June 25
Today is the 177th day of 2016, there are 189 days left in the year.
1788 - Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution and became the 10th state in the Union.
1876 - Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Calvary were slaughtered by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.
1868 - Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union.
1910 - President William Howard Taft signed the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral" purposes.
1938 - The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
1950 - War broke out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the Communist North invaded the South.
1951 - The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
1959 - Spree killer Charles Starkweather, age 20, was put to death in Nebraska's electric chair.
1962 - The Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, nondenominational prayer in New York public schools was unconstitutional.
1967 - The Beatles performed a new song, "All You Need is Love", during a live international telecast.
1973 - Former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.
1991 - The Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.
1995 - Warren E. Burger, the 15th chief justice of the United States, died at age 87.
1996 - A truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned cargo ship crashed into Russia's Mir space station, knocking out half of the station's power and rupturing a pressurized laboratory.
1997 - Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died.
1998 - The Supreme Court rejected a line-item veto law as unconstitutional.
2005 - Hardline Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of Iran's presidential runoff election.
2009 - Pop singer Michael Jackson died at age 50 from an overdose of the power anesthetic propofol. (The singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.)
Birthdays
27 - Chris Brochu (actor)
31 - Kayleigh Pearson (model)
35 - Sheridan Smith (actress)
35 - Matt Schaub (football player)
37 - Busy Phillips (actress)
39 - Layla El (professional wrestler)
41 - Linda Cardellini (actress)
42 - Karisma Kapoor (actress)
45 - Angela Kinsey (actress)
45 - Jason Lewis (actor)
50 - Dikembe Mutombo (basketball player)
52 - Dell Curry (basketball player)
53 - George Michael (singer)
55 - Ricky Gervais (comedian/actor)
60 - Anthony Bourdain (chef)
62 - Sonia Sotomayor (Supreme Court justice)
69 - Jimmie Walker (actor)
71 - Carly Simon (singer)
91 - June Lockhart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 25
1903 - New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox end game deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 innings.
1937 - Chicago Cubs' Augie Galan becomes first player to switch hit home runs in a game.
1961 - Baltimore Orioles and California Angels use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 innings.
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 in extra time to win the World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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.
1999 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks in five games to win the NBA championship.
2003 - Todd McFarlane bought Barry Bonds 73rd home run ball at auction for $517,500.
2010 - Edwin Jackson throws 149 pitches in a no-hitter, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Today is the 177th day of 2016, there are 189 days left in the year.
1788 - Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution and became the 10th state in the Union.
1876 - Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Calvary were slaughtered by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.
1868 - Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union.
1910 - President William Howard Taft signed the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for "immoral" purposes.
1938 - The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.
1950 - War broke out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the Communist North invaded the South.
1951 - The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
1959 - Spree killer Charles Starkweather, age 20, was put to death in Nebraska's electric chair.
1962 - The Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, nondenominational prayer in New York public schools was unconstitutional.
1967 - The Beatles performed a new song, "All You Need is Love", during a live international telecast.
1973 - Former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.
1991 - The Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.
1995 - Warren E. Burger, the 15th chief justice of the United States, died at age 87.
1996 - A truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned cargo ship crashed into Russia's Mir space station, knocking out half of the station's power and rupturing a pressurized laboratory.
1997 - Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau died.
1998 - The Supreme Court rejected a line-item veto law as unconstitutional.
2005 - Hardline Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of Iran's presidential runoff election.
2009 - Pop singer Michael Jackson died at age 50 from an overdose of the power anesthetic propofol. (The singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter.)
Birthdays
27 - Chris Brochu (actor)
31 - Kayleigh Pearson (model)
35 - Sheridan Smith (actress)
35 - Matt Schaub (football player)
37 - Busy Phillips (actress)
39 - Layla El (professional wrestler)
41 - Linda Cardellini (actress)
42 - Karisma Kapoor (actress)
45 - Angela Kinsey (actress)
45 - Jason Lewis (actor)
50 - Dikembe Mutombo (basketball player)
52 - Dell Curry (basketball player)
53 - George Michael (singer)
55 - Ricky Gervais (comedian/actor)
60 - Anthony Bourdain (chef)
62 - Sonia Sotomayor (Supreme Court justice)
69 - Jimmie Walker (actor)
71 - Carly Simon (singer)
91 - June Lockhart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 25
1903 - New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox end game deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 innings.
1937 - Chicago Cubs' Augie Galan becomes first player to switch hit home runs in a game.
1961 - Baltimore Orioles and California Angels use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 innings.
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 in extra time to win the World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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.
1999 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks in five games to win the NBA championship.
2003 - Todd McFarlane bought Barry Bonds 73rd home run ball at auction for $517,500.
2010 - Edwin Jackson throws 149 pitches in a no-hitter, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
