1876

Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.

1942

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II.

1947

“The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published.

2009

Death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” at age 50 and actor Farrah Fawcett at age 62.