Today in History
June 25
1951: CBS sent out the first television broadcast in color.
1876: George Armstrong Custer and the 265 men under his command lost their lives in the Battle of Little Big Horn, often referred to as Custer's Last Stand. Educated at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Custer proved his brilliance and daring as a cavalry officer of the Union Army in the Civil War. Major General George McClellan appointed the 23-year-old Custer as brigadier general in charge of a Michigan cavalry brigade. (Source: Library of Congress)
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