Friday, 24 June 2016

History of 25th June

1.  Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat Lothar at Fontenay.on June 25 841

2.  Aurangzeb proclaims himself emperor of the Moghuls in India.on June 25 1658

3.  Mexican Indians riot as Jesuit priests are ordered home.on June 25 1767

4.  Gustave Flaubert goes on trial for public immorality regarding his novel, Madame Bovary.on June      25 1857

5.  The first day of the Seven Days’ campaign begins with fighting at Oak Grove, Virginia.on June 25       1862

6.  Union troops surrounding Petersburg, Virginia, begin building a mine tunnel underneath
      the Confederate lines.on June 25 1864

7.  The U.S. Congress enacts legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by
      the federal government.on June 25 1868

8. 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.on June 25 1876

9.  Marie Curie announces her discovery of radium.on June 25 1903

10. The Greeks take 8,000 Turkish prisoners in Smyrna.on June 25 1920

11. Samuel Gompers is elected head of the American Federation of Labor for the 40th time.on June
       25 1921

12. Finland declares war on the Soviet Union.on June 25 1941

13. Ho Chi Minh travels to France for talks on Vietnamese independence.on June 25 1946

14. The Soviet Union tightens its blockade of Berlin by intercepting river barges heading for the
        city.on June 25 1948

15. North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War.on June 25 1950

16. The Cuban government seizes 2.35 million acres under a new agrarian reform law.on June 25
       1959

17. The U.S. Supreme Court bans official prayers in public schools.on June 25 1962

18. President Lyndon Johnson orders 200 naval personnel to Mississippi to assist in finding three
       missing civil rights workers.on June 25 1964

19. White House Counsel John Dean admits President Richard Nixon took part in the Watergate
       cover-up.on June 25 1973

20. Congress approves $100 million in aid to the Contras fighting in Nicaragua.on June 25 1986

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