GMT 6/25/2016

This Day In History:

1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

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.

1940 – World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.

1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.

1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.

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.

1984 – American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain.

1998 – Microsoft's "Windows 98" was released to the public.