All of the following occured on June 25th...
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
1749 General fast because of drought in MA
1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1876 Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn
1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison
1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 per hour
1950 Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
1961 Yankee's Roger Maris hits his 40th of 61 HRs
1962 Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die)
1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
Today's word in Hawaiian is Wikiwiki (wee-kee-wee-kee) means to hurry us, very quick.
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