Public Holidays on June 25

• 🌍 Ashura (estimated) (Pakistan)

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Religious Observances on June 25

• Islamic: Ashura
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Shamsuddin Habīb Allah ق
• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Abū al‑Hassan al‑Kharqāni ق
• Islamic: Birth of Imam Rābbani Ahmad Al-Fāruqi As-Sirhindi ق

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On This Day in History — June 25

• 1998 — In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• 1997 — An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• 1996 — The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• 1993 — Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
• 1991 — Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
• 1984 — American singer Prince releases his most successful studio album Purple Rain.

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Notable Births on June 25

• 2006 — Mckenna Grace, American actress
• 1998 — Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer
• 1996 — Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American racing driver
• 1996 — Sione Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 — Liisi Rist, Estonian cyclist
• 1991 — Anna Zaja, German tennis player

Notable Deaths on June 25

• 2015 — Patrick Macnee, English actor (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Alejandro Romay, Argentinian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2014 — Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Paul Patterson, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1943)

Public Holidays on June 26

• 🌍 Muharram (estimated) (India)

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On This Day in History — June 26

• 2015 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2015 — Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these...
• 2013 — Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
• 2013 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 2012 — The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
• 2008 — A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.

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Notable Births on June 26

• 1997 — Callum Taylor, English cricketer
• 1994 — Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower
• 1993 — Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1992 — Joel Campbell, Costa Rican footballer
• 1992 — Rudy Gobert, French basketball player
• 1991 — Houssem Chemali, French footballer

Notable Deaths on June 26

• 2015 — Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Chris Thompson, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1952)
• 2014 — Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (b. 1938)
• 2014 — Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (b. 1931)
• 2014 — Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (b. 1932)