Friday, June 24, 2011

Historical Events on 25 Jun

Historical Events on 25 Jun

1530 - The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1935 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
1947 - The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.
1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny.
1950 - The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1967 - First global satellite television programme - Our World
1975 - Mozambique achieves independence.
1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
1981 - Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military.
1983 - India wins the final of the Cricket World Cup against the mighty West Indies at the MCC's Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2007 - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull.
2008 - Atlantis Plastics shooting, An employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky.
2008 - Robert Mugabe had his honourary knighthood stripped by Queen Elizabeth II of England.
524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians.
841 - Battle of Fontenay.

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