Today In History

1876: Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

1950: War broke out on the Korean peninsula as forces from the communist North invaded the South.

1962: The Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.