Marshall nominated as first black Supreme Court justice

1970 ― Beatles' “Let It Be,” album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for four weeks

1971 ― N.Y. Times began publishing “The Pentagon Papers”

1980 ― U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela