Today is Friday, June 25, the 176th day of 2010. There are 189 days left in the year.
1178 _ Five Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
1929 _ President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1938 _ Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour
1941 _ FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1950 _ Korean conflict begins; N. Korea invades S. Korea
1951 _ First color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to four cities
1953 _ First passenger to fly commercially around the world in 100 hours
1961 _ Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
1969 _ Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5-hour 12-minute) marathon
1991 _ Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia