25 June
Notable Births
Kylie Cantrall
b. 2005
American actress and singer (born 2005)
Benson Boone
b. 2002
American singer-songwriter (born 2002)
Philip Broberg
b. 2001
Swedish ice hockey player (born 2001)
Pietro Fittipaldi
b. 1996
Brazilian and American racing driver (born 1996)
Jhonas Enroth
b. 1988
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1988)
Miguel Layún
b. 1988
Mexican footballer (born 1988)
Therese Johaug
b. 1988
Norwegian cross-country skier
Aya Matsuura
b. 1986
Japanese actress and pop singer (born 1986)
Karim Matmour
b. 1985
Algerian footballer (born 1985)
Marc Janko
b. 1983
Austrian footballer
Rain (entertainer)
b. 1982
South Korean singer and actor (born 1982)
Mikhail Youzhny
b. 1982
Russian tennis player & coach (born 1982)
Simon Ammann
b. 1981
Swiss ski jumper (born 1981)
Busy Philipps
b. 1979
American actress, singer and comedian
Aramis Ramírez
b. 1978
Dominican baseball player (born 1978)
Kiur Aarma
b. 1975
Estonian television journalist (born 1975)
Linda Cardellini
b. 1975
American actress (born 1975)
Albert Costa
b. 1975
Spanish tennis player (born 1975)
Tim Finn
b. 1952
New Zealand musician (born 1952)
Mary Beth Peil
b. 1940
American actress and singer (born 1940)
Notable Deaths
Sika Anoaʻi
d. 2024
American Samoan professional wrestler (1945–2024)
Bill Cobbs
d. 2024
American actor (1934–2024)
Simon Crean
d. 2023
Australian politician (1949–2023)
Patrick Macnee
d. 2015
British-American actor (1922–2015)
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni
d. 2015
Head of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 to 2015
Ana María Matute
d. 2014
Spanish author
Ivan Plyushch
d. 2014
Ukrainian politician (1941–2014)
George Burditt (writer)
d. 2013
American television writer and producer
Catherine Gibson
d. 2013
Scottish swimmer (1931–2013)
Shigemitsu Dandō
d. 2012
Japanese legal scholar (1913–2012)
Lucella MacLean
d. 2012
Canadian baseball player
Annie Easley
d. 2011
American mathematician and rocket scientist
Margaret Tyzack
d. 2011
British actress (1931–2011)
Alan Plater
d. 2010
English playwright and screenwriter (1935–2010)
Farrah Fawcett
d. 2009
American actress (1947–2009)
Michael Jackson
d. 2009
American singer (1958–2009)
Sky Saxon
d. 2009
American singer (1937–2009)
Lyall Watson
d. 2008
South African biologist (1939–2008)
Jaap Penraat
d. 2006
Dutch resistance fighter (1918–2006)
Michel Foucault
d. 1984
French philosopher (1926–1984)
On This Day in History
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2024
Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.
2024 storming of the Kenyan Parliament
2022
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge.
Sheikh Hasina
2022
Russo-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.
Russo-Ukrainian war
2022
Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack.
Oslo
2007
PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board.
PMTair Flight 241
1998
In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
Clinton v. City of New York
1997
An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
Progress M-34
1997
The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
National Hockey League
1996
The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
Khobar Towers bombing
1996
American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt.
Jay-Z
1993
Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
Kim Campbell
1992
Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.
Space Shuttle Columbia
1991
The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
Breakup of Yugoslavia
1981
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
Microsoft
1978
The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
Rainbow flag (LGBTQ)
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 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Missouri
1975
Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
Mozambique
1975
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
Indira Gandhi
1960
Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
Cryptography
1950
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
Korean War