June 25
1876: Gen. George Custer and his force of 208 menwere annihilated by Chief Sitting Bull's Sioux warriors
at Little Big Horn in Montana
1925: Actress June Lockhart ("Lassie's mother") born
1928: Pierre "Peyo" Culliford (Smurfs creator) born
1945: Pop singer Carly Simon born
1949: Jimmie Walker DY-NO-MITE! born
1951: The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special (starring Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan, and Faye Emerson) from New York to four other cities.
1963: Rock singer George Michael born
1964: Christine's brother Tim is born.
1965: The Beatles play Palazzo dello Sport, Genoa, Italy
1966: The Beatles play Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
1967: Thanks to the dedicated hard work and negotiations by Brian Epstein, The Beatles performed their new song "All You Need Is Love" during history's very first world-wide live international telecast
...via an actual outer space satellite!!! ZOMFG
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