72494 | June 25 | Event | 1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World |
72495 | June 25 | Event | 1975 – Mozambique achieves independence. |
72496 | June 25 | Event | 1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has a state of internal Emergency declared in India. |
72497 | June 25 | Event | 1976 – Missouri 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 the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
72498 | June 25 | Event | 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. |
72499 | June 25 | Event | 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. |
72500 | June 25 | Event | 1982 – Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military. |
72501 | June 25 | Event | 1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. |
72502 | June 25 | Event | 1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada. |
72503 | June 25 | Event | 1993 – Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action is adopted by World Conference on Human Rights. |
72504 | June 25 | Event | 1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. |
72505 | June 25 | Event | 1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir. |
72506 | June 25 | Event | 1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. |
72507 | June 25 | Event | 1999 – United Nations Security Council: Resolutions 1248 and 1249 are adopted. |
72508 | June 25 | Event | 2013 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes the eighth Emir of Qatar. |
72509 | June 25 | Birth | 1242 – Beatrice of England (d. 1275) |
72510 | June 25 | Birth | 1328 – William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (d. 1397) |
72481 | June 25 | Event | 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane |
72482 | June 25 | Event | 1935 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established. |
72483 | June 25 | Event | 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland. |
72484 | June 25 | Event | 1940 – World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35. |
72485 | June 25 | Event | 1943 – The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis. |
72486 | June 25 | Event | 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins. |
72487 | June 25 | Event | 1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. |
72488 | June 25 | Event | 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. |
72489 | June 25 | Event | 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published. |
72490 | June 25 | Event | 1948 – The Berlin airlift begins. |
72491 | June 25 | Event | 1949 – Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. |
72492 | June 25 | Event | 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. |
72493 | June 25 | Event | 1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. |