2014 Event 16-year-old Cole Custer wins the NASCAR Truck Series, becoming the youngest winner of the race 1936 Birthday Larry Verne, singer, Custer 1903 Birthday Rex Lease, West Virginia, actor, Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand 1879 Event Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established 1876 Event Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn 1876 Death Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 1876 Death George A Custer, U.S. general (Little Bighorn), dies at 36 1876 Death Thomas W. Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 1876 Death George Armstrong Custer, American Soldier 1876 Event 7th U.S. Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft. Lincoln 1868 Event Battle at Washita, General Custer defeats Cheyennes 1864 Event Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions 1863 Event George A. Custer (23) appointed Union Brigadier-General 1839 Birthday George Armstrong Custer, Major General Union volunteers