Today in History - History - June 13th

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

1927Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A Lindbergh to NYC

1957Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season

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

1985"Prizzi's Honor", starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, and Anjelica Huston, is released

1937Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns

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

1981Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"

1989Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1967Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice

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

1951Mike Weaver, Gatesville Texas, WBA World Heavyweight Champion

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

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

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

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

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

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

1625English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette

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

2014Chuck Noll, NFL head coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of natural causes at 82

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