TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SUNDAY, JUNE 25, the 176th day of 2017. There are 189 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1967, the Beatles performed their new song “All You Need Is Love” during the closing segment of “Our World,” the first live international telecast carried by satellite from 14 countries.
In 1530, the Augsburg Confession, a statement outlining the articles of faith of the Lutheran Church, was presented to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg.
In 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.
In 1867, barbed wire was patented by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio.
In 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.
In 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.
In 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.
In 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South.
In 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.
In 1997, oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau died in Paris at age 87.
In 2009, death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actress Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 62.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress June Lockhart is 92. Civil rights activist James Meredith is 84. Author-activist Larry Kramer is 82. Actress Barbara Montgomery is 78. Basketball Hallof-Famer Willis Reed is 75. Singer Carly Simon is 72. Rock musician Ian McDonald (Foreigner; King Crimson) is 71. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 70. Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 69. Rock singer Tim Finn is 65. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and rock musician David Paich (Toto) are 63. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is 61. Actorwriter-director Ricky Gervais is 56. Contemporary Christian musician rock musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) is 45. Rock musician Mario Calire is 43. Actress Busy Philipps is 38. Jazz musician Joey Alexander is 14.