June 25Birthdays & History

On this day: June 25 in history

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1. 524The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.Europe
2. 841In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.Europe
3. 1258War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.Middle EastEurope
4. 1357The English defeat a French fleet which aimed to bring relief to the besieged Calais in the battle of Crotoy.Europe
5. 1401Schaffhausen massacre: 30 Jews are executed, following torture, after being accused of a blood libel in Schaffhausen (in present-day Switzerland).Europe
6. 1530At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.Europe
7. 1658Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.EuropeLatin America
8. 1678Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.Europe
9. 1741Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.Europe
10. 1786Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.North America
11. 1788Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.North America
12. 1848A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.Europe
13. 1876American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.North America
14. 1900The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.Asia
15. 1906Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.North America
16. 1910Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.Europe
17. 1910The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.North America
18. 1913American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.North America
19. 1935Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.Latin AmericaEurope
20. 1938Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.Europe
21. 1940World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.Europe
22. 1941World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.Europe
23. 1943The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.Europe
24. 1943The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.Europe
25. 1944World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.North AmericaEurope
26. 1944The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.North America
27. 1944World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.Europe
28. 1947The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.Europe
29. 1948The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.North America
30. 1950The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.Asia
31. 1960Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.North AmericaLatin AmericaEurope
32. 1975Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.AfricaEurope
33. 1975Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.Asia
34. 1976Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.North America
35. 1978Hosts Argentina defeat the Netherlands by a score of 3–1 in the final to win their first ever FIFA World Cup.Latin AmericaEurope
36. 1978The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.North America
37. 1981Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.North America
38. 1991The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.Europe
39. 1992Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.World
40. 1993Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.North America
41. 1996The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.Middle EastNorth America
42. 1996American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.North America
43. 1997The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).North America
44. 1997An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.Europe
45. 1998In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.North America
46. 2007PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.Asia
47. 2009The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief as reactions online cause the flow of internet traffic to surge to unprecedented and historic levels.North America
48. 2022Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack.Europe
49. 2022The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.Asia
50. 2022Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk.Europe
51. 2024Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.Africa

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