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Tuesday, 06 January 2026
1950 On this day in history korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea 
1950 On June - 25 north Korean troops move into South Korea
1951 On this day in history the first commercial color TV program was seen. It was a four-hour-long show presented on CBS and carried in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C. Arthur Godfrey, Faye Emerson, Sam Levenson and Ed Sullivan starred in the TV milestone. An interesting side note to this event is that the public didn’t own any color TVs at the time and CBS, itself, owned only about three dozen sets.
1951 On June - 25 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1953 86ø F in Anchorage Alaska on June - 25.
1953 On this day in history algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
1954 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) on this day in history.
1956 On June - 25 alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
1959 On this day in history charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 on June - 25.
1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5 to 4) that prayers in public schools violated the First Amendment to the Constitution regarding the separation of church and state.
1962 Ephraim Lisitsky, Hebrew poet, dies on this day in history.
1964 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1966 On June - 25 beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1966 Kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched on June - 25.
1967 On this day in history 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
1968 Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 on June - 25.
1971 Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88 on June - 25.
1973 On June - 25 john Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) on this day in history.
1976 Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 on June - 25.
1977 On this day in history lBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time! on this day in history.
1977 On this day in history endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65
1978 On this day in history argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1978 On June - 25 hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered
1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional on this day in history.
1982 Natalie Rasmussen is born on this day in history.
1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges on this day in history.
1982 On June - 25 sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz
1982 On June - 25 sF holds its first County Fair
1983 On this day in history udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
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