June 25th
Today in America's Present Past
1630 | Governor Winthrop introduced the eating utensil, the Fork, to American dining.
1638 | A lunar eclipse is the first astronomical event recorded in the American colonies.
1672 | Civil Rights: The first recorded monthly Quaker meeting was held at Sandwich, Massachusetts.
1788 | Statehood: Virginia granted statehood.
1798 | POTUS: President Adams signs into law the Alien Friends Act.
1862 | Civil War: Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia.
1867 | Lucian B. Smith patents barbed wire.
1876 | Indian Wars: The Battle of Little Bighorn.
1876 | General George Armstrong Custer died.
1886 | General Henry "Hap" Arnold was born.
1916 | Painter Thomas Eakins died.
1929 POTUS: Republican President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam.
1933 | Activist James Meredith was born.
1942 | WWII: Major General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe.
1948 | General William C. Lee died.
1949 | Film: Long-Haired Hare", an animated short starring Bugs Bunny, debuted.
1950 | Korean War starts.
1954 | SCOTUS: Justice Sonia Sotomayor was born.
1956 | Admiral Ernest J. King died.
1962 | SCOTUS: Court decides Engel v. Vitale.
1976 | SCOTUS Court decides McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.
1978 | Civil Rights: First public use of a Rainbow Flag during a San Francisco, California parade.
1979 | War on Terror: Failed assassination attempt on NATO commander Alexander Haig Jr. in Obourg, Belgium by German terrorist Rolf Klemens Wagner.
1995 | SCOTUS: Warren Earl Burger died.
2009 | Entertainer Michal Jackson died.