1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1997: A jury voted unanimously to give Timothy McVeigh the death penalty for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

In the world

1983: The U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Malcolm McDowell is 81. Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is 80. Actor Richard Thomas is 73. Actor Stellan Skarsgard is 73. Comedian Tim Allen is 71. Actor Ally Sheedy is 62. Musician Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) is 54. Actor Steve-O is 50. Musician Jason Michael Carroll is 46. Actor Chris Evans is 43. Actor Kat Dennings is 38. Fashion designer and former actor Ashley Olsen is 38. Fashion designer and former actor Mary-Kate Olsen is 38. Actor Aaron Johnson is 34.

— The Associated Press