By The Associated Press

              - Today is Friday, June 25, the 176th day of 1999. There are 189 days
                left in the year.

              - On June 25, 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the
                communist North invaded the South.
              - In 1788 Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution.
              - In 1868 Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina and
                South Carolina were re-admitted to the Union.
              - In 1876 Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out
                by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
                in Montana.
              - In 1942 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen,
                Germany, during World War II.
              - In 1948 the Republicans meeting at their national convention in
                Philadelphia chose California Gov. Earl Warren to be Thomas E.
                Dewey's running mate.
              - In 1951 the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS
                transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
              - In 1962 the Supreme Court ruled the use of an unofficial,
                nondenominational prayer in New York State public schools was
                unconstitutional.
              - In 1967 the Beatles performed their new song, "All You Need Is
                Love," during a live international telecast.
              - In 1973 former White House Counsel John Dean began testifying before
                the Senate Watergate Committee.
              - In 1988 American-born Mildred Gillars, better known during World War
                II as "Axis Sally" for her Nazi propaganda broadcasts, died in
                Columbus, Ohio, at age 87. Gillars had served 12 years in prison for
                treason.

              - Ten years ago a judge in Cincinnati temporarily blocked a hearing by
                baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti into allegations that
                Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose had gambled on baseball games.
              - Five years ago Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata, faced with
                certain defeat in a no-confidence vote, announced his intention to
                resign after just two months in office.
              - One year ago the Supreme Court rejected a 1997 line-item veto law as
                unconstitutional, and ruled that those infected with HIV are
                protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act. President Clinton
                began a nine-day trip to China in the city of Xi'an.
 

              *Happy Birthday*
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              - Movie director Sidney Lumet is 75.
              - Actress June Lockhart is 74.
              - Singer Eddie Floyd is 64.
              - Basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed is 57.
              - Singer Carly Simon is 54.
              - Rock musician Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) is 53.
              - Rock musician Ian McDonald (Foreigner; King Crimson) is 53.
              - Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 52.
              - Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 51.
              - TV personality Phyllis George is 50.
              - Singer George Michael is 36.