June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth Day) – In Galveston, Texas, General Gordan Granger enters the city officially placing Texas under Union control to close out the Civil War. He publicly reads General Order #3 transmitting the news of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freeing 256,000 enslaved Texans (two years after the proclamation was originally issued).
June 24, 1948 – Soviet Russia began a blockade of Berlin. Two days later the U.S. and Great Britain began the famous Berlin Airlift. They ultimately deliver 2.3 million pounds of food, fuel, and medical supplies to 2 million isolated West Berliners.
June 25, 1876 – General George Armstrong Custer leading 250 men attacked an encampment of Sioux Indians near Little Big Horn River in Montana. Custer and his men were then counter-attacked by up to 4,000 Sioux Indians. Only one army scout and one horse survived “Custer’s Last Stand.”
June 25, 1950 – The Korean War began as North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel and launched a full-scale invasion of South Korea.