• Today is Saturday, June 15, the 166th day of 2013. There are 199 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On June 15, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.
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• On this date:
• In 1215, England's King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Charter") at Runnymede.
• In 1219, forces led by King Valdemar II of Denmark defeated the Estonians in the Battle of Lyndanisse.
• In 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state.
• In 1849, James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.
• In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery.
• In 1902, the 20th Century Limited, an express passenger train between New York and Chicago, began service. (The Limited made its last run in Dec. 1967.)
• In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York's East River.
• In 1938, Johnny Vander Meer pitched his second consecutive no-hitter, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-0 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first night game at Ebbets Field, four days after leaving the Boston Bees hitless by a score of 3-0.
• In 1944, American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan (sy-PAN') during World War II. B-29 Superfortresses carried out their first raids on Japan.
• In 1962, Students for a Democratic Society, at the conclusion of a five-day convention in Michigan, issued the Port Huron Statement.
• In 1978, King Hussein (hoo-SAYN') of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
• In 1993, former Texas Gov. John Connally, who was wounded in the gunfire that killed President John F. Kennedy, died in Houston at age 76.
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