Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In June - 25
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1950 Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea on this day in history. 
1950 On this day in history north Korean troops move into South Korea
1951 The first commercial color TV program was seen. It was a four-hour-long show presented on CBS and carried in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C. Arthur Godfrey, Faye Emerson, Sam Levenson and Ed Sullivan starred in the TV milestone. An interesting side note to this event is that the public didn’t own any color TVs at the time and CBS, itself, owned only about three dozen sets on June - 25.
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities on this day in history.
1953 86ø F in Anchorage Alaska on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
1954 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1956 On June - 25 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
1956 Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1959 Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed on June - 25.
1960 On this day in history wH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) on this day in history.
1962 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5 to 4) that prayers in public schools violated the First Amendment to the Constitution regarding the separation of church and state on June - 25.
1962 On June - 25 ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies
1964 On June - 25 gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
1966 On June - 25 beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966 On June - 25 kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched
1967 On this day in history 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
1968 Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 on June - 25.
1971 On this day in history charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88
1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee on this day in history.
1975 On this day in history mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1976 Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 on June - 25.
1977 On this day in history lBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
1977 On June - 25 roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
1977 On this day in history endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
1978 On June - 25 argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1978 On June - 25 hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1981 On June - 25 supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1982 On June - 25 natalie Rasmussen is born
1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges on this day in history.
1982 Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history sF holds its first County Fair
1983 On June - 25 udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
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