On June 25, 1903, author George Orwell was born Eric Blair in Motihari, India.
In 1942 Britain sent 1,000 bombers on an air raid on Bremen, Germany, in World War II.
In 1951 CBS transmitted the first commercial color telecast.
In 1962 the Supreme Court ruled the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York state public schools was unconstitutional.
In 1967 the Beatles performed a new song, “All You Need Is Love,” during a live international telecast.
In 1991 the Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared independence.
In 1995 Warren Burger, the U.S. chief justice for 17 years, died at 87 in Washington.
In 1996 a truck bomb killed 19 Americans outside a U.S. military housing complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
In 1997 oceanographer-filmmaker Jacques Cousteau died at 87 in Paris.
In 1998 the Supreme Court ruled that those infected with HIV are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
In 1999 the San Antonio Spurs won their first NBA title, defeating the New York Knicks, 78-77, in five games.
In 2004 Republican Jack Ryan withdrew from the U.S. Senate race in Illinois after disclosures of visits to sex clubs.
