Today in History - History - June 25th

1995Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic

19471st version of Anne Frank's diary "Het Achterhuis" published in The Netherlands

1948Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1942British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London

1940Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France

1948Harry Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)

1929President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)

1988Cal Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game

192661st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham

1993Kim Campbell becomes the 19th Prime Minister of Canada (although she would remain in office for less than five months)

1942Willis Reed, Hico Louisiana, NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach (NY Knicks)

1963George Michael [Panos], London, British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)

1961Ricky Gervais, Reading England, actor and comedian (The Office)

1903George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], Bihar, British India, British writer (Animal Farm, 1984), (d. 1950)

1983Actor Denzel Washington (28) weds actress Pauletta Pearson (33)

1999Business magnate Rupert Murdoch (68) weds businesswoman Wendi Deng (30) at the yacht Morning Glory in New York harbor

1960NBA player Oscar Robertson (21) weds teacher Yvonne Crittenden in Cincinnati, Ohio

1927Pediatrician Benjamin Spock (24) weds civil liberties advocate Jane Cheney

1987Actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus (26) weds actor Brad Hall (29)

1967MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan (20) weds his high school sweetheart Ruth Holdorff (18)

2006Actress Nicole Kidman (45) weds country music singer-songwriter Keith Urban (44) at Cardinal Ceretti Memorial Chapel in Manly, Australia

1938Economist Milton Friedman (25) weds Rose Friedman at the Jewish Seminary in New York City

1997Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer, dies of heart attack at 87

2009Farrah Fawcett, American actress and pop culture figure (b.1947)

2009Michael Jackson, American recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller, Dangerous) dies of cardiac arrest at 50

1968Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43

1976Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66

1876George Armstrong Custer, US General, dies at the Battle of Little Bighorn aged 36