Today is Saturday, June 25, the 176th day of 2011. 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
1929 _ President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1938 _ Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour
1950 _ The 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)
1987 _ Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim
1989 _ First U.S. postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
1991 _ Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia