Major Events
- 1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
- 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what has become famously known as "Custer's Last Stand"
- 1929 US President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
- 1950 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War
- 2021 WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 Delta variant is the most transmissible to date, now present in 85 countries and spreading rapidly [1]
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Jun 25 in Film & TV
- 1967 First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
Jun 25 in Music
- 1984 Warner Bros Records releases the sixth studio album by Prince, "Purple Rain"; his commercial peak, the film soundtrack album sells over 25 million copies album, tops the charts in 5 countries m and wins 3 Grammy Awards and an Academy Award
Jun 25 in Sport
- 1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, beating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the 1st round
Did You Know?
First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
Antoni Gaudi
Lord Mountbatten
George Orwell
Eric Carle
James Meredith
Sidney Lumet
Ricky Gervais
George Michael
Willis Reed
Famous Weddings
- 1436 Louis (13), son of French King Charles VII marries Margaret (11), daughter of King James I of Scotland at the Castle of Tours
- 1927 Pediatrician Benjamin Spock (24) weds civil liberties advocate Jane Cheney
- 1938 Economist Milton Friedman (25) weds Rose Friedman at the Jewish Seminary in New York City
Famous Divorces
- 1997 "Dumb and Dumber" actress Lauren Holly (33) divorces actor-comedian Jim Carrey (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 months of marriage
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George Armstrong Custer
Tony Hancock
Johnny Mercer
Jacques Cousteau
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Custer's Last Stand
George Armstrong Custer was a fun-loving rebel who developed into one of America’s national heroes. He will always be remembered for Custer’s Last Stand.
June 25, 1876
Korean War Begins
Max Desfor's photograph of refugees fleeing across a destroyed bridge over the Taedong River a few months after the invasion
June 25, 1950
