Thursday 25 June 2020

ON THIS DAY JUNE 25TH - JUST FOR FUN

1678 -Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy, the 1st woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD.

1876- Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry lead by Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull now famously known as "Custer's Last Stand".

1978 - First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco.

1997- "Dumb and Dumber" actress Lauren Holly (33) divorces actor-comedian Jim Carrey (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 months of marriage.


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