On This Day — 25 June
2000s
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
1900s
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
1948
The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions.
United States Congress
1947
The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
The Diary of a Young Girl
1944
World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins.
Battle of Tali–Ihantala
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.
Bombardment of Cherbourg
1944
The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
Krazy Kat
1943
The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
The Holocaust
1943
The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
Arthur Goldstein
1941
World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
Continuation War
1940
World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect.
World War II
1938
Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
Douglas Hyde
1935
Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
Colombia–Russia relations
1913
American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
American Civil War
1910
The 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.
United States Congress
1910
Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
Igor Stravinsky
1906
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
Pittsburgh
1900
The 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.
Taoism
1800s
1876
American 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.
American Indian Wars
1848
A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
June Days uprising
Before 1800
1788
Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Virginia
1786
Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
Gavriil Pribylov
1741
Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary.
Maria Theresa
1678
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
Republic of Venice
1658
Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Spanish Empire
1530
At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
Diet of Augsburg
1401
Schaffhausen massacre: 30 Jews were executed, following torture, after being accused of a blood libel in Schaffhausen (in present-day Switzerland).
Schaffhausen massacre
1258
War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Acre, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre.
War of Saint Sabas
841
In 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.
Battle of Fontenoy (841)
524
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
Franks