Thursday, Jun 25, 2026
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1862 - Day one of the 7 Days begins with fighting at Oak Grove.
1864 - Petersburg Campaign - Federals begin digging tunnels under Rebel lines.
1868 - Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina readmitted to US.
1938 - US federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour.
1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination.
1951 - First color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to four cities.
1962 - US Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional.
1973 - John Dean begins testimony before US Senate Watergate Committee.
1977 - Former US president Lyndon Johnson denies report he had a cancer during his presidency.
1982 - US Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by George Schultz.
