June 25
1788 - Virginia became the 10th state.
1876 - Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.
1938 - The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
1942 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
1947 - "The Diary of a Young Girl," the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.
1950 - Communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
1951 - The first commercial color television program was transmitted by CBS from New York to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C.
1962 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that recitation of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
1973 - Former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up.
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in its first "right-to-die" decision, ruled that family members could be barred from ending the lives of persistently comatose relatives who had not made their wishes known conclusively.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia proclaimed their independence from Yugoslavia, beginning the Yugoslavian civil war.
1993 - Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada's 19th prime minister, the first woman to hold the post.
1997 - Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died.
2009 - Pop superstar Michael Jackson died at age 50 from an accidental drug overdose.
2009 - Actress Farrah Fawcett died in Santa Monica, California at age 62 from cancer.
2013 - Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden at a Moscow airport, but promptly rejected a U.S. plea to turn him over.
2013 - Democratic Texas State Senator Wendy Davis began a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort to impose stringent new abortion restrictions across the nation's second-most populous state. (Republicans voted to end the filibuster minutes before midnight, sparking a chaotic scene with demonstrators who succeeded in forcing lawmakers to miss the deadline for passing the bill.)
2015 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a 6-3 ruling that preserved health insurance for millions of Americans.
2016 - Pope Francis visited Armenia, where he recognized the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians as a genocide, prompting a harsh rebuttal from Turkey.
2018 - Britain's Prince William arrived in Israel for the first-ever official visit there by a member of the British royal family, ending the monarchy's mostly hands-off approach to one of the world's most sensitive regions.
2022 - Americans took part in protests, prayer vigils and reflection, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, as states began implementing their own bans and abortion supporters and foes mapped out their next moves.
Birthdays
20 - Joey Alexander (musician)
44 - Busy Philipps (actress)
48 - Linda Cardellini (actress)
51 - Mike Kroeger (musician)
52 - Angela Kinsey (actress)
56 - Richie Rich (rapper)
57 - Dikembe Mutombo (basketball player)
59 - Erica Gimpel (actress)
59 - Dell Curry (basketball player)
60 - John Benjamin Hickey (actor)
62 - Ricky Gervais (actor)
68 - Michael Sabatino (actor)
69 - Sonia Sotomayor (U.S. Supreme Court Justice)
75 - Michael Lembeck (actor)
76 - Jimmie Walker (actor/comedian)
78 - Carly Simon (singer)
83 - Mary Beth Peil (actress)
84 - Barbara Montgomery (actress)
86 - Eddie Floyd (singer)
90 - James Meredith (civil rights activist)
98 - June Lockhart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 25
1921 - Jock Hutchinson became the first U.S. citizen to win the British Open.
1968 - Bobby Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit a grand-slam home run in his first game with the Giants. He was the first player to debut with a grand-slam.
1978 - Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3-1 to win the World Cup.
1997 - The NHL officially approved expansion to 30 teams by the year 2000 with the announcement of new teams in Atlanta, Columbus, Minnesota and Nashville.
1997 - The San Antonio Spurs select Wake Forest power forward Tim Duncan with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1999 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks in five games to win their first NBA championship.
2003 - Todd McFarlane bought Barry Bonds 73rd home run ball at auction for $517,500.
2009 - The Los Angeles Clippers select Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2015 - The Minnesota Timberwolves select Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2021 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola ties Tom Seaver's 51-year-old MLB record of 10 consecutive strikeouts in a 2-1 loss to the New York Mets.
1788 - Virginia became the 10th state.
1876 - Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.
1938 - The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
1942 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
1947 - "The Diary of a Young Girl," the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.
1950 - Communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
1951 - The first commercial color television program was transmitted by CBS from New York to Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C.
1962 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that recitation of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
1973 - Former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up.
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in its first "right-to-die" decision, ruled that family members could be barred from ending the lives of persistently comatose relatives who had not made their wishes known conclusively.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia proclaimed their independence from Yugoslavia, beginning the Yugoslavian civil war.
1993 - Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada's 19th prime minister, the first woman to hold the post.
1997 - Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died.
2009 - Pop superstar Michael Jackson died at age 50 from an accidental drug overdose.
2009 - Actress Farrah Fawcett died in Santa Monica, California at age 62 from cancer.
2013 - Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden at a Moscow airport, but promptly rejected a U.S. plea to turn him over.
2013 - Democratic Texas State Senator Wendy Davis began a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort to impose stringent new abortion restrictions across the nation's second-most populous state. (Republicans voted to end the filibuster minutes before midnight, sparking a chaotic scene with demonstrators who succeeded in forcing lawmakers to miss the deadline for passing the bill.)
2015 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a 6-3 ruling that preserved health insurance for millions of Americans.
2016 - Pope Francis visited Armenia, where he recognized the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians as a genocide, prompting a harsh rebuttal from Turkey.
2018 - Britain's Prince William arrived in Israel for the first-ever official visit there by a member of the British royal family, ending the monarchy's mostly hands-off approach to one of the world's most sensitive regions.
2022 - Americans took part in protests, prayer vigils and reflection, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, as states began implementing their own bans and abortion supporters and foes mapped out their next moves.
Birthdays
20 - Joey Alexander (musician)
44 - Busy Philipps (actress)
48 - Linda Cardellini (actress)
51 - Mike Kroeger (musician)
52 - Angela Kinsey (actress)
56 - Richie Rich (rapper)
57 - Dikembe Mutombo (basketball player)
59 - Erica Gimpel (actress)
59 - Dell Curry (basketball player)
60 - John Benjamin Hickey (actor)
62 - Ricky Gervais (actor)
68 - Michael Sabatino (actor)
69 - Sonia Sotomayor (U.S. Supreme Court Justice)
75 - Michael Lembeck (actor)
76 - Jimmie Walker (actor/comedian)
78 - Carly Simon (singer)
83 - Mary Beth Peil (actress)
84 - Barbara Montgomery (actress)
86 - Eddie Floyd (singer)
90 - James Meredith (civil rights activist)
98 - June Lockhart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 25
1921 - Jock Hutchinson became the first U.S. citizen to win the British Open.
1968 - Bobby Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit a grand-slam home run in his first game with the Giants. He was the first player to debut with a grand-slam.
1978 - Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3-1 to win the World Cup.
1997 - The NHL officially approved expansion to 30 teams by the year 2000 with the announcement of new teams in Atlanta, Columbus, Minnesota and Nashville.
1997 - The San Antonio Spurs select Wake Forest power forward Tim Duncan with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1999 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks in five games to win their first NBA championship.
2003 - Todd McFarlane bought Barry Bonds 73rd home run ball at auction for $517,500.
2009 - The Los Angeles Clippers select Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2015 - The Minnesota Timberwolves select Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
2021 - Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola ties Tom Seaver's 51-year-old MLB record of 10 consecutive strikeouts in a 2-1 loss to the New York Mets.