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On This Day In History for June 25, 2014
This is the 176th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining in 2014.
- It was on this date in 1900 That the Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
- That same date in 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
- Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane on this date in 1923.
- June 25, 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
- The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published today in 1947.
- 65 years ago today, Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
- Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. That was today in 1960.
- “Our World” becomes the first live global satellite television program. It was broadcast today in 1967
- On this date in 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 17 years ago, an unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to
- Author George Orwell, born on this date in 1903
- Little Timmy’s Mom on “Lassie” and Maureen Robinson on “Lost in Space”, Actress June Lockhart turns 89 today
- singer-songwriter, actress, and author Carly Simon is 69 today
- and finally, Jimmie “Dy-no-mite” Walker is 67.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 25, 2014 Follow Up
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- 25 – Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957
- 25 –Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa
- 26 – Patrick Norton
- 26 – Daughter of Will The Computer Guy
- 29 – Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)
- 30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)
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Hacks & Strange Stories
- Six-foot-tall Lego Bender hoards booze in its chest – CNET
- You Can Ride In Optimus Prime On Uber
- Phone-jamming cloak lets you be seen and not tracked
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