June 25, 2022
QUOTE
For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.
--Jacques Yves Cousteau
BIRTHDAYS
1874 – Rose O’Neill, Cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer
1903 – George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic
1925 – June Lockhart, Actress
1945 – Carly Simon, Singer-songwriter
1961 – Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
IN MEMORY
1937 – Colin Clive, British actor
1988 – Hillel Slovak, Guitarist and songwriter
1997 – Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer
2009 – Farrah Fawcett, Actress and producer
IN ON THIS DAY
1788 – Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 – The Battle of the Little Bighorn ends in a victory for combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes.
1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.