Today In History
Today is Saturday, June 25, the 177th day of 2016. There are 189 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT ›
1876: Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.
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1788: Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution. ›
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 in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. ›
1962: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that recitation of a state-sponsored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional. ›
1981: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that male-only draft registration was constitutional. ›
1996: The science-fiction thriller “Independence Day,” about an alien attack on Earth, had its world premiere in Los Angeles. ›
2009: Death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actress Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress June Lockhart is 91. Civil rights activist James Meredith is 83. Rhythm-and-blues singer Eddie Floyd is 79. Actress Barbara Montgomery is 77. Actress Mary Beth Peil is 76. Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed is 74. Singer Carly Simon is 71. Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 68. TV personality Phyllis George is 67. Rock singer Tim Finn is 64. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 62. Rock musician David Paich (Toto) is 62. Actor Michael Sabatino is 61. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is 60. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 55. Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 53. Retired NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo is 50. Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 49. Rapper Candyman is 48. Contemporary Christian musician Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) is 45. Actress Angela Kinsey is 45. Rock musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) is 44. Rock musician Mario Calire is 42. Actress Linda Cardellini is 41. Actress Busy Philipps is 37.