TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS MONDAY, JUNE 25, the 176th day of 2018. There are 189 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1868, Congress passed an Omnibus Act allowing for the readmission of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to the Union.
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, making 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 when forces from the communist North invaded the South.
In 1967, the Beatles performed and recorded 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 1981, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
that male-only draft registration was constitutional.
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 93. Civil rights activist James Meredith is 85. Author-activist Larry Kramer is 83. Rhythm and blues singer Eddie Floyd is 81. Actress Barbara Montgomery is 79. Actress Mary Beth Peil is 78. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed is 76. Singer Carly Simon is 73. Rock musician Ian McDonald (Foreigner; King Crimson) is 72. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 71. TV personality Phyllis George is 69. Rock singer Tim Finn is 66. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and rock musician David Paich (Toto) are 64. Actor Michael Sabatino is 63. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 57. Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 55. Actress Erica Gimpel is 54. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe Mutombo is 52. Contemporary Christian musician Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) and actress Angela Kinsey are 47. Rock musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) is 46. Rock musician Mario Calire is 44. Actress Linda Cardellini is 43. Actress Busy Philipps is 39. Jazz musician Joey Alexander is 15.