 cc licensed image by Matthew Blank On this day in 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in the case Miranda v. Arizona establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Backstory Radio recently shared an excellent history of the case, including an interview with the arresting officer and a discussion of the backlash that followed the decision.
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On this day in 1963, NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers was gunned down in his driveway just hours after President John F. Kennedy's nationally televised speech supporting civil rights. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, where he received full military honors before a crowd of more than 3,000 onlookers.
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On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank celebrated her thirteenth birthday. One of her favorite presents was the diary she wrote in while hiding from Nazi persecution with her family.
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On this day in 1963, Governor George Wallace blocked the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise to stop the desegregation of the state's only remaining all-white university.
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On this day in 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy in an attempt to liberate German occupied France from Nazi control and and shift the balance of power on the Western Front of World War II. And while the casualties on that die were unimaginable, more than at least 10,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, their sacrifices was a turning point in the fight. The momentum had shifted. By the end of August, Germany surrendered control of the French capital and the Allies began their fight towards Berlin.
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On this day in 1989, the Chinese government began its crackdown against the pro-democracy protests that had been taking place for weeks in central Beijing. However, on June 4, Chinese troops marched into Tiananmen Square, firing indiscriminately into the crowds of protesters. Journalists on the scene estimate that at least 300 protesters were killed and thousands more were arrested.
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Today marks the anniversary of the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In it, 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,402 Americans were killed, 1,282 were wounded. The United States declared war on Japan the following day, formally entering into World War II.
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