This Day in History
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
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Congress passes Mann Act aimed at curbing sex trafficking
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Korean War begins
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Germans release statement on use of poison gas at Ypres
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1678 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, 1st woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
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1941 James F. Byrnes is admitted to the US Supreme Court
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