WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2008

Today is Wednesday, June 25, the 177th day of 2008. There are 189 days left in the year.

1178 _ Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon

1630 _ Fork introduced to American dining by Gov. Winthrop

1638 _ A lunar eclipse becomes the first astronomical event recorded in U.S.

1868 _ Fla., Al., La., Ga., N.C. and S.C. readmitted to U.S.

1876 _ Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn

1938 _ Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40c per hour

1950 _ Korean War begins; N. Korea invades S. Korea

1951 _ First color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to four cities

1961 _ Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)

1991 _ Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia