A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on June 25 throughout history.
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Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer is wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what becomes famously known as "Custer's Last Stand"
The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 Delta variant is the most transmissible to date, now present in 85 countries and spreading rapidly [1]
First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
Warner Bros Records releases the sixth studio album by Prince, "Purple Rain"; his commercial peak, the film soundtrack album sells over 25 million copies, tops the charts in five countries, and wins two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award
Martina Navratilova wins her record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, defeating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round
Louis (13), son of French King Charles VII marries Margaret (11), daughter of King James I of Scotland at the Castle of Tours
Pediatrician Benjamin Spock (24) weds civil liberties advocate Jane Cheney
Economist Milton Friedman (25) weds Rose Friedman at the Jewish Seminary in New York City
"Dumb and Dumber" actress Lauren Holly (33) divorces actor-comedian Jim Carrey (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 months of marriage
Pope Lucius I was the bishop of Rome from 25 June 253 to his death on 5 March 254. He was banished soon after his consecration, but gained permission to return.
Battle of Vézeronce: the Franks defeat the Burgundians
Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I
Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clement III
1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen, Germany
Dom Afonso I nicknamed "the Conqueror" (Portuguese: O Conquistador), "the Founder" (O Fundador) and "the Great" (O Magno) by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal, from 26 July 1139 until...
Pope Innocent IV (Latin: Innocentius IV; c. 1195 – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in...
Rindfleisch Persecutions, 250 Jews killed in Rothenburg, Germany
Pope Alexander VI (Italian: Alessandro VI, Valencian: Alexandre VI, Spanish: Alejandro VI; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian"); c. 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head...
Diet of Speyer convenes, resulting in the Edict of Speyer, which temporarily suspends the 1521 Edict of Worms (a Papal ban on Luther's teachings); allows Lutheranism and other "reforms" to propagate unimpeded throughout Germany
Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
Mentally ill Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II signs the Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia
French government army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle
Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop
A lunar eclipse is the first astronomical event recorded in the American colonies
The siege of Dunkirk in 1658 was a military operation by France and the Commonwealth of England intended to capture the fortified port city of Dunkirk, Spain's greatest privateering base, from a...
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich, Massachusetts
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736), better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian...
General fast because of drought in Massachusetts
French troops occupy Charleroi
Singulari Nos (subtitled On the Errors of Lammenais) was an encyclical issued on June 25, 1834, by Pope Gregory XVI.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army and the Union army as a major general in command of the Army of the...
Battle of Petersburg: Union forces begin digging tunnels under Confederate lines
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire or bob wire (in the Southern and Southwestern United States), is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along...
Florida participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America. It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845.
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist activist and trade unionist.
Dunhuang manuscripts, including the Diamond Sutra, world's oldest surviving dated book, discovered by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu in the Mogao Caves, China
Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
Tsarist Russian troops in Łódź, Congress Poland crush workers' militia insurrection against Russian occupation; 151-200 workers killed and over 1,000 injured
Railway heir Harry Kendall Thaw shoots and kills architect Stanford White during a performance at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden, later a notorious court case
American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913
Russian Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
Baku-Turkish communist party forms
1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
League of Nations places Internationall Court of Justice in Hague
Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust v Notts
Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece
WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
NY Giants future Baseball HOF third baseman Freddie Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader in 12-4 & 8-2 wins over Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl
Commencement of India's 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's, London (England initially rattled but go on to win)
Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 – 31 July 1943) was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939.
Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
-26] Soviet counterattack at Rovno, Ukraine
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Reichskommissar in the Netherlands, orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
The capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges (wrongly known as Operation Deadstick [which in fact was a specialized glider exercise], and in official documents as Operation Coup de Main) was...
Allied landing at Ternate, capital of the Maluku Islands in modern day Indonesia
"Long-Haired Hare", animated short starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters
Israeli airline El Al begins transatlantic service form Israel to New York City's Idlewild Airport
Dutch General Election: social democratic party wins elections 30% to help form a four-party coalition
Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Memphis (MEM-fis) is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat.
On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 DST (22:11 UTC), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province.
Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
The 26th government of Turkey (20 November 1961 – 25 June 1962), also known as the first coalition government of Turkey and the eight government of İsmet İnönü, was the first civilian government...
Curnick Ndlovu, South African worker's union leader and African National Congress Leader, is arrested for acts of sabotage
Prince A Taylor becomes first African American Methodist bishop, assigned to the New Jersey Area
Gyula Kallai succeeds Janos Kádár as premier of Hungary
American Pancho González (41) beats Puerto Rican Charlie Pasarell (25) in 5 hour and 12 minute, 112-game marathon at Wimbledon
John Dean begins testifying before Senate Watergate Committee
After a prolonged liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rulers, Mozambique becomes independent as People Republic of Mozambique
Soweto Uprising: in South Africa leaves an estimated 200 to 700 blacks and 2 whites dead following 10 days of rioting
Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time!
FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs
Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
Fireworks factory near Hallett, Oklahoma, explodes killing 21
Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
"Day By Day" last airs on NBC-TV
"Dave Thomas Comedy Show" last airs on CBS-TV
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa
Alexander's, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns 7 properties in New York metropolitan area, including 731 Lexington Avenue, the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P.
Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County.
Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings
Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station
In Clinton v. City of New York, the US Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional
Flooding in parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire in the United Kingdom including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull
Atlantis Plastics shooting, An employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky
Colombia enters into recession after witnessing 0.7% contraction in the last quarter of 2008 and 0.6% in the following quarter
MLB Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson throws a no-hitter against one of his former teams, beating the Rays 1–0, at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, Florida
The Free Syrian Army (FSA; Arabic: الجيش السوري الحر, romanized: al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29...
37 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in the Central African Republic
Karl-Anthony Towns Jr., also known by his initials KAT, is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Tanker carrying fuel bursts into flames near Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, killing more than 200 people
Mirazur on the French Riviera crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore
30,000-year-old intact remains of a baby wooly mammoth found frozen in permafrost in Klondike gold fields in the Yukon, Canada [1]
Greek voters re-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party by a landslide [1]
China’s Chang’e 6 mission is the first to return samples from the far side of the moon, landing in its Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [1]
Axiom Mission 4 launches to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts, including the first astronauts from Poland and India since the end of the Cold War [1]
Lord Mountbatten, British statesman and admiral, known for british statesman and admiral, was born on 1900-06-25.
Eric Carle, American author and illustrator, known for american author and illustrator, was born on 1929-06-25.
James Meredith, American civil rights movement figure, known for american civil rights movement figure, was born on 1934-06-25.
Sidney Lumet, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1924-06-25. Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director.
Ricky Gervais, English comedian, known for english comedian, was born on 1962-06-25.
George Michael, English musician, known for english singer-songwriter, was born on 1963-06-25.
Willis Reed athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1942-06-25. Willis Reed Jr.
George Armstrong Custer, American united states cavalry commander, known for united states cavalry commander, died on 1876-06-25.
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter, singer, known for american lyricist, songwriter, singer, died on 1976-06-25.
Michael Jackson, American singer, known for american singer, died on 2009-06-25. Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and…
Pope Lucius I was the bishop of Rome from 25 June 253 to his death on 5 March 254. He was banished soon after his consecration, but gained permission to return.
Battle of Vézeronce: the Franks defeat the Burgundians
Battle at Fontenay: Louis & Charles beat their brother Lotharius I
Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clement III
1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen, Germany
Dom Afonso I nicknamed "the Conqueror" (Portuguese: O Conquistador), "the Founder" (O Fundador) and "the Great" (O Magno) by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal, from 26 July 1139 until...
Pope Innocent IV (Latin: Innocentius IV; c. 1195 – 7 December 1254), born Sinibaldo Fieschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 June 1243 to his death in...
Rindfleisch Persecutions, 250 Jews killed in Rothenburg, Germany
Louis (13), son of French King Charles VII marries Margaret (11), daughter of King James I of Scotland at the Castle of Tours
Pope Alexander VI (Italian: Alessandro VI, Valencian: Alexandre VI, Spanish: Alejandro VI; born Roderic Llançol i de Borja; epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian"); c. 1431 – 18 August 1503) was head...
Diet of Speyer convenes, resulting in the Edict of Speyer, which temporarily suspends the 1521 Edict of Worms (a Papal ban on Luther's teachings); allows Lutheranism and other "reforms" to propagate unimpeded throughout Germany
Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
Mentally ill Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II signs the Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia
French government army occupies Fort St Jean d'Angély at La Rochelle
Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop
A lunar eclipse is the first astronomical event recorded in the American colonies
The siege of Dunkirk in 1658 was a military operation by France and the Commonwealth of England intended to capture the fortified port city of Dunkirk, Spain's greatest privateering base, from a...
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich, Massachusetts
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736), better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian...
General fast because of drought in Massachusetts
French troops occupy Charleroi
Singulari Nos (subtitled On the Errors of Lammenais) was an encyclical issued on June 25, 1834, by Pope Gregory XVI.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army and the Union army as a major general in command of the Army of the...
Battle of Petersburg: Union forces begin digging tunnels under Confederate lines
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire or bob wire (in the Southern and Southwestern United States), is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along...
Florida participated in the American Civil War as a member of the Confederate States of America. It had been admitted to the United States as a slave state in 1845.
Battle of the Little Bighorn: US 7th Cavalry under Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer is wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull in what becomes famously known as "Custer's Last Stand"
George Armstrong Custer, American united states cavalry commander, known for united states cavalry commander, died on 1876-06-25.
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist activist and trade unionist.
Dunhuang manuscripts, including the Diamond Sutra, world's oldest surviving dated book, discovered by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu in the Mogao Caves, China
Lord Mountbatten, British statesman and admiral, known for british statesman and admiral, was born on 1900-06-25.
Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 & 5-3
Tsarist Russian troops in Łódź, Congress Poland crush workers' militia insurrection against Russian occupation; 151-200 workers killed and over 1,000 injured
Railway heir Harry Kendall Thaw shoots and kills architect Stanford White during a performance at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden, later a notorious court case
American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913
Russian Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
Baku-Turkish communist party forms
1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
League of Nations places Internationall Court of Justice in Hague
Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust v Notts
Sidney Lumet, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1924-06-25. Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director.
Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece
Pediatrician Benjamin Spock (24) weds civil liberties advocate Jane Cheney
WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
NY Giants future Baseball HOF third baseman Freddie Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader in 12-4 & 8-2 wins over Philadelphia Phillies at the Baker Bowl
The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.
Eric Carle, American author and illustrator, known for american author and illustrator, was born on 1929-06-25.
Commencement of India's 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's, London (England initially rattled but go on to win)
Hedley Verity (18 May 1905 – 31 July 1943) was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939.
James Meredith, American civil rights movement figure, known for american civil rights movement figure, was born on 1934-06-25.
Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
Economist Milton Friedman (25) weds Rose Friedman at the Jewish Seminary in New York City
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802, which forbids racial discrimination in the defense industry
-26] Soviet counterattack at Rovno, Ukraine
Willis Reed athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1942-06-25. Willis Reed Jr.
Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Reichskommissar in the Netherlands, orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
The capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges (wrongly known as Operation Deadstick [which in fact was a specialized glider exercise], and in official documents as Operation Coup de Main) was...
Allied landing at Ternate, capital of the Maluku Islands in modern day Indonesia
"Long-Haired Hare", animated short starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.
Israeli airline El Al begins transatlantic service form Israel to New York City's Idlewild Airport
Dutch General Election: social democratic party wins elections 30% to help form a four-party coalition
Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Memphis (MEM-fis) is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat.
On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 DST (22:11 UTC), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province.
Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
The 26th government of Turkey (20 November 1961 – 25 June 1962), also known as the first coalition government of Turkey and the eight government of İsmet İnönü, was the first civilian government...
Ricky Gervais, English comedian, known for english comedian, was born on 1962-06-25.
Curnick Ndlovu, South African worker's union leader and African National Congress Leader, is arrested for acts of sabotage
George Michael, English musician, known for english singer-songwriter, was born on 1963-06-25.
Prince A Taylor becomes first African American Methodist bishop, assigned to the New Jersey Area
Gyula Kallai succeeds Janos Kádár as premier of Hungary
First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
American Pancho González (41) beats Puerto Rican Charlie Pasarell (25) in 5 hour and 12 minute, 112-game marathon at Wimbledon
John Dean begins testifying before Senate Watergate Committee
After a prolonged liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rulers, Mozambique becomes independent as People Republic of Mozambique
Soweto Uprising: in South Africa leaves an estimated 200 to 700 blacks and 2 whites dead following 10 days of rioting
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter, singer, known for american lyricist, songwriter, singer, died on 1976-06-25.
Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time!
FIFA World Cup Final, El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Striker Mario Kempes scores 2 goals as Argentina beats the Netherlands, 3-1 after extra time
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs
Warner Bros Records releases the sixth studio album by Prince, "Purple Rain"; his commercial peak, the film soundtrack album sells over 25 million copies, tops the charts in five countries, and wins two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award
Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America
Fireworks factory near Hallett, Oklahoma, explodes killing 21
Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
"Day By Day" last airs on NBC-TV
"Dave Thomas Comedy Show" last airs on CBS-TV
Martina Navratilova wins her record 100th singles match at Wimbledon, defeating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round
Japan lifts its call for voluntary restraint on expanding trade with South Africa
Alexander's, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns 7 properties in New York metropolitan area, including 731 Lexington Avenue, the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P.
Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Bernalillo County.
Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings
"Dumb and Dumber" actress Lauren Holly (33) divorces actor-comedian Jim Carrey (35) due to irreconcilable differences after 9 months of marriage
Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station
In Clinton v. City of New York, the US Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional
Flooding in parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire in the United Kingdom including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull
Atlantis Plastics shooting, An employee shot and killed five people after an argument, which ended in the gunman's suicide in Henderson, Kentucky
Colombia enters into recession after witnessing 0.7% contraction in the last quarter of 2008 and 0.6% in the following quarter
Michael Jackson, American singer, known for american singer, died on 2009-06-25. Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and…
MLB Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson throws a no-hitter against one of his former teams, beating the Rays 1–0, at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, Florida
The Free Syrian Army (FSA; Arabic: الجيش السوري الحر, romanized: al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war founded on 29...
37 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in the Central African Republic
Karl-Anthony Towns Jr., also known by his initials KAT, is a Dominican-American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Tanker carrying fuel bursts into flames near Ahmedpur East, Pakistan, killing more than 200 people
Mirazur on the French Riviera crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirms the COVID-19 Delta variant is the most transmissible to date, now present in 85 countries and spreading rapidly [1]
30,000-year-old intact remains of a baby wooly mammoth found frozen in permafrost in Klondike gold fields in the Yukon, Canada [1]
Greek voters re-elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy Party by a landslide [1]
China’s Chang’e 6 mission is the first to return samples from the far side of the moon, landing in its Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [1]
Axiom Mission 4 launches to the International Space Station, carrying four astronauts, including the first astronauts from Poland and India since the end of the Cold War [1]