I’m sort of fascinated with history, and every once in a while a date comes around that combines an unusual set of events and anniversaries. Today is one such day:
- June 25, 1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn (“Custer’s Last Stand”)
- June 25, 1903 - George Orwell born in Bengal, India
- June 25, 1910 - Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird debuts in Paris
- June 25, 1942 - Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of U.S. troops in Europe
- June 25, 1947 - Diary of Anne Frank published
- June 25, 1950 - North Korea invades South Korea, starting the Korean War
- June 25, 1961 - Comedian Ricky Gervais born in Berkshire, England
- June 25, 1998 - the “line-item veto” is held unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Clinton v. City of New York
- June 25, 2009 - Michael Jackson dies of a physician-administered overdose