On This Day
25th June
1678 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1876 – Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
1947 – The Diary of Anne Frank was published.
1951 - The first colour TV broadcast took place on America's CBS Network.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia.
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 U.S. servicemen.
2006 – Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, was kidnapped in a cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
2007 – Severe flooding hit England. Parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flooded including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull.
2009 - Michael Jackson died.
1678 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to be awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1876 – Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
1947 – The Diary of Anne Frank was published.
1951 - The first colour TV broadcast took place on America's CBS Network.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia.
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 U.S. servicemen.
2006 – Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, was kidnapped in a cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
2007 – Severe flooding hit England. Parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flooded including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull.
2009 - Michael Jackson died.
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