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Today in History: June 25

1767 Mexican Indians riot as Jesuit priests are ordered home.

1864 Union troops surrounding Petersburg, Virginia, begin building a mine tunnel underneath the Confederate lines.

1868 The U.S. Congress enacts legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the federal government.

1876 General George A. Custer and over 260 men of the Seventh Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Bighorn in Montana.

1946 Ho Chi Minh travels to France for talks on Vietnamese independence.

1948 The Soviet Union tightens its blockade of Berlin by intercepting river barges heading for the city.

1950 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War.

1959 The Cuban government seizes 2.35 million acres under a new agrarian reform law.

1986 Congress approves $100 million in aid to the Contras fighting in Nicaragua.


Born on June 25

1903 George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), novelist, essayist and critic (Animal Farm, 1984).


JOTD

A Jewish man sends his son to Israel to live there for a while. Eventually he returns home and he is now a Christian. The man finds this to be odd and mentions it to his friend.

The friend listens, thinks for a moment and says, "That's odd. I sent my son to Israel as a Jew and he returned as a Christian." So the two of them went to see the Rabbi.
They told the Rabbi the story of how they had both sent their sons to Israel as Jews, and how both sons had returned as Christians. The Rabbi listened, thought for a minute and then said "That's odd. I also sent my son to Israel as a Jew and he returned as a Christian."
So the three of them decide to go to Israel to find out what's going on over there. The arrive and go straight to the Western Wall to pray.
They explain to God all about how they sent their sons to Israel as Jews and how the all returned as Christians." There is a long silence, and then God begins to speak saying, "That's odd . . . "