TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, June 25, the 176th day of 2018. There are 189 days left in the year.

HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY

On June 25, 1868, Congress passed an Omnibus Act allowing for the readmission of Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to the Union.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

• Actress June Lockhart is 93. • Civil rights activist James Meredith is 85. • Author-activist Larry Kramer is 83. • Rhythm and blues singer Eddie Floyd is 81. • Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed is 76. • Singer Carly Simon is 73. • Rock musician Ian McDonald (Foreigner; King Crimson) is 72. • Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 71. • TV personality Phyllis George is 69. • Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 64. • Rock musician David Paich (Toto) is 64. • Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 57. • Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is 52.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.” — Philip K. Dick, American science-fiction author (1928-1982).

ON THIS DATE

In 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was enacted.

In 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.

In 1967, the Beatles performed and recorded their new song “All You Need Is Love” during the closing segment of “Our World,” the first-ever live international telecast which was carried by satellite from 14 countries.

In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top administration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up.

In 2009, death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actress Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62.