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This day in history: 25 June

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368 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 25 June.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2024: Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.

Holidays and observances

Arbor Day (Philippines)

Christian feast day: David of Munktorp

Christian feast day: Dorothea of Montau

Christian feast day: Eurosia

Christian feast day: June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Maximus (Massimo) of Turin

Christian feast day: Moluag

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Medjugorje

Christian feast day: Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Christian feast day: Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Prosper of Aquitaine

Christian feast day: Prosper of Reggio

Events

2024Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.

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.

2022The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.

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.

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.

2007PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.

1998In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.

1997An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.

1997The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).

1996American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.

1996The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.

1993Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.

1992Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.

1991The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

1981Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.

1978Hosts Argentina defeat the Netherlands by a score of 3–1 in the final to win their first ever FIFA World Cup.

1978The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

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.

1975Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.

1975Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.

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.

1950The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.

1948The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.

1947The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.

1944The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.

1944World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.

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.

1943The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.

1943The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.

1941World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.

1940World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.

1938Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.

1935Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.

1913American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.

1910Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.

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.

1906Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.

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.

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.

1848A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.

Born on this day

2006Mckenna Grace, American actress, singer and songwriter

2005Kylie Cantrall, American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and social media personality

2002Benson Boone, American singer-songwriter

2001Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player

1998Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer

1996Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver

1990Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress

1988Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player

1988Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer

1988Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier

1986Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress

1985Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer

1983Marc Janko, Austrian footballer

1982Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player

1982Rain, South Korean singer and actor

1981Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper

1979Busy Philipps, American actress

1979Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer

1978Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player

1976Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

1976José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer

1976Neil Walker, American swimmer

1975Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach

1975Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer

1975Linda Cardellini, American actress

1975Michele Merkin, American model and television host

1975Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player

1974Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player

1974Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

1973Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach

1973Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player

1972Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach

1972Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician (died 2026)

1971Angela Kinsey, American actress

1971Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator

1971Karen Darke, English cyclist and author

1971Michael Tucker, American baseball player

1971Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager

1971Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster

1970Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician

Died on this day

2024Bill Cobbs, American actor (born 1934)

2024Sika Anoa‘i, American Samoan professional wrestler (born 1945)

2023Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1949)

2019Eurig Wyn, Welsh politician (born 1944)

2016Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (born 1936)

2015Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940)

2015Patrick Macnee, English actor (born 1922)

2014Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (born 1925)

2014Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (born 1941)

2014Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1931)

2013Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (born 1931)

2013George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)

2013Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (born 1923)

2013Harry Parker, American rower and coach (born 1935)

2013Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (born 1918)

2013Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (born 1916)

2012Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (born 1990)

2012Edgar Ross, American boxer (born 1949)

2012George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (born 1927)

2012Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (born 1921)

2012Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913)

2011Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1933)

2011Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (born 1944)

2011Margaret Tyzack, English actress (born 1931)

2010Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935)

2010Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1915)

2009Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (born 1947)

2009Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (born 1958)

2009Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (born 1937)

2008Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939)

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“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”

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