Today in History - History - June 13th

1988George Harrison releases "This is Love"

1981Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow"

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

199339th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan

1980Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1

197117th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth

1937Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs against St Louis Browns

1865President Andrew Johnson proclaims reconstruction of confederate states

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

2000President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.

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

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

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

1951Mike Weaver, Gatesville Texas, WBA World Heavyweight Champion

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

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

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

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

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

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