Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 25
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This is a list of selected June 25 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.June 25: Statehood Day in Croatia and Slovenia
- 1530 – The Augsburg Confession, the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church, was presented to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Augsburg.
- 1876 – Indian Wars in North America: United States Army Colonel George Armstrong Custer (pictured) was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
- 1950 – The Korean War between North and South Korea began with the North Koreans launching a pre-dawn raid south over the 38th parallel.
- 1967 – Over 400 million people in over 30 countries watched Our World, the first live, international, satellite television production.
- 1993 – Kim Campbell was chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and became the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
