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1876: A force of Sioux and Northern Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull wipes out about 260 U.S. cavalry led by General George Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
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1906: On the roof of New York City's old Madison Square Garden, a building he designed, leading American architect Stanford White is shot and killed by the jealous husband of beautiful showgirl Evelyn Nesbit.
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1944: The final strip of George Herriman's innovative Krazy Kat comic strip appears, two months after Herriman's death.
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1950: The Korean War begins with the crossing of the 38th parallel into South Korea by North Korean troops.
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1973: Former White House counsel John Dean begins his televised testimony before the Senate Watergate committee. His account, corroborated by secret White House tapes, will lead to President Nixon's resignation.
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1975: After 470 years of rule by Portugal, the former colony of Portuguese East Africa gains its independence as the nation of Mozambique.
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Understanding Color
CBS chose this date in 1951 to broadcast its first color program to several large cities in the U.S.-even though no color TVs had been sold to the public yet! On this page, you can explore the properties, theories, and emotional effects of color.
Born on this day
Aimé Césaire, poet and political leader (1913)
W. V. Quine, philosopher (1908)
Lord Mountbatten, naval officer and viceroy of India (1900)
Antoni Gaudí y Cornet, architect (1852)
Robert Venturi, architect (1925)
Walther Nernst, physical chemist (1864)
Your Astrological Sign:
Cancerians are nurturing, emotional, sensitive, conservative, and home-loving, much more aware of how they feel than what they think. They are artistic, have vivid imaginations, and have highly developed memories.
Cancer (astrology), the fourth sign of the zodiac, symbolized by a crab. People whose birthdays occur between June 22 and July 22 are said to be born under the sun sign of Cancer. According to astrologers, the moon rules Cancer, which is a water sign.
Astrologers consider Cancerians to be nurturing, emotional, sensitive, conservative, and home-loving. Due to the sign's association with the moon, Cancerians often have widely fluctuating moods. Astrologers say Cancerians are artistic, have vivid imaginations, and have highly developed memories. Like people born under other water signs, Cancerians are thought to be much more aware of how they feel than what they think.
According to astrologers, Cancerians' ability to sense other people's needs and emotions makes them sympathetic and nurturing, and often personable and easy to get along with. They are said to place great importance on family and crave security. They often withdraw into themselves for protection. Astrologers believe typical Cancerians can have difficulty being objective, and are easily crushed by criticism. They also say that Cancerians worry too much.
Professions associated with the sign Cancer include ones related to domestic activities. These include hospitality, cooking, and catering; childcare; real estate; and writing or other jobs that require imagination.