June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 189 days remain until the end of the year. There obviously is more in the history about this day !
Exactly 50 years ago, India suffered dark age with Govt making blatant and extensive use of its power of preventive detention. People were arrested and detained only on the apprehension that they may commit an offence. According to Shah Commission, nearly 1,11,000 people were arrested under detention laws. There were many reported incidents of torture and custodial deaths occurring ! and that of another clan who did not hold any official position at that time but exercising enormous control over the administration and interfering in the functioning of the government. On this day - in 1975, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared emergency across the country. The emergency was issued by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352(1) of the Constitution and lasted 21 long months beginning 25th June 1975 and going on until 21st March 1977.
The Battle of Vézeronce was fought on 25 June 524 AD near Vézeronce-Curtin (then Veseruntia), now in Isère, France, between the Franks led by King Chlodomer and the Burgundians commanded by King Godomar. The battle was part of an expedition against the Burgundians initiated by the four sons and heirs of the Frankish king Clovis I:
Today is : - ‘Dia da Independência Nacional’, (the Independence day) of Mozambique, located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and South Africa The capital and largest city is Maputo. They got their independence on this day in 1975 from Portugal.
The Mann Act, previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910, is a United States federal law, passed June 25, named after Congressman James Robert Mann of Illinois. In its original form, the act made it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". Its primary stated intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) the famous Singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist, dubbed the "King of Pop" died on this day in 2009.
More than a century ago, on this day in 1906, Stanford White an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century was murdered. White designed many houses for the wealthy, in addition to numerous civic, institutional and religious buildings. His temporary Washington Square Arch was so popular that he was commissioned to design a permanent one. White's design principles embodied the "American Renaissance". In 1906, White was murdered during a musical performance at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden. His killer, Harry Kendall Thaw, was a wealthy but mentally unstable heir of a coal and railroad fortune who had become obsessed by White's alleged drugging and rape of, and subsequent relationship with, the woman who was to become Thaw's wife, Evelyn Nesbit, which had started when she was aged 16. Thaw was ultimately found not guilty by reason of insanity.
On this
day in 1991 Martina Navratilova won her
record 100th singles
match at Wimbledon, beating Elna Reinach of South Africa 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the
1st round.
On this day in 1903, Eric Arthur Blair known by his pen name George Orwell, was born. As a writer, Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism; and is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
For every
Indian Cricket fan – today brings back the memory - the
iconic image of Kapil Dev standing at
the Lord’s balcony holding aloft the Prudential World Cup.
On 25.6.1983, Indians were underdogs – they had never been in Finals. English Press which wanted England to come to the finals wrote dismissively abouyt Indian team especially after their thrashing the home team in the Semis. In trhe finals, the opponents were mighty West Indies who had rock solid batting and fearsome quartet of pace bowlers. India had a worst start – Gavaskar struggling and getting out. Krishnamachari Srikkanth entertained us – hooking, going down on his knees for a square cut but the team ended up at just 183. That day Doordarshan provided live coverage with a couple of ‘breakdowns’ – towards the end, commentary went-off and they quickly added radio commentary to the visuals.
It was
Sri Azhagiya Singar Aani Brahmothsavam ~ those were the days, when people would
at street corners stand in group listening to radio commentary. Gordon Greenidge was out to a big banana inswinger of Balwinder
Sandhu – trying to leave the ball, but the ball kept coming in and clipping his
stumps. Viv Richards strode in and took on the bowlers – Madanlal was the
workhorse and every Indian supporter would remember that frozen moment. Richards getting into the line, flicking Madanlal over midwicket – Kapil Dev
kept running back and took the catch with effortless ease – an exemplary effort
– great anticipation, finest athleticism and classy fielding. It was really a
combined effort as India defended the low target to emerge victorious. Most of us thought Srikkanth’s pick and throw
caught Bacchus short of the crease but those of days when TV replays would not
be conclusive.
Regards – S Sampathkumar
25.6.2025
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