Hello.
Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here.
The camping trips, the family time, the fishing, the ballpark…and beyond! Whew. It can be a lot. We get it. And every Saturday morning we take just a little bit of time to slow down. This is a simple way to start the day with a look back at events that happened on this day in history before you head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
On this day:
In 1888, Congress created the Department of Labor.
In 1920, the U.S. Post Office said that children could no longer be sent by parcel. Parents would mail their children because it was cheaper than other ways of transportation if the child weighed under the 50-pound parcel weight limit.
In 1927, the American flag was displayed from the right hand of the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
In 1966, the United States Supreme Court handed down what would become known as the Miranda Decision. The ruling gave individuals the right to remain silent after being taken into custody by police.
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was nominated as the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
In 1977, James Earl Ray, the man convicted in the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was recaptured after escaping from a Tennessee prison three days earlier.
In 1994, a jury in Anchorage, Alaska found the Exxon Corporation and Captain Joseph Hazelwood reckless in the “Exxon Valdez” oil spill disaster, opening the doors for a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by the victims of the spillage.
In 1994, former football great O.J. Simpson was questioned by Los Angeles police in connection with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
In 2000, Italy pardoned Mehmet Ali Agca, the gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul the Second in 1981.
In 2000, the first ever inter-Korea summit took place as South Korean President Kim Dae-jung met with the leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il.
In 2004, a day after celebrating his 80th birthday, former President George H.W. Bush successfully completed a sky dive at the Texas A&M campus in College Station, Texas. Bush performed a tandem jump with a member of the Army’s Golden Knight’s skydiving team.
In 2005, a jury in Santa Maria, California acquitted pop star Michael Jackson on all ten counts related to accusations brought by a 13-year-old boy who said Jackson molested him at his Neverland Ranch. A somber-looking Jackson wiped tears from his eyes as the verdict was read, and left the court house quietly, offering a few brief waves before disappearing into a black SUV that took him back to Neverland.
In 2008, “Meet The Press” host Tim Russert died after suffering an apparent heart attack while working at the NBC Bureau in Washington. Russert, who had moderated NBC’s “Meet The Press” for 17 years, also served as the Washington bureau chief for NBC News. He was 58 years old.
In 2008, a Chicago jury acquitted R&B singer R. Kelly on child pornography charges stemming from a videotape which prosecutors said showed Kelly having sex with an underage girl.
In 2016, for the first time in Tony Award history, all four musical acting awards went to black actors. “Hamilton” also won big, taking home eleven awards out of 16-nominations.
In 2023, former President Donald Trump pled not guilty in the federal classified documents case, in which he was indicted on 37 counts the week prior.
In 2024, Elon Musk won approval for a 46-billion dollar compensation package from Tesla shareholders, marking the largest pay deal in US corporate history.
That brings us here to this day.
Whatever plans you have for your own 6.13.2026 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
