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Gravdigr · 06-25-2016, 12:39 PM

June 25

1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw (<---great read, btw) shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.

1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.

Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premiers in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.

1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling, in a DH.4B biplane.

1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.

1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.

1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.

1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.

1966 - Jackie Wilson was arrested for inciting a riot and refusing to obey a police order at a nightclub in Port Arthur, Texas. Wilson had a crowd of 400 whipped into a frenzy and refused to stop singing when requested to do so by police. He was later convicted of drunkenness and fined $30.

1969 - The Hollies recorded 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'. The ballad was written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell (who was dying of cancer of the lymph nodes). The pair met in person only three times, but managed to collaborate on the song. The track featured Elton John on piano.

1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.

1984 – American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain.

1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.

2006 - Nicole Kidman married her singer boyfriend Keith Urban at a ceremony in Sydney, Australia.

Births

1886 – Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold; 1900 – Louis Mountbatten; 1903 – George Orwell; 1924 – Sidney Lumet; 1925 – June Lockhart; 1928 – Peyo (created The Smurfs); 1933 – James Meredith; 1939 - Harold Melvin; 1945 – Carly Simon; 1947 – Jimmie Walker; 1954 – David Paich, Sonia Sotomayor; 1956 – Anthony Bourdain; 1961 – Ricky Gervais; 1963 – George Michael; 1966 – Dikembe Mutombo; 1972 - Mike Kroeger (Nickelback)

Deaths

1218 – Simon de Montfort; 1533 – Mary Tudor; 1876 – James Calhoun, Boston Custer, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Custer, Myles Keogh (<---all died at the Little Big Horn); 1906 – Stanford White; 1916 – Thomas Eakins; 1958 – Alfred Noyes; 1959 – Charles Starkweather; 1976 – Johnny Mercer; 1977 – Olave Baden-Powell; 1979 – Dave Fleischer; 1987 – Boudleaux Bryant; 1988 - Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers); 1997 – Jacques Cousteau; 2005 – John Fiedler ('Lawyer Daggett' in "True Grit"); 2009 – Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson; 2015 – Lou Butera, Patrick Macnee

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Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	June 25 1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. 1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw (<---great read, btw) shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White. 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premiers in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling, in a DH.4B biplane. 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published. 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. 1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. 1966 - Jackie Wilson was arrested for inciting a riot and refusing to obey a police order at a nightclub in Port Arthur, Texas. Wilson had a crowd of 400 whipped into a frenzy and refused to stop singing when requested to do so by police. He was later convicted of drunkenness and fined $30. 1969 - The Hollies recorded 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother'. The ballad was written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell (who was dying of cancer of the lymph nodes). The pair met in person only three times, but managed to collaborate on the song. The track featured Elton John on piano. 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. 1984 – American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain. 1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. 2006 - Nicole Kidman married her singer boyfriend Keith Urban at a ceremony in Sydney, Australia. Births 1886 – Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold; 1900 – Louis Mountbatten; 1903 – George Orwell; 1924 – Sidney Lumet; 1925 – June Lockhart; 1928 – Peyo (created The Smurfs); 1933 – James Meredith; 1939 - Harold Melvin; 1945 – Carly Simon; 1947 – Jimmie Walker; 1954 – David Paich, Sonia Sotomayor; 1956 – Anthony Bourdain; 1961 – Ricky Gervais; 1963 – George Michael; 1966 – Dikembe Mutombo; 1972 - Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) Deaths 1218 – Simon de Montfort; 1533 – Mary Tudor; 1876 – James Calhoun, Boston Custer, George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Custer, Myles Keogh (<---all died at the Little Big Horn); 1906 – Stanford White; 1916 – Thomas Eakins; 1958 – Alfred Noyes; 1959 – Charles Starkweather; 1976 – Johnny Mercer; 1977 – Olave Baden-Powell; 1979 – Dave Fleischer; 1987 – Boudleaux Bryant; 1988 - Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers); 1997 – Jacques Cousteau; 2005 – John Fiedler ('Lawyer Daggett' in "True Grit"); 2009 – Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson; 2015 – Lou Butera, Patrick Macnee __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.