June
25
Independence
Day
Mozambique : June 25 1975
Slovenia : June 25 1991
Day
of the Seafarer
June
25
Independence Day of Mozambique
National Catfish Day (United States)
Statehood Day (Croatia)
Statehood Day (Slovenia)
Statehood Day (Virginia)
Events
June 25
1678
– Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded
a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University
of Padua.
1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which
prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”;
the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute
people for years to come.
1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary
of Anne Frank) is published.
1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea
by North Korea.
1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National
Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there
defected to the Soviet Union.
1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television
program: Our World
1975 – The State of Emergency is declared in India.
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence.
1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for
the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business
in its home state of Washington.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from
Yugoslavia.
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.
1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting
in the death of 19 people.
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