June 25th, 1950:
In Asia, war broke out on the Korean Peninsula, as forces from the communist North invaded the non-communist South. The United States joined the fighting on the side of South Korea.
1876:
In Montana, the Battle of Little Bighorn. That’s where Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his 7th cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians.
1973:
On Capitol Hill, former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before the Senate Panel investigating the Watergate scandal.
The scandal forced Richard Nixon to become the first President to resign the following year.
1903:
George Orwell, the author whose novels include Animal Farm in 1984 was born Eric Blair in Bengal, India.
1997:
Jacque Cousteau, the underwater explorer and filmmaker, died in Paris at age 87.
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