HISTORY MOMENTS

The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history:

The Idaho State Historical Society reports that during this week in history:

Called the "Dean of Outdoor Writers," Ted Trueblood was born in Boise, Idaho on June 25, 1913. After a short time in New York writing for Field and Stream, he returned home "determined to hunt, fish, and write about it." He wrote, "Why work hard and save money and then die before I had a chance to enjoy the things for which I had been saving?"

Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, an act that let to World War I. On that same day of the month five years later, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending the War.

On June 24, 1947 Boise businessman-pilot Kenneth Arnold reported sighting nine objects flying at great speed between Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams in Washington. The term "flying saucers" was born after he described the objects for an article that appeared in the Idaho Statesman.

Mormon church founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844.

Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana killed Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and all the men under his command on June 25, 1876.