To this day, Russert remains the longest-serving host of the Sunday news program, and argued throughout his career that “the primary responsibility of the media is the accountability of government.”
In June 2008, Tim Russert, the longtime host of NBC’s Meet the Press, died at the age of 58 after suffering a heart attack while preparing for a broadcast.
On June 11, 2012, President Barack Obama hosted actress Betty White in the Oval Office.
Months before, Obama had filmed a video for White’s 90th birthday, joking that he did not believe how old she was and that she would have to show her birth certificate to prove it.
On June 13, 1967, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to serve as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Two months later, the Senate confirmed the nomination in a 69 to 11 vote, making Marshall the first African American to serve on the high court.
“Our problems are man-made; therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.”
— President John F. Kennedy, American University, June 10, 1963
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At the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kennedy Center in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson said, “This center will brighten the life of Washington, but it is not, as I have said, just a Washington project. It is a national project and a national possession.”
