Today in History - History - June 13th

195353rd US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont PA

1942FDR creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head

1976Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam

2000Samuel L. Jackson is honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1981Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II

1967Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice

197117th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth

1981Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"

1908Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1993YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ

1897Paavo Johannes Nurmi, Finland, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1920/24/28)

1892Basil Rathbone, Johannesburg South Africa, actor (Sherlock Holmes)

1731Martha Washington, Kent County, Virginia, 1st US First Lady (1789-97)

1986Ashley Fuller Olsen, twin actress (Michelle-Full House)

1986Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress (Michelle-Full House)

1953Tim Allen, Denver Colorado, comedian (Tim-Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle)

1850Poet laureate Alfred Tennyson (40) weds Emily Sellwood (36)

1525Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

1625English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette

1859Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (37) weds Mary Cleveland

2008Tim Russert, American television host, NBC News Meet the Press moderator, dies at 58

1861Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician and father of modern magic, dies of pneumonia at 65