SUNDAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Sunday, June 25, the 176th day of 2017. There are 189 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On June 25, 1967, the Beatles performed their new song “All You Need Is Love” during the closing segment of “Our World."

On this date:

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 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 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.

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 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that male-only draft registration was constitutional.

Ten years ago: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of a gathering of U.S.-allied tribal sheiks at a Baghdad hotel, killing 13 people.

Five years ago: A divided U.S. Supreme Court threw out major parts of Arizona’s tough crackdown on people living in the U.S. without legal permission, while unanimously upholding the law’s most-discussed provision: requiring police to check the immigration status of those they stop for other reasons, but limiting the legal consequences.

One year ago: Gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s seaside capital, killing at least 14 victims.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress June Lockhart is 92. Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed is 75. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 63. Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is 61. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 56. Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is 51. Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 50.

Thought for Today: “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” — Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821).