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    Photos: Today in History for June 25

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    Democratic National Convention 1936

    These “Al Smith” signs, displayed by spectators in the balcony of the Democratic National Convention hall, June 25, 1936 in Philadelphia, started a disturbance in which fists flew and one man was so seriously injured he had to be removed from the auditorium. (AP Photo)

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    Ruth

    Baseball's Babe Ruth reacts as he misses a putt on fifth green during a match with Ty Cobb at the Commonwealth Golf Club in Newton, Ma., June 25, 1941. The Baseball Hall of Famers are playing in a match to benefit the Golden Rule Boys Farm at Franklin, New Hampshire. (AP Photo)

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    LITTLE BIG HORN SURVIVORS

    These Sioux Indians, six of whom were present at the Battle of Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876, gather in Custer State Park in the Black Hills area of Custer, S.D. on Sept. 2, 1948. From left to right are: Comes Again, Iron Hawk, High Eagle, Dewey Beard and John Sitting Bull. The others are unidentified. 

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    John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy of the United States of America during his speech at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, Germany on June 25, 1963. The American President is on a ten-day tour of Europe. (AP Photo/Helmuth Lohmann)

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    NYC PARK AVENUE 1965

    This is a view of New York's Park Avenue looking north from 73rd Street on June 25, 1965. (AP Photo)

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    Germany Beatles Fans

    Police restrain excited teenagers who tried to overrun barriers when they could not get tickets for the Beatles show in Essen, Germany on June 25, 1966. (AP Photo/Schroer)

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    West Bank and East Bank Jordan

    Israeli soldiers sit at their guard station on the West Bank of the Allenby Bridge, June 25, 1967 as Jordanian refugees arrive in trucks at the broken Jordan River crossing to carry their belongings from the Israeli held west to the Arab East sector of Jordan. The Israelis June 25 allowed some Arabs to return to their homes on the West Bank. (AP Photo)

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    Radar

    Sidney Blalock, Sieverville, Tenn., and Thomas Sparks, Oak Ridge, Tenn., watch as radar unit scans the sky during 30-day maneuvers at Bakalar Air Force Base in Columbus, Indiana on June 25, 1967. The two men are members of the Tennessee Air National Guard. They are among the more than 30,000 men from 30 states participating in the maneuvers. The headquarters for the training maneuvers is at Bakalar Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Richard Sroda)

    • Richard Sroda
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    Frogmen Workout

    Five trainees from the Underwater Demolition team, also known as "frogmen", workout with logs June 25, 1969 at the Little Creek Amphibious base in Norfolk, Va. The Special set of calisthenics was first devised for the UDT team during World War II. (AP Photo)

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    US Withdrawal From Cambodia 1970

    Members of Delta company, 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, are shown during the first troop withdrawals from fire support base "Myron," 100 miles north-northeast of Saigon and 6 miles inside Cambodia, June 25, 1970. Soldiers board a Chinook helicopter bound for Vietnam. (AP Photo/Van Es)

    • HUGH VAN ES
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    CIA Colby House Subcommittee 1975

    CIA Director William Colby, left, is greeted by Rep. Sam Steiger (R-Ariz.), right, and Rep. Clarence Brown (R-Ohio), upon arrival to testify before a House Government Operations Subcommittee in Washington, June 25, 1975. Later, in his appearance, Colby asked Congress to declare the agency's intelligence sources and methods exempt from public disclosure requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974. (AP Photo)

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    Bruce Jenner

    San Jose Stars' Bruce Jenner, the world decathlon champion, soars for a leap of 23 feet 6 ¼ inches in U.S. Olympic decathlon long jump competition in Eugene, Oregon on June 25, 1976. Jenner is favored to win the two-day event. (AP Photo)

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    1978 World Cup

    Argentina soccer team players celebrate after winning the World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 25, 1978. Argentina defeated The Netherlands 3-1 after extra time in the World Cup Final to win the World Cup. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli)

    • CARLO FUMAGALLI
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    John Holmes,   Michell Egers,   Earl Hanson

    Pornographic film star John Holmes, center, and his attorneys Mitchell Egers, left, and Earl L. Hanson, sit in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday, June 25, 1982 moments before the court clerk read jury verdict that Holmes had been found innocent of the murders of four people found beaten to death in a home in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles last summer. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

    • Lennox McLendon
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    Jerry Crawford

    Jerry Crawford, manager of display products for the IBM Corp., displays two new versions of its personal computer in New York, June 25, 1984. The two new versions of IBM's 3270 Personal Computer provide advanced graphics capabilities of larger scale computers. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)

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    Prince Andrew

    His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, right, manages a small wave as he is crushed by handshaking well-wishers during a stop in St. John, New Brunswick on Tuesday, June 25, 1985. Prince Andrew was attending ceremonies at Barrack Green Armouries. (AP Photo/Paul R. Benoit)

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    AIDS EPIDEMIC 1990

    Members of ACT-UP march in New York's annual Gay Pride Parade, June 25, 1990. About 200,000 people marched in the 21st gay and lesbian parade demanding better AIDS treatment and civil rights. (AP Photo/Joseph F. Major)

    • JOSEPH F. MAJOR
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    Michael Jackson

    FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1996 file photo, Michael Jackson performs in Sydney. Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, file)

    • RICK RYCROFT
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    IRAN PRESIDENT ELECT

    Iran's President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks to the media, during his first news conference since his elected on Friday, in the City Council building in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 26, 2005. The ultraconservative Ahmadinejad has vowed to pursue a peaceful nuclear program and said Iran doesn't need America to make progress. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

    • VAHID SALEMI
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    Democratic National Convention 1936

    These “Al Smith” signs, displayed by spectators in the balcony of the Democratic National Convention hall, June 25, 1936 in Philadelphia, started a disturbance in which fists flew and one man was so seriously injured he had to be removed from the auditorium. (AP Photo)

    • AP
    Ruth

    Baseball's Babe Ruth reacts as he misses a putt on fifth green during a match with Ty Cobb at the Commonwealth Golf Club in Newton, Ma., June 25, 1941. The Baseball Hall of Famers are playing in a match to benefit the Golden Rule Boys Farm at Franklin, New Hampshire. (AP Photo)

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    LITTLE BIG HORN SURVIVORS

    These Sioux Indians, six of whom were present at the Battle of Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876, gather in Custer State Park in the Black Hills area of Custer, S.D. on Sept. 2, 1948. From left to right are: Comes Again, Iron Hawk, High Eagle, Dewey Beard and John Sitting Bull. The others are unidentified. 

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
    John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy of the United States of America during his speech at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, Germany on June 25, 1963. The American President is on a ten-day tour of Europe. (AP Photo/Helmuth Lohmann)

    • Helmuth Lohmann
    NYC PARK AVENUE 1965

    This is a view of New York's Park Avenue looking north from 73rd Street on June 25, 1965. (AP Photo)

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Germany Beatles Fans

    Police restrain excited teenagers who tried to overrun barriers when they could not get tickets for the Beatles show in Essen, Germany on June 25, 1966. (AP Photo/Schroer)

    • Schroer
    West Bank and East Bank Jordan

    Israeli soldiers sit at their guard station on the West Bank of the Allenby Bridge, June 25, 1967 as Jordanian refugees arrive in trucks at the broken Jordan River crossing to carry their belongings from the Israeli held west to the Arab East sector of Jordan. The Israelis June 25 allowed some Arabs to return to their homes on the West Bank. (AP Photo)

    • Anonymous
    Radar

    Sidney Blalock, Sieverville, Tenn., and Thomas Sparks, Oak Ridge, Tenn., watch as radar unit scans the sky during 30-day maneuvers at Bakalar Air Force Base in Columbus, Indiana on June 25, 1967. The two men are members of the Tennessee Air National Guard. They are among the more than 30,000 men from 30 states participating in the maneuvers. The headquarters for the training maneuvers is at Bakalar Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Richard Sroda)

    • Richard Sroda
    Frogmen Workout

    Five trainees from the Underwater Demolition team, also known as "frogmen", workout with logs June 25, 1969 at the Little Creek Amphibious base in Norfolk, Va. The Special set of calisthenics was first devised for the UDT team during World War II. (AP Photo)

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    US Withdrawal From Cambodia 1970

    Members of Delta company, 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, are shown during the first troop withdrawals from fire support base "Myron," 100 miles north-northeast of Saigon and 6 miles inside Cambodia, June 25, 1970. Soldiers board a Chinook helicopter bound for Vietnam. (AP Photo/Van Es)

    • HUGH VAN ES
    CIA Colby House Subcommittee 1975

    CIA Director William Colby, left, is greeted by Rep. Sam Steiger (R-Ariz.), right, and Rep. Clarence Brown (R-Ohio), upon arrival to testify before a House Government Operations Subcommittee in Washington, June 25, 1975. Later, in his appearance, Colby asked Congress to declare the agency's intelligence sources and methods exempt from public disclosure requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974. (AP Photo)

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Bruce Jenner

    San Jose Stars' Bruce Jenner, the world decathlon champion, soars for a leap of 23 feet 6 ¼ inches in U.S. Olympic decathlon long jump competition in Eugene, Oregon on June 25, 1976. Jenner is favored to win the two-day event. (AP Photo)

    • Anonymous
    1978 World Cup

    Argentina soccer team players celebrate after winning the World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 25, 1978. Argentina defeated The Netherlands 3-1 after extra time in the World Cup Final to win the World Cup. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli)

    • CARLO FUMAGALLI
    John Holmes,   Michell Egers,   Earl Hanson

    Pornographic film star John Holmes, center, and his attorneys Mitchell Egers, left, and Earl L. Hanson, sit in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday, June 25, 1982 moments before the court clerk read jury verdict that Holmes had been found innocent of the murders of four people found beaten to death in a home in the Laurel Canyon area of Los Angeles last summer. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

    • Lennox McLendon
    Jerry Crawford

    Jerry Crawford, manager of display products for the IBM Corp., displays two new versions of its personal computer in New York, June 25, 1984. The two new versions of IBM's 3270 Personal Computer provide advanced graphics capabilities of larger scale computers. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)

    • G. Paul Burnett
    Prince Andrew

    His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, right, manages a small wave as he is crushed by handshaking well-wishers during a stop in St. John, New Brunswick on Tuesday, June 25, 1985. Prince Andrew was attending ceremonies at Barrack Green Armouries. (AP Photo/Paul R. Benoit)

    • Paul R. Benoit
    AIDS EPIDEMIC 1990

    Members of ACT-UP march in New York's annual Gay Pride Parade, June 25, 1990. About 200,000 people marched in the 21st gay and lesbian parade demanding better AIDS treatment and civil rights. (AP Photo/Joseph F. Major)

    • JOSEPH F. MAJOR
    Michael Jackson

    FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1996 file photo, Michael Jackson performs in Sydney. Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, file)

    • RICK RYCROFT
    IRAN PRESIDENT ELECT

    Iran's President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks to the media, during his first news conference since his elected on Friday, in the City Council building in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 26, 2005. The ultraconservative Ahmadinejad has vowed to pursue a peaceful nuclear program and said Iran doesn't need America to make progress. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

    • VAHID SALEMI

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    In 2009: Death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actor Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62.

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