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Historical Events

25 Jun 1080
Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
25 Jun 1096
1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
25 Jun 1243
Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
25 Jun 1298
Rindfleisch Persecutions 250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany
25 Jun 1483
The House of Lords and Commons declares King Edward V of England as illegitimate based on his parents alleged bigamous marriage
25 Jun 1580
Book of Concord standards of Lutheran Church 1st published
25 Jun 1607
Mentally ill Emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben giving up Austria Hungary and Moravia
25 Jun 1621
French government army occupies Fort St Jean dAngly at La Rochelle
25 Jun 1630
Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop
25 Jun 1638
Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in the American Colonies
25 Jun 1646
Thomas Fairfaxs New Model Army occupies Oxford
25 Jun 1658
Spanish garrison at Dunkirk surrenders to French and English
25 Jun 1672
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held Sandwich Massachusetts
25 Jun 1675
Battle at Rathenow Brandenburgers beat Sweden
25 Jun 1716
Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands
25 Jun 1749
General fast because of drought in Massachusetts
25 Jun 1798
US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
25 Jun 1834
Pope Gregory XVIs encyclical Singulari nos published
25 Jun 1835
1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now San Francisco)
25 Jun 1862
Battle of Oak Grove Virginia (Orchard Henrico Frenchs Field) (Kingss Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
25 Jun 1863
US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive
25 Jun 1864
Battle of Petersburg Union forces begin digging tunnels under Confederate lines
25 Jun 1867
1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio
25 Jun 1868
Florida Alabama Louisiana Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US
25 Jun 1868
US President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr day
25 Jun 1870
Opera Die Walkre (The Valkyrie) is produced (Munich)
25 Jun 1892
US National Championship Womens Tennis Philadelphia Cricket Club Defending champion Mabel Cahill beats Elisabeth Moore 5-7 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2
25 Jun 1894
American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike
25 Jun 1894
Boer leader Paul Kruger meets the British High Commissioner Sir Henry Loch on Pretoria station in South Africa and accompanies him to his hotel to discuss the grievances of the Uitlanders (Foreigners)
25 Jun 1900
Russia mobilizes its army in eastern Siberia preparatory to acting against the Chinese but also in an attempt to diminish the influence of Japan on the Asian mainland
25 Jun 1900
Dunhuang manuscripts including the Diamond Sutra worlds oldest surviving dated book discovered by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu in the Mogao Caves China
25 Jun 1903
Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
25 Jun 1904
18th U.S. Womens National Championship May Sutton beats Elisabeth Moore (6-1 6-2)
25 Jun 1905
Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation
25 Jun 1909
US Open Mens Golf Englewood GC Englishman George Sargent sets a new Open scoring record to win his only major title 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom McNamara
25 Jun 1910
US Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
25 Jun 1912
British Open Golf Muirfield Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon
25 Jun 1913
Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
25 Jun 1913
American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of
25 Jun 1916
Russian Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
25 Jun 1919
1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
25 Jun 1920
League of Nations places Internationall Court of Justice in Hague
25 Jun 1921
British Open Golf St Andrews former local Jock Hutchison (resident in US) wins his only Open Championship by 9 strokes in a 36-hole playoff over amateur Roger Wethered
25 Jun 1921
Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust v Notts
25 Jun 1925
Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece
25 Jun 1928
NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
25 Jun 1932
US Open Mens Golf Fresh Meadow CC Reigning British Open champion Gene Sarazen shoots tournament record final round 66 to beat Bobby Cruikshank and Philip Perkins by 3 strokes
25 Jun 1932
Commencement of Indias 1st cricket Test v England at Lords London
25 Jun 1934
Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets v Australia (7-61 & 8-43)
25 Jun 1934
Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
25 Jun 1937
Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
25 Jun 1938
Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 25 cents per hour (rising to 40 cents by 1945) and a maximum 44 hour working week
25 Jun 1941
Fair Employment Practices Commission established
25 Jun 1941
Germans invade Dubno Poland giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12000 Jews living there
25 Jun 1941
Finland enters WW2 against the USSR following a massive airstrike the previous day
25 Jun 1942
British RAF stages a 1000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WWII)
25 Jun 1943
Arthur Seyss-Inquart Reichskommissar in the Netherlands orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
25 Jun 1945
Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa
25 Jun 1948
Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
25 Jun 1949
Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
25 Jun 1949
Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny.
25 Jun 1950
Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
25 Jun 1950
North Korea invades South Korea beginning the Korean War
25 Jun 1951
1st color TV broadcast-CBS Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
25 Jun 1952
Wish You Were Here opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 performances
25 Jun 1952
34th PGA Championship Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville
25 Jun 1952
Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election
25 Jun 1953
1st passenger to fly commercially around the world 100 hours
25 Jun 1955
Can Can closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 892 performances
25 Jun 1956
46 die in collision of the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket
25 Jun 1956
WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting
25 Jun 1957
2nd Rugby League World Cup New Zealand beats Great Britain 29-21
25 Jun 1960
Somaliland is granted independence by British government
25 Jun 1960
South Africa beats New Zealand 13-0 in the first rugby test of the series in Johannesburg
25 Jun 1961
Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
25 Jun 1961
Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
25 Jun 1962
Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
25 Jun 1963
Famous cricket draw at Lords as England hang on against the Windies
25 Jun 1963
South Africa workers union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested
25 Jun 1963
Curnick Ndlovu South African Trade Unionist and African National Congress Leader is arrested
25 Jun 1964
Prince A Taylor becomes first African American methodist bishop (NJ)
25 Jun 1964
WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date) they decide to release it June 26th
25 Jun 1965
Gyula Kallai succeeds Janos Kdr as premier of Hungary
25 Jun 1965
15th Berlin International Film Festival Alphaville wins the Golden Bear
25 Jun 1966
Beatles Paperback Writer single goes 1 & stays 1 for 2 weeks
25 Jun 1966
Kosmos 122 1st Soviet weather satellite launched
25 Jun 1967
KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
25 Jun 1967
First global satellite television programme Our World broadcast featuring 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing All You Need is Love
25 Jun 1968
Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
25 Jun 1969
Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
25 Jun 1969
19th Berlin International Film Festival Early Works wins the Golden Bear
25 Jun 1973
John Dean begins testifying before Senate Watergate Committee
25 Jun 1973
Russian communist party leader Brezhnev visits France
25 Jun 1973
Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m
25 Jun 1975
After a prolonged liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rulers Mozambique becomes independent as People Republic of Mozambique
25 Jun 1976
Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
25 Jun 1976
The Soweto Uprising in South Africa leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following 10 days of rioting
25 Jun 1977
Roy C Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time
25 Jun 1977
8th Rugby League World Cup Australia beats Great Britain 13-12
25 Jun 1978
FIFA World Cup Final El Monumental Buenos Aires Argentina Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands 3-1 a.e.t
25 Jun 1978
First use of the rainbow flag symbol of gay pride made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
25 Jun 1979
Got Tu Go Disco opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 8 performances
25 Jun 1979
Failed attack on NATO commander Alexander Haig Jr. in Obourg Belgium by German terrorist Rolf Klemens Wagner a former member of the Red Army Faction
25 Jun 1980
Fearless Frank closes at Princess Theater NYC after 12 performances
25 Jun 1981
Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration constitutional
25 Jun 1981
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington
25 Jun 1982
Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
25 Jun 1982
US Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns replaced by George P. Schultz
25 Jun 1982
Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
25 Jun 1983
Evita closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
25 Jun 1983
Cricket World Cup Lords London India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title Mohinder Amarnath 312 off 7 overs Player of the Match
25 Jun 1983
Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put 22.22 m
25 Jun 1984
Lydia Garrett 24 crowned 17th Miss Black America
25 Jun 1984
STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
25 Jun 1985
Fireworks factory near Hallett Oklahoma explodes killing 21
25 Jun 1985
Thurman v City of Torrington decides in favor of Tracey Thurman 1st woman to sue a police department for violating her civil rights (not protecting against abusive husband)
25 Jun 1986
Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
25 Jun 1986
Phillies give Steve Carlton 41 his unconditional release
25 Jun 1988
Chess closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 68 performances
25 Jun 1988
104F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
25 Jun 1988
Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
25 Jun 1988
Icelands President Vigdis Finnbogadttir elected (90%)
25 Jun 1988
Kristen Logan 17 of Mississippi crowned Americas Junior Miss
25 Jun 1988
UEFA European Championship Final Olympiastadion Munich Germany Ruud Gullet & Marco van Basten score as the Netherlands beats Soviet Union 2-0
25 Jun 1988
Roger Rabbit Cartoon Character debuts in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
25 Jun 1989
1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall NYC)
25 Jun 1989
Mets defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils
25 Jun 1990
NBC decides to air episodes of Quantum Leap for 5 straight days
25 Jun 1990
Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known
25 Jun 1990
Anti-government riots break out in Lusaka Zambia
25 Jun 1991
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa
25 Jun 1991
Six persons are killed and eighteen injured when gunmen open fire on a crowded commuter train in Soweto South Africa
25 Jun 1992
Les Miserables opens at Vinorhady Theatre Prague
25 Jun 1992
Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores
25 Jun 1904
US National Championship Womens Tennis Philadelphia CC May Sutton beats defending champion Elisabeth Moore 6-1 6-2 for her first of 3 major titles
25 Jun 1912
British Open Mens Golf Muirfield Ted Ray wins wire-to-wire by 4 shots from defending champion Harry Vardon
25 Jun 1921
British Open Mens Golf St Andrews former local Jock Hutchison (resident in US) wins his only Open Championship by 9 strokes in a 36-hole playoff over amateur Roger Wethered
25 Jun 1941
FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
25 Jun 1945
Allied landing at Ternate capital of the Maluku Islands in modern day Indonesia
25 Jun 1952
PGA Championship Mens Golf Big Spring CC Jim Turnesa wins 1-up over Chick Harbert in the Wednesday final
25 Jun 1978
FIFA World Cup Final El Monumental Buenos Aires Argentina Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time
25 Jun 1526
Diet of Speyer convenes resulting in the Edict of Speyer which temporarily suspends the 1521 Edict of Worms (a Papal ban on Luthers teachings) allows Lutheranism and other reforms to propagate unimpeded throughout Germany
25 Jun 1672
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich Massachusetts
25 Jun 1867
1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B. Smith of Ohio
25 Jun 1903
NY Yanks & Chicago White Sox end deadlocked game at 6-6 in 18
25 Jun 1932
Commencement of Indias 1st cricket Test v England at Lords London (England initially rattled but go on to win)
25 Jun 1934
Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets for England v Australia (7-61 & 8-43)
25 Jun 1934
NY Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
25 Jun 1934
Previously unknown Winchester Manuscript of Sir Thomas Malorys Le Morte dArthur (1485) announced discovered in the library of Winchester College England
25 Jun 1938
US federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 25 cents per hour (rising to 40 cents by 1945) and a maximum 44 hour working week
25 Jun 1942
British RAF stages a 1000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WWII)
25 Jun 1968
Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (San Francisco Giants)
25 Jun 1969
American Pancho Gonzlez (41) beats Puerto Rican Charlie Pasarell (25) in 5 hour and 12 minute 112-game marathon at Wimbledon
25 Jun 1976
Texas Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
25 Jun 1976
Supernatural horror film The Omen starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick premieres in the US
25 Jun 1977
Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time
25 Jun 1981
Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration as constitutional
25 Jun 1982
US Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr. resigns replaced by George P. Schultz
25 Jun 1992
Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores in the US
25 Jun 1993
NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
25 Jun 1139
Battle of Ourique Afonso Henriques (later Afonso I of Portugal) defeats Moors
25 Jun 1821
Carl Maria von Webers Konzertstck in f for Piano and Orchestra premieres
25 Jun 1949
Long-Haired Hare animated short starring Bugs Bunny is released in theaters
25 Jun 1963
Curnick Ndlovu South African workers union leader and African National Congress Leader is arrested for acts of sabotage
25 Jun 1967
First global satellite television program Our World broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing All You Need Is Love
25 Jun 1976
Soweto Uprising in South Africa leaves an estimated 200 to 700 blacks and 2 whites dead following 10 days of rioting
25 Jun 1983
Evita closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
25 Jun 1992
Stage musical Les Miserables opens at Vinohradsk divadlo (Vinohrady Theatre) Prague Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
25 Jun 1096
1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
25 Jun 1926
British Open Mens Golf Royal Lytham & St Annes GC American amateur Bobby Jones wins the first of his 3 Claret Jugs 2 strokes clear of runner-up Al Watrous 5th victory by an American in 6 years
25 Jun 1928
NY Giants future Baseball HOF third baseman Freddie Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader in 12-4 & 8-2 wins over Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl
25 Jun 1961
Iraq Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim demands dominion over Kuwait the end of the British protectorate
25 Jun 1266
Siege of Kenilworth Castle begins by forces of King Henry III - at 172 day one of the longest sieges in English medieval history [1]
25 Jun 1905
Tsarist Russian troops in d Congress Poland crush workers militia insurrection against Russian occupation 151-200 workers killed and over 1000 injured
25 Jun 1947
Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
25 Jun 1948
Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title at Yankee Stadium NYC
25 Jun 1952
Dutch General Election social democratic party wins elections 30% to help form a four-party coalition
25 Jun 1961
Iraq Prime Minister Abd al-Karim Qasim demands dominion over Kuwait and the end of the British protectorate
25 Jun 1983
ICC Mens Cricket ODI World Cup Lords London India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy Player of Match Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 312 from 7 overs
25 Jun 1994
105F (40.5C) at Albuquerque New Mexico
25 Jun 1994
Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
25 Jun 1994
FIFA World Cup 1500th goal in Cupd history scored by Caceres of Argentina
25 Jun 1995
Rockies Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings
25 Jun 1996
The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen
25 Jun 1997
Jamaica issues warrant for singer Sade who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
25 Jun 1997
NHL approves franchises in Nashville Atlanta Columbus and Minnesota-St Paul
25 Jun 1997
Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station
25 Jun 1998
In Clinton v. City of New York the US Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional
25 Jun 1080
Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clement III
25 Jun 1607
Mentally ill Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II signs the Treaty of Lieben giving up Austria Hungary and Moravia
25 Jun 1638
A lunar eclipse is the first astronomical event recorded in the American colonies
25 Jun 1716
Austrian general Prince Eugenius of Savoy named governor of the Austrian Netherlands
25 Jun 1798
US President John Adams signs into law the Alien Friends Act authorizing the president to deport any foreigner deemed dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States
25 Jun 1835
First building constructed at Yerba Buena now San Francisco
25 Jun 1867
First barbed wire patented by Lucien B. Smith of Ohio
25 Jun 1868
Florida Alabama Louisiana Georgia North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US after the Civil War
25 Jun 1868
US President Andrew Johnson signs a law establishing an eight-hour workday for government workers
25 Jun 1906
Railway heir Harry Kendall Thaw shoots and kills architect Stanford White during a performance at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden later a notorious court case
25 Jun 1945
Norwegian First Government of Einar Gerhardsen forms appointed by Haakon VII
25 Jun 1950
Johnny Pramesa of the Cincinnati Reds and Hank Thompson of the New York Giants each hit inside the park homeruns in 6-4 Reds win at the Polo Grounds NYC
25 Jun 1953
First passenger to fly commercially around the world in less than 100 hours
25 Jun 1964
Prince A Taylor becomes first African American Methodist bishop assigned to the New Jersey Area
25 Jun 1964
WMCA radio in NYC plays The Beatles A Hard Days Night album 10 days prior to its scheduled release date record company moves release to June 26th
25 Jun 1966
Kosmos 122 1st Soviet weather satellite is launched
25 Jun 1966
The Beatles single Paperback Writer goes 1 & stays 1 for 2 weeks
25 Jun 1989
First US postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride (Stonewall NYC)