Today in History.....June 13

On this day in …

* 1888, Congress created the Department of Labor

* 1900, China's Boxer Rebellion targeting foreigners, as well as Chinese Christians, erupted into full-scale violence

* 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City

* 1935, James Braddock claimed the title of world heavyweight boxing champion from Max Baer in a 15-round fight in Long Island City, N.Y.

* 1944, Germany began launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II

* 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark "Miranda" decision, ruling that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police

* 1967, President Johnson nominated Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court

* 1971, The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam

* 1981, a scare occurred during a parade in London when a teenager fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II

* 1996, the 81-day-old Freemen standoff ended as 16 remaining members of the anti-government group surrendered to the FBI and left their Montana ranch. ALSO: The Supreme Court placed greater limits on congressional districts intentionally drawn to get more minorities elected to Congress

* 2001, President Bush met behind closed doors with NATO leaders in Brussels, Belgium, where he pitched his missile defense plans

* 2005, a jury in Santa Maria, Calif., acquitted Michael Jackson of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland ranch.
ALSO: The Supreme Court warned prosecutors to use care in striking minorities from juries, siding with black murder suspects in Texas and California who contended their juries had been unfairly stacked with whites. The Senate apologized for blocking anti-lynching legislation in the early 20th century, when mob violence against blacks was commonplace