SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 2011

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