June 25: Croatian Statehood Day and Slovenian Statehood Day; Armed Forces Day in the United Kingdom (2016)
British soldiers evacuating from France
- 1658 – Anglo-Spanish War: English colonial forces repelled a Spanish attack in the largest battle ever fought on Jamaica.
- 1910 – The United States Congress passed the Mann Act, which prohibited interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes".
- 1940 – Second World War – The evacuation of nearly 200,000 Allied soldiers (pictured) from French ports was completed.
- 1967 – More than 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live, international satellite television production.
- 2006 – Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped in a cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip on the crossing Kerem Shalom, and was held hostage by Hamas until 2011.
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