📜 This Day in History

June 25

• 1658Anglo-Spanish War: The largest battle ever fought on Jamaica, the three-day Battle of Rio Nuevo, began.
• 1926French police arrested Los Errantes, while they were preparing to assassinate Spanish king Alfonso XIII, as part of a mass raid against Spanish immigrants in Paris.
• 1950The Korean War began with North Korean forces launching a pre-dawn raid over the 38th parallel into South Korea.
• 1960Two cryptographers working for the U.S. National Security Agency left on vacation to Mexico, and proceeded to defect to the Soviet Union.
• 2009Singer Michael Jackson died as a result of the combination of drugs in his body.
• 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine: Russian forces captured the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, after six weeks of fighting.

Born on this day

• 1852Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell and the Sagrada Família (died 1926)
• 1903George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950)
• 1956Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (died 2018)
• 1963George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)