On This Day: 25 June

25 June in Indian history

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

25 June in world history

• 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian forces captured the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, after six weeks of fighting.
• 2013In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA acknowledged the existence of Area 51, a secretive U.S. Air Force facility in Nevada and a subject of various UFO, and other, conspiracy theories.
• 2009Singer Michael Jackson died as a result of the combination of drugs in his body.
• 1998In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• 1997The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
• 1992Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.
• 1960Two cryptographers working for the U.S. National Security Agency left on vacation to Mexico, and proceeded to defect to the Soviet Union.
• 1950The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 82 condemning the North Korean invasion of South Korea.
• 1944World War II: U.S. Navy and Royal Navy ships bombarded Cherbourg, France, to support U.S. 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.
• 1941World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began.
• 1940Second World War: Operation Aerial, an evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers from French ports, was completed.
• 1926French police arrested Los Errantes, while they were preparing to assassinate Spanish king Alfonso XIII, as part of a mass raid against Spanish immigrants in Paris.
• 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.
• 1678Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
• 1658Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.

Born on 25 June

• 1967Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist
• 1952Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1940Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer
• 1931V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (died 2008)India
• 1924Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (died 1975)India
• 1900Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (died 1979)India

Died on 25 June

• 2007Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1963)India
• 1990Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (born 1940)
• 1922Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (born 1882)India
• 1218Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French politician, Lord High Steward (born 1160)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 25 June in history?

2022: Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian forces captured the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, after six weeks of fighting. 2013: In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the CIA acknowledged the existence of Area 51, a secretive U.S. Air Force facility in Nevada and a subject of various UFO, and other, conspiracy theories. 2009: Singer Michael Jackson died as a result of the combination of drugs in his body. 1998: In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.

What happened on 25 June in Indian history?

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

Which famous people were born on 25 June?

Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist (1967); Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter (1952); Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer (1940); V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (died 2008) (1931).

Which day is observed on 25 June?

Arbor Day (Philippines); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.; Independence Day (Croatia); National Catfish Day (United States); Statehood Day (Slovenia).