This Day in History June 25

June 25

1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1638 A lunar eclipse becomes the 1st astronomical event recorded in US
1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1798 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1862 Day 1 of the 7 Days begins with fighting at Oak Grove
1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1876 Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn
1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1941 FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
1950 Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
1962 Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1982 SF holds its 1st County Fair
1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes

Man I am getting old. I remember watching Arthur Godfrey in the 50's.
Richard in NW SC

Only 1/3 of the 7th Cavalry was "wiped out."

I got married on this day 50 yrs ago BUT divorced her in '80.

Actually, STS41D was not a computer problem, it was a problem with the fire extinguishers on the launch pad. The sensors malfunctioned indicating a fire on the pad, which caused the onboard computers of Discovery to shut down the engine fire program. The astronauts were even sprayed with water at the bottom of the platform, due to these same bad sensors.

I remember listening to him on radio, long before his TV show. Never saw him on TV.

At Little Big Horn where Custer was surrounded only one guy survived.

I remember watching the Gary Moore show.