June 25 in History

Historical Events on June 25

1658 Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.

1788 Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.

1913 American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.

1940 World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.

1943 The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.

1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.

1984 American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain.

1991 Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.

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Famous Birthdays on June 25

1903 George Orwell

1945 Carly Simon

1954 Sonia Sotomayor

1961 Ricky Gervais

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Famous Deaths on June 25

1876 George Armstrong Custer

1984 Michel Foucault

2009 Farrah Fawcett

2009 Michael Jackson

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