George W. Bush is shown climbing the steps to his Texas National Guard fighter plane. He was inducted into the
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2017.
On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st U.S.
President George Herbert Walker Bush—was born in New
Haven, Connecticut. He went on to become the 43rd U.S.
president.
On July 6, 1994, the movie Forrest Gump opened in U.S.
theaters. A huge box-office success, the film starred Tom
Hanks in the title role of Forrest, a good-hearted man with
a low I.Q. who winds up at the center of key cultural and
historical events of the second half of the 20th century.
Forrest Gump was based on a 1986 novel of the same
name by Winston Groom, who (like his main character)
grew up in Alabama and served in the Army during
Vietnam.
Forrest and Jenny
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
On June 28, 1972, President Nixon (above) announced that no
more draftees will be sent to Vietnam unless they volunteer
for such duty. He also announced that a force of 10,000 troops
would be withdrawn by September 1, which would leave a
total of 39,000 in Vietnam.
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)
Future president Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower was appointed commanding general of the European Theater on this day in
history, June 25, 1942.
On June 25, 1876, Native American forces led by Crazy Horse and
Sitting Bull defeated the U.S. Army troops of Lt. Col. George
Armstrong Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn near
southern Montana’s Little Bighorn River.
Lithograph showing the Battle of Little Bighorn, from the
Indian side.
Crazy Horse (1840 – September 5, 1877)
George Armstrong Custer
(December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876)
Last Stand Hill overlooking Little Bighorn River and Location
of the Native American encampment on June 25, 1876.
