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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1658" title="1658">1658</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Spanish_War_(1654%E2%80%931660)" title="Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)">Anglo-Spanish War</a>: The largest battle ever fought on Jamaica, the three-day <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_Nuevo" title="Battle of Rio Nuevo">Battle of Rio Nuevo</a></b>, began.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> ships <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Cherbourg" title="Bombardment of Cherbourg">bombarded</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg" title="Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a>, France, to support <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> units engaged in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cherbourg" title="Battle of Cherbourg">Battle of Cherbourg</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a> passed <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_82" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 82">Resolution 82</a></b> condemning the North Korean invasion of South Korea.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978" title="1978">1978</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT)" title="Rainbow flag (LGBT)">rainbow flag</a></b> representing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_pride" title="LGBT pride">gay pride</a> was first flown at the San Francisco <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Pride" title="San Francisco Pride">Gay Freedom Day</a> parade.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>: Russian forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2022)" title="Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)">captured</a></b> the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a>, Ukraine, after six weeks of fighting.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Corner" title="Girolamo Corner">Girolamo Corner</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1632); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elo%C3%ADsa_D%C3%ADaz" title="Eloísa Díaz">Eloísa Díaz</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1866); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_O%27Neill" title="Rose O'Neill">Rose O'Neill</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1874); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Walton" title="Ernest Walton">Ernest Walton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1995)</p>