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Day in History: June 25th The Khobar Towers Bombing Leaves 19 U.S. Servicemen Dead in Saudi Arabia and More
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June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining.
| | 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians |
| | 841 - Battle of Fontenay |
| | 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 General George Armstrong Custer. |
| | 1905 - Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells. |
| | 1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland. |
| | 1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany |
| | 1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones |
| | 1950 - The beginning of the Korean War. |
| | 1967 - First global satellite television programme – "Our World" |
| | 1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections. |
| | 1975 - Mozambique achieved independence. |
| | 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 Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. |
| | 1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military. |
| | 1983 - India, led by Kapil Dev, win the Cricket World Cup. They beat West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's, 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 leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia. |
| | 1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided 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. |
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