June 25 in History
What happened on June 25 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on june 25 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on june 25 in history.
?>1986
Congress approves $100 million in aid to the Contras fighting in Nicaragua.
1973
White House Counsel John Dean admits President Richard Nixon took part in the Watergate cover-up.
1964
President Lyndon Johnson orders 200 naval personnel to Mississippi to assist in finding three missing civil rights workers.
1962
The U.S. Supreme Court bans official prayers in public schools.
1959
The Cuban government seizes 2.35 million acres under a new agrarian reform law.
1950
North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War.
1948
The Soviet Union tightens its blockade of Berlin by intercepting river barges heading for the city.
1946
Ho Chi Minh travels to France for talks on Vietnamese independence.
1941
Finland declares war on the Soviet Union.
1921
Samuel Gompers is elected head of the American Federation of Labor for the 40th time.
1920
The Greeks take 8,000 Turkish prisoners in Smyrna.
1903
Marie Curie announces her discovery of radium.
1876
General George A. Custer and over 260 men of the Seventh Cavalry are wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Bighorn in Montana.
1868
The U.S. Congress enacts legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the federal government.
1864
Union troops surrounding Petersburg, Virginia, begin building a mine tunnel underneath the Confederate lines.
1862
The first day of the Seven Days’ campaign begins with fighting at Oak Grove, Virginia.
1857
Gustave Flaubert goes on trial for public immorality regarding his novel, Madame Bovary.
1767
Mexican Indians riot as Jesuit priests are ordered home.
1658
Aurangzeb proclaims himself emperor of the Moghuls in India.