June 25 Historical Events
The following events took place on June 25. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 42 events. Showing 31 - 42.
- 1976Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- 1978The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
- 1981Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 1982Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
- 1991Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
- 1993Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1993Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action is adopted by World Conference on Human Rights.
- 1996The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
- 1997An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
- 1998In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
- 1999United Nations Security Council: Resolutions 1248 and 1249 are adopted.
- 2013Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes the eighth Emir of Qatar.
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