Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Today in History for 25th June 2014

Historical Events


1950 - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea

1981 - Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional

1982 - South African President P.W. Botha issues a new Proclamation again placing Ingwavuma under government control

1988 - Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs

1989 - 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)

1990 - 120°F in Phoenix Arizona


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Famous Birthdays


1886 - Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)

1890 - Marchwitza, writer

1925 - Robert Venturi, Phila, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)

1949 - Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)

1967 - Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86)

1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress


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Famous Deaths


1671 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (b. 1598)

1838 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)

1979 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (b. 1906)

1986 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63

1992 - James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies

2010 - Richard B. Sellars, American business executive (b. 1915)


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