Good morning. It's June 25th — let's begin where we always do: on this very date in history.
📅 On This Day — June 25
🎸 (It's also Global Beatles Day — and you'll see in a moment why this exact date earned it.)
1962 — In Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court ruled that official prayer in public schools was unconstitutional — one of the era's defining church-and-state decisions.
1967 — The Beatles performed "All You Need Is Love" live on Our World, the first-ever global satellite broadcast, beamed to an estimated 400 million people across five continents.
1993 — Kim Campbell was sworn in as Canada's first female prime minister.
1998 — Microsoft launched Windows 98, the operating system that hummed on a generation of beige desktop towers.
2009 — Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died in Los Angeles at 50 — the same day the world also lost Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett.
Now, let's set the dial back to 1979…
⏪ REWIND: 1979
Jimmy Carter is in the White House, a first-class stamp is 15 cents, CB radios crackle in every other car, Knots Landing is still a year off — and disco is blazing at full wattage, though the backlash is already smoldering.
📰 The Headlines The second oil shock has the country idling in line: stations cap fill-ups, odd-even rationing by license plate spreads from California to the East Coast, and tempers run as hot as the prices at the pump.
🎬 At the Movies Rocky II is the champ of the box office, with Stallone going the distance once more. Jim Henson's The Muppet Movie has just bounded into theaters, and a fellow named Bond — Moonraker — rockets in at week's end.
🎵 On the Charts "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer sits at #1 — one of three chart-toppers the Queen of Disco would land in 1979 — though Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" is ringing its way up fast.
🏆 In Sports Down in Pittsburgh, the Pirates have turned Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" — riding high on this very week's chart — into a clubhouse anthem on their way to a World Series title come October. And just days earlier, Hale Irwin ground out the U.S. Open at Inverness.
— a couple of quick things before you go —
👟 Step Challenge: the Summer 2026 Step Challenge is rolling — grab the free Pacer app and walk with us: Join the challenge (already have Pacer? Club code E42727228). Every step counts.
💡 Health Snap: Music makes movement easy — put on one song from your favorite era and just walk the room until it ends. Curious how your everyday habits add up? Wellness Signals built a free 2-minute health snapshot: ourfreehealthreport.com
🎉 Born on a June 25th — or know someone who was?
Forward this to them right now — there's no better "this is the day you were born" gift than a little time travel.
🎂 In good company: June 25 babies include the late George Michael (1963), singer-songwriter Carly Simon (1945), Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor (1954), comedian Ricky Gervais (1961), and NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo (1966).
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