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“BORN TODAY” George Michael (52) Lauren Bush (31) Rain (33) La La Anthony (36) Busy Phillips (36) Linda Cardellini (40) Angela Kinsey (44) Jason Lewis (44) Hunter Foster (46) John Benjamin Hickey (52) Ricky Gervais (54) Anthony Bourdain (59) Sonia Sotomayor (61) Jimmie Walker (68) Carly Simon (70) June Lockhart (90) George Orwell (RIP) “DIED TODAY” Michael Jackson (Born: August 29, 1958 / Died: June 25, 2009) Farrah Fawcett (Born: February 2, 1947 / Died: June 25, 2009) (Featured Above) Patrick Macnee (Born: February 6, 1922 / Died: June 25, 2015) “MOVIES TODAY” Click on the movie title to watch it’s trailer. 1968 - The Secret Life of an American Wife 1969 - The Bridge at Remagen 1969 - The Chairman 1969 - Hello Down There 1975 - Cooley High 1976 - The Omen 1980 - Herbie Goes Bananas 1980 - The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark 1982 - Blade Runner 1982 - Megaforce 1982 - The Thing 1993 - Sleepless in Seattle 1993 - Dennis the Menace 1999 - Big Daddy “MUSIC TODAY” 1967 - The Beatles performed "All You Need Is Love" live on the "Our World" program. 1969 - The Hollies recorded "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," with Elton John playing piano. 1984 - The soundtrack "Purple Rain" was released five weeks ahead of the film. 1984 - Patti Scialfa joined Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. 1995 - Pearl Jam canceled their tour because of an ongoing feud with Ticketmaster. 1996 - KISS released the album "You Wanted the Best...You've Got the Best." “TV/RADIO TODAY” 1951 - In New York, the first regular commercial color TV transmissions were presented on CBS using the FCC-approved CBS Color System. 1985 - ABC's "Monday Night Football" began with a new line-up. The trio was Frank Gifford, Joe Namath and O.J. Simpson. “OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS…” 1948 - The Soviet Union tightened its blockade of Berlin by intercepting river barges heading for the city. 1950 - North Korea invaded South Korea initiating the Korean War. 1959 - The Cuban government seized 2.35 million acres under a new agrarian reform law. 1962 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of unofficial non-denominational prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. 1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson ordered 200 naval personnel to Mississippi to assist in finding three missing civil rights workers. 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. notinhalloffame.com 1970 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission handed down a ruling making it illegal for radio stations to put telephone calls on the air without the permission of the person being called. 1973 - White House Counsel John Dean admitted that U.S. President Nixon took part in the Watergate cover-up. 1975 - Mozambique became independent. 1981 - The U.S. Supreme Court decided that male-only draft registration was constitutional. 1985 - New York Yankees officials enacted the rule that mandated that the team's bat boys were to wear protective helmets during all games. 1986 - The U.S. Congress approved $100 million in aid to the Contras fighting in Nicaragua. 1987 - Austrian President Kurt Waldheim visited Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. 1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of an individual, whose wishes are clearly made, to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. 1991 - The last Soviet troops left Czechoslovakia 23 years after the Warsaw Pact invasion. 1991 - The Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Yugoslavia. 1993 - Kim Campbell took office as Canada's first woman prime minister. 1997 - The Russian space station Mir was hit by an unmanned cargo vessel. Much of the power supply was knocked out and the station's Spektr module was severely damaged. 1997 - U.S. air pollution standards were significantly tightened by U.S. President Clinton. 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the line-item veto thereby striking down presidential power to cancel specific items in tax and spending legislation. 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that those infected with HIV are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. 1998 - Microsoft's "Windows 98" was released to the public.