Today in News History

On June 25, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1788, Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1876, American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. In 1910, The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. In 1924, William J. Castagna, American lawyer and judge (died 2020) was born. In 1944, The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. In 1954, Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was born. In 1995, Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (born 1907) passed away. In 1996, The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. In 1998, In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. In 2022, Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.