Quick Scoop
June 25 has a long history of major events, but the most
famous ones include the start of the Korean War in 1950, the Battle of the
Little Bighorn in 1876, and John Dean’s Watergate testimony in 1973. It is
also the date of several major political, scientific, and cultural milestones
across different years.
Notable events
- 1788: Virginia ratified the U.S.
Constitution.
[10] - 1876: Lt. Col. George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry
were defeated at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
[2][10] - 1950: North
Korea invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War.
[1][10] - 1973: John
Dean began testifying before the Senate Watergate Committee.
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- 1996: The Khobar Towers bombing killed 19 U.S. servicemen in Saudi
Arabia.
[2][10] - 1998: The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal
line-item veto as unconstitutional.
[9][10] - 2009: Michael Jackson died
at age 50.
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Why people remember it
June 25 often shows
up in “on this day” lists because it mixes turning points in war, law, and
politics with cultural moments like major music broadcasts and notable births
or deaths. In other words, it is one of those dates that keeps reappearing in
history books for very different reasons.
Bottom line
If you mean “what happened on June 25” in general, the
clearest headline is that several world-shaping events happened on that date,
especially the Korean War’s outbreak and the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
