Wikipedia:Today's featured list/June 2025
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June 2
There are numerous Iron Age hillforts and ancient settlements in Somerset, a ceremonial county in South West England. Somerset is a rural county of rolling hills, such as the Mendip Hills, the Quantock Hills and Exmoor National Park, and large flat expanses of land including the Somerset Levels. Some locations were later reused in the Dark Ages, such as Cadbury Castle, Worlebury Camp and Ham Hill. Other hillforts, such as Small Down Knoll, Solsbury Hill, Dolebury Warren and Burledge Hill (pictured), may have had a domestic purpose as well as a defensive role. In addition to the hillforts, several sites have been identified as settlements during the pre-Roman period, including Cambria Farm and the "Lake Villages" at Meare and Glastonbury, which were built on a morass, on an artificial foundation of timber filled with brushwood, bracken, rubble and clay. (Full list...)
June 6
Since 1970, 397 basketball players have played at least one game for the Portland Trail Blazers throughout their 55 seasons as a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise. Ten players have had their number retired by the team following their playing careers. Seven players have been enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and Carmelo Anthony is expected to become the eighth Hall of Famer when he is enshrined in September 2025. Four Blazer rookies have won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, including Damian Lillard. On December 19, 2022, Lillard became the team's all-time scoring leader. Bill Walton (pictured) is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1977 NBA Finals, and the regular-season MVP the following year. (Full list...)
June 9
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Filipino girl group Bini (pictured) has won 44 awards from 83 nominations and 8 honorees. The group includes Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna and Sheena, and debuted on June 11, 2021. They are the recipients of five Awit Awards, twelve Ppop Music Awards, and one MTV Europe Music Awards. In 2021, Bini released their debut song "Born to Win" and was nominated for Wish Pop Song at the Wish Music Awards. In 2022, they earned multiple nominations at the 2023 Awit Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year on their single "Lagi" (lit. 'Always'), under their second album, Feel Good. In 2024, Bini became the first Filipino group to win Best Asia Act at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards and was also honored with the Rising Star Award at the Billboard Philippines Women in Music. In 2025, they also won Top Local Artist of the Year at the launching of the Official Philippines Chart. (Full list...)
June 13
The emperors of the Ming dynasty ruled over China proper from 1368 to 1644 during the late imperial era of China (960–1912). The Ming dynasty, which succeeded the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and preceded the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, was founded by the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang, known as the Hongwu Emperor (pictured). All Ming emperors were of the House of Zhu. After 1644, members of the dynasty continued to rule a series of rump states, commonly known as the Southern Ming, in southern China until 1662. The longest-reigning emperor of the dynasty was the Wanli Emperor (reigned 1572–1620), who ruled for 48 years; the shortest-reigning was his successor, the Taichang Emperor, who ruled for only 29 days in 1620. The Ming emperor, following a practice established in the Zhou dynasty, was known as the "Son of Heaven". He was viewed as the intermediary between humans and heaven, and was responsible for conducting numerous rituals to honor the supreme deities who safeguarded the empire. (Full list...)
June 16
Songs written by Gen Hoshino, a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, include the majority of songs on his discography, which consists of six studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), and twenty-three singles. Outside of his solo work, he has received non-artist writing credits and guest-performed on singles, cover albums, a remix, and other works. Hoshino began his musical career as the guitarist and marimba player of Sakerock (2000–2015), an instrumental band that he formed with high-school classmates, and released his debut studio album, Baka no Uta, in 2010. His discography also includes soundtrack appearances, annual birthday songs for the comedian Yūki Himura, radio jingles and unreleased tracks, and he has also written songs for other artists. (Full list...)
June 20
Events of the UK's Partygate scandal began on 23 March 2020, when, in an effort to limit deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new rules prohibiting gatherings of people who were not in the same household. Despite these regulations, regular social gatherings continued to take place in Downing Street and Whitehall, including a surprise party for Johnson's 56th birthday on 19 June (pictured). News articles about these events began to appear in late 2021, with the majority of them published by the journalists Pippa Crerar and Paul Brand. Johnson denied any wrongdoing, and stated that the rules were followed at all times. In January 2022, a criminal investigation into the scandal was launched by the Metropolitan Police. As a result, 126 fixed penalty notices were issued, including one to Johnson for attending his surprise birthday party, making him the first serving prime minister to be found to have broken the law. Johnson subsequently resigned as prime minister on 7 July, and as a member of parliament the following year. (Full list...)
June 23
There are 14 restaurants in Turkey with a Michelin star rating as of the 2025 Michelin Guide. The Michelin Guides have been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. They were designed as a guide about eateries worth driving to. Chefs in Turkey with Michelin stars include Fatih Tutak (pictured), who had previously been awarded a Michelin Plate in 2018, and Maksut Aşkar, whose restaurant, Neolokal, also won a Michelin green star. The Turkish guide originally launched in 2023, reviewing restaurants solely in the city of Istanbul. In 2024, it expanded to also review restaurants in the Turkish seaside regions of Bodrum and İzmir Province. TURK Fatih Tutak is the only restaurant in Turkey with more than one star. (Full list...)
June 27
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The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in the Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the tournament was rebranded from the World Twenty20 to the Men's T20 World Cup. As of the 2024 tournament, twenty-four nations have played in the T20 World Cup. Nine teams have competed in every tournament, six of which have won the title. The West Indies, England and India have won the title twice each, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the title once each. Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan and India have each made three final appearances, while Pakistan have also made six semi-final appearances. The best result by a non-Test playing nation is the second round appearance by the United States in 2024, while the worst result by a Test playing nation is the second round appearance by Zimbabwe in 2022. (Full list...)
June 30
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From 2013 to 2021, 153 episodes over eight seasons of the American police procedural comedy television series Brooklyn Nine-Nine were aired, with five seasons on Fox and three seasons on NBC. The series was created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur (pictured) and follows a team of detectives and a police captain in the 99th Precinct of the New York City Police Department in Brooklyn. The series was ordered by Fox in May 2013. The first season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired on Fox from September 17, 2013, to March 25, 2014. On May 13, 2018, Fox canceled the series; the following day, NBC picked up the series. The eighth and final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine aired from August 12, 2021, through September 16. (Full list...)