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- 0524 Battle of Vzeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians.
- 0841 Battle of Fontenay.
- 1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
- 1530 The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
- 1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
- 1638 A lunar eclipse becomes the first astronomical event recorded in US
- 1672 First recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
- 1678 Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
- 1788 The Virginia colony including Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, entered the United States of America as the tenth state.
- 1798 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
- 1835 First building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
- 1844 John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office.
- 1862 Day 1 of the 7 Days begins with fighting at Oak Grove
- 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
- 1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
- 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- 1876 Indian Chief Crazy Horse won the twohour Battle of Little Bighorn, Montana, wiping out the army of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. Custer, who led the battle against the Sioux Indian encampment, was among the 200+ casualties. Ironically, the only survivor of Custer’s forces was a horse, Comanche.
- 1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison
- 1905 Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells.
- 1910 The U.S. Congress authorized the use of postal savings stamps.
- 1919 First advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
- 1921 Jack Hutchinson becomes first American to win golf's British Open
- 1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
- 1938 Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
- 1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40. per hour
- 1940 France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany.
- 1940 HMCS FRASER (RCN, ex 'Crescent), lost off Gironde Estuary, western France by collision with RN cruiser 'Calcutta'.
- 1941 FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
- 1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
- 1944 Flight-lt. David e. Hornell (Royal Cdn. Air Force) wins the Victoria Cross while on Sea Patrol over th North Sea
- 1944 The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.
- 1945 Miri oilfields in Sarawak recaptured
- 1947 The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
- 1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship
- 1948 The Berlin Airlift begins.
- 1949 Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones.
- 1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
- 1950 The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South by the North. Ends 27 Jul 1953.
- 1953 86ø F in Anchorage Alaska
- 1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
- 1957 United Church of Christ founded with the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.
- 1957 Visitor posting - June 25, 1957 Laura Jane Roos born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1st child of Carl William Roos & Teresa Marie Layes Roos
- 1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
- 1964 Number one hit on UK music charts - Roy Orbison - It's Over
- 1966 Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
- 1966 Kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched
- 1967 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
- 1967 First global satellite television programme "Our World"
- 1970 Visitor posting - Claudia Rezende da Silva is born in Brazil
- 1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
- 1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
- 1975 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
- 1976 Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
- 1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
- 1977 Number one hit on UK music charts - Jacksons - Show You The Way To Go
- 1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
- 1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
- 1981 Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
- 1982 Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
- 1982 Natalie Rasmussen is born
- 1982 SF holds its first County Fair
- 1982 Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz
- 1983 India, led by Kapil Dev, wins the Cricket World Cup. They beat West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's, London.
- 1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
- 1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
- 1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die)
- 1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
- 1988 Number one hit on UK music charts - Bros - I Owe You Nothing
- 1989 First US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
- 1990 120ø F in Phoenix Arizona
- 1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leep" for 5 straight days
- 1991 Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
- 1991 Slovenia & Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
- 1993 Canada elected its first woman as prime minister. Kim Campbell was Canada’s 19th prime minister, governing until October 25, 1993 when the Progressive-Conservative party was royally defeated.
- 1993 Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1996 The Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
- 1997 An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station, Mir.
- 1998 In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
- 1999 The final episode of thirty-five year old daytime drama Another World airs on NBC.
- 2003 Visitor posting - June 25, 2003 Nathaniel Robert Gonzales was Born! 1:43 AM San Jose CA - USA
- 2009 "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, dies at the age of 50
- 2009 Farrah Fawcett dies at age 62 of cancer
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