June 25 is Log Cabin Day
Color TV Day
National Columnists Day
National Catfish Day
National Strawberry Parfait Day
June 25, 1630- The fork was introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop of Massachusetts.
Publication of Federalist Paper #81: The Judiciary and the Distribution of the Judicial Authority written by Alexander Hamilton in 1788.
Virginia Ratification Day
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the tenth state.
- Capital: Richmond
- Nickname: Old Dominion
- Bird: Cardinal
- Flower: Dogwood
- Tree: Flowering Dogwood
- Motto: Thus always to tyrants
See our page for Virginia for more interesting facts and trivia about Virginia.
Custer Day, Aniversary of “Custer’s Last Stand” at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana in 1876. Lt. Col. Custer and the 210 men of U.S. 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians
June 25, 1950 – North Korea invaded South Korea, initiating the Korean War.
The Cuban government seized 2.35 million acres under a new agrarian reform law in 1959.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (in 1962) that the use of unofficial, non-denominational prayer in public schools was unconstitutional.
On June 25, 1968 – 
Bobby Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit a grand-slam home run in his first game with the Giants. He was the first player to debut with a grand-slam.
1981 – The U.S. Supreme Court decided that male-only draft registration was constitutional.
1990 – The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of an individual, whose wishes are clearly made, to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. “The right to die” decision was made in the Curzan vs. Missouri case.
In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decided (1998) that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 was unconstitutional.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (1998) that those infected with HIV are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act.
2000 – U.S. and British researchers announced that they had completed a rough draft of a map of the genetic makeup of human beings. The project was 10 years old at the time of the announcement.
I noticed with interest the Virginia state motto:
“Thus always to tyrants”.
Wasn’t this what Booth shouted as he leaped onto the stage after shooting Lincoln?
“Sic semper tyrannis”
Good catch! “Part of Booth’s post-assassination plan was to shout “sic semper tyrannis,” the Virginia state motto which to this day appears on the state flag, translating to “thus always to tyrants” in Latin, according to State Symbols USA. After Booth broke his left leg when he jumped from Lincoln’s theater box, he did manage to quickly shout that famous line. In the end, Booth was discovered hiding in a barn on a tobacco farm in Virginia, injured, and unable to travel further (via Smithsonian Magazine). He was shot and killed. ”
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