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June 25, 2007
Today in History: June 25th
The following information can be found at: WSTM.com - Today in Entertainment:
On June 25th, 1951, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
In 1967, The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" live on the "Our World" program, which was seen worldwide.
In 1992, Billy Joel received his high school diploma. Twenty-five years earlier, he had overslept and missed his English and gym finals.
The following information can be found: The New York Times: On This Day:
1788 Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1868 Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina were readmitted to the Union.
1950 War broke out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the communist North invaded the South.
1996 A truck bomb killed 19 Americans and injured hundreds at a U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia.
1997 Oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau died at age 87.
1997 An unmanned cargo ship crashed into Russia's Mir space station, knocking out half of the station's power and rupturing a pressurized laboratory.
Posted by d-nadler at June 25, 2007 05:51 PM