Good Wednesday morning .. after a muggy, stormy 80 yesterday, a comfortable 73 today and some sunshine. Its June 25th .. lets take a look back .. 1788, Virginia became our 10th state .. 1876, Crazy Horse wipes out General George Custers troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana .. 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, starting the war .. 1956, the last Packard produced in Detroit rolled off the assembly line .. 1966, Neil Diamond made his TV debut on American Bandstand .. 1969, These Eyes went gold .. 1998, Windows 98 was released .. and in 1999, the San Antonio Spurs won their 1st NBA Championship. People born June 25th were George Orwell in 03 .. June Lockhart in 25 .. Eddie Floyd in 37 .. Harold Melvin in 39 .. bassist Clint Warwick of the Moody Blues in 40 .. Carly Simon in 45 ..keyboardist Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult and Ian McDonald of Foreigner in 46 .. Jimmie Walker in 47 .. Phyllis George in 49 .. Tim Finn of Crowded House in 52 .. David Paich of Toto in 54 .. Anthony Bourdain in 56 .. Ricky Gervais in 61 and George Michael in 63. People we lost June 25th were Colin Clive (Dr. Frankenstein) in 37 .. Johnny Mercer in 76 .. Jimmy Soul in 88 .. Jacques Cousteau in 97 .. Sky Saxon of the Seeds, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson in 2009, and Eli Wallach, who died yesterday at 98. Ian Kinsler returns to Texas and parks one in the seats, as did the red hot J.D. Martinez, as Tigers beat Texas 8-2 .. Anibal Sanchez goes for 6 in a row tonight .. KC loses .. Paul McCartney back on tour and feeling great .. St. Stans Polish Festival gets underway tonight. Cooler, less humid and becoming sunny later today, but storms could smack folks west of I-75 and U.S. 23 today and tonight .. cool 50s tonight. Enjoy your Wednesday !
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:41:55 +0000
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