Today is Thursday, June 25, the 176th day of 2015. 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
1749 — General fast because of drought in Massachusetts
1938 — Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents 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)
1962 — Supreme Court rules N.Y. school prayer unconstitutional
1967 — 400 million watch Beatles “Our World” TV special
1981 — Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1987 — Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim
1991 — Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia