Historical Events for 25th June 2021

1080 – Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
1621 – French government army occupies Fort St Jean d’Angély at La Rochelle
1835 – 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now San Francisco)
1862 – Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French’s Field) (Kings’s Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
1953 – 86°F in Anchorage, Alaska
1967 – First global satellite television programme “Our World” broadcast featuring 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing “All You Need is Love”
1985 – Thurman v City of Torrington decides in favor of Tracey Thurman, 1st woman to sue a police department for violating her civil rights (not protecting against abusive husband)
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen
1997 – Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
2020 – American country music band “The Dixie Chicks” change their name to “The Chicks” to remove connotations of Confederate history, two weeks after band “Antebellum” changed their name to “Lady A”

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