June 25 in recent years
2009 (Thursday)
2008 (Wednesday)
2007 (Monday)
2006 (Sunday)
2005 (Saturday)
2004 (Friday)
2003 (Wednesday)
2002 (Tuesday)
2001 (Monday)
2000 (Sunday)
June 25 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 188 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ] 524 - Battle of Vézeronce , Franks defeat Burgundians.841 - Battle of Fontenay .1530 - The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany .1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy .1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution .1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer .1905 - Cullinan Diamond , the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells .1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland .1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany .1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala , the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.1947 - The Diary of Anne Frank is published.1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones .1950 - The beginning of the Korean War , with the invasion of the South by the North .1957 - United Church of Christ founded with the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches.1967 - First global satellite television programme – "Our World "1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.1975 - Mozambique achieved independence.
1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order , formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints .1981 - Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington .1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military .1983 - India , led by Kapil Dev , wins the Cricket World Cup . They beat West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's , London.1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia .1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada .1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia .1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station , Mir .1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional .1999 - The final episode of thirty-five year old daytime drama Another World Births [ ] 1242 - Beatrice of England , Duchess of Brittanny (d. 1275 )1328 - William Montacute , English military leader (d. 1397 )1560 - Wilhelm Fabry , German surgeon (d. 1634 )1612 - John Albert Vasa , Polish bishop (d. 1634 )1715 - Joseph-François Foulon , French politician (d. 1789 )1814 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée , French geologist (d. 1896 )1852 - Antoni Gaudí , Spanish architect (d. 1926 )1858 - Georges Courteline , French dramatist (d. 1929 )1860 - Gustave Charpentier , French composer (d. 1956 )1863 - Emile Francqui , Belgian soldier (d. 1935 )1864 - Walther Nernst , German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941 )1865 - Robert Henri , American painter (d. 1929 )1884 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler , German art promoter (d. 1979 )1886 - Henry H. Arnold , American Army Air Force commander (d. 1950 )1887 - George Abbott , American playwright (d. 1995 )1894 - Hermann Oberth , German physicist (d. 1989 )1900 - Louis Mountbatten , Viceroy of India (d. 1979 )1902 - Prince Yasuhito Chichibu , brother of Emperor Showa (d.1953 )1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950 )1903 - Anne Revere , American actress (d. 1990 )
1907 - J. Hans D. Jensen , German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973 )1908 - Willard Van Orman Quine , American philosopher (d. 2000 )1911 - William Howard Stein , American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980 )1912 - William T. Cahill , Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996 )1913 - Cyril Fletcher , British comedian (d. 2005 )1921 - Celia Franca , Canadian ballet dancer1923 - Nicholas Mosley , British writer1924 - Sidney Lumet , American film director1925 - June Lockhart , American actress1925 - Ted Stepien , American business (d. 2007 )
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann , Austrian writer (d. 1973 )1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov , Russian physicist, Nobel laureate 1928 - Peyo , Belgian illustrator (d. 1992 )
1928 - Bill Russo , American jazz composer (d. 2003 )
1929 - Eric Carle , American author1930 - Mary Beth Peil , American singer1932 - Peter Blake , British artist1933 - James Meredith , American civil rights activist1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira , Portuguese architect
1935 - Eddie Floyd , American singer1936 - Jusuf Habibie , President of Indonesia1939 - Harold Melvin , American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ) (d. 1997 )1939 - Allen Fox , American Tennis Player
1939 - Clint Warwick , English musician (The Moody Blues ) (d. 2004 )
1940 - A.J. Quinnell , British writer (d. 2005 )1941 - Denys Arcand , Canadian film director1942 - Michel Tremblay , Canadian playwright1943 - Carly Simon , American singer1944 - Robert Charlebois , Canadian singer1946 - Roméo Dallaire , Canadian senator1946 - Ian McDonald , English musician (King Crimson and Foreigner )
1947 - Jimmie Walker , American actor (Good Times )1952 - Tim Finn , New Zealand singer/singwriter1952 - Alan Green , Northern Irish BBC sports broadcaster/commentator
1954 - David Paich , composer (Toto )1956 - Boris Trajkovski , President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004 )1959 - Jari Puikkonen , Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist1960 - Dario de Judicibus , Italian writer1960 - Craig Johnston , Australian soccer player
1961 - Ricky Gervais , English comedian1962 - Phill Jupitus , English comedian and broadcaster1963 - George Michael , English singer1963 - Yann Martel , Canadian author
1963 - Doug Gilmour , Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Johnny Herbert , English race car driver1964 - Emma Suárez , Spanish actress
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo , Congolese (DRC) basketball player1968 - Oleg Taktarov , Russian martial artist1969 - Matt Gallant , American television host1969 - Zim Zum , American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist)
1970 - Lucy Benjamin , British actress1970 - Ariel Gore , American journalist and author
1970 - Erki Nool , Estonian decathlete
1971 - Angela Kinsey , American actress1971 - Santiago de Tezanos , Uruguayan architect
1971 - Neil Lennon , Northern Irish footballer
1971 - Michael Tucker , American baseball player
1972 - Carlos Delgado , Puerto Rican baseball player1972 - Mike Kroeger , American bassplayer (Nickelback )
1973 - Jamie Redknapp , English footballer1974 - Jim LaMarca , American bass guitarist (Chimaira )1974 - Karisma Kapoor , Indian actress
1975 - Linda Cardellini , American actress1975 - Chenoa , Spanish singer
1975 - Albert Costa , Spanish tennis player
1975 - Vladimir Kramnik , Russian chess player
1975 - Natasha Klauss , Colombian actress
1976 - José Cancela , Uruguayan footballer1976 - Dubravka Vukotić , Montenegrin female actor
1978 - Aftab Shivdasani , Indian Actor1978 - Layla El , 2006 WWE Diva Search Winner
1978 - Luke Scott , American baseball player
1979 - Brandi Burkhardt , American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen1979 - Katie Doyle , American actress and reality television star
1979 - Hirooki Goto , Japanese professional wrestler
1979 - Richard Hughes , Scottish footballer
1980 - Maja Latinović , Serbian model1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi , Japanese actress
1981 - Sheridan Smith , British actress1981 - Simon Ammann , Swiss ski jumper
1981 - Pooja Umashankar , Indian actress
1982 - Mikhail Youzhny , Russian tennis player1982 - Rain , Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1983 - Todd Cooper , British swimmer
1986 - Aya Matsuura , Japanese singer1988 - Amanda Dowler , British murder victim (d. 2002 )Deaths [ ] 635 - Emperor Gaozu , first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566 )1134 - King Niels of Denmark 1218 - Simon de Montfort , French crusader (b. 1160 )1483 - Anthony Woodville , English writer1522 - Franchinus Gaffurius , Italian composer (b. 1451 )1533 - Mary Tudor , queen consort of Louis XII of France (b. 1496 )1579 - Hatano Hideharu , Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541 )1593 - Michele Mercati , Italian physician and gardener (b. 1541 )1634 - John Marston , English playwright (b. 1576 )1638 - Juan Pérez de Montalbán , Spanish writer (b. 1602 )1665 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (b. 1630 )1669 - François de Vendôme , French soldier (b. 1616 )1673 - Charles de Batz-Castelmore , Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France (b. 1611 )1671 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli , Italian astronomer (b. 1598 )1686 - Simon Ushakov , Russian painter (b. 1626 )1715 - Jean du Casse , French admiral (b. 1646 )1767 - Georg Philipp Telemann , German composer (b. 1681 )1792 - Thomas Peters , Early Sierra Leonean founder (b. 1738 )1798 - Thomas Sandby , English architect (b. 1721 )1822 - E.T.A. Hoffmann , German writer (b. 1776 )1838 - François Nicolas Benoît , French general (b. 1774 )1861 - Abd-ul-Mejid , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1823 )1866 - Alexander von Nordmann , Finnish zoologist (b. 1803 )1868 - Carlo Matteucci , Italian physicist (b. 1811 )1875 - Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor of gooches (b. 1796 )1876 - George Armstrong Custer , U.S. Army officer (b. 1839 )1876 - Thomas Custer , Brother of George A. Custer & 2-time Medal of Honor winner (b. 1845 )
1876 - Boston Custer , Brother of George A. Custer (b. 1848 )
1876 - James C. Calhoun , Brother-in-Law of George Armstrong Custer & U.S. Soldier (b. 1845 )
1876 - Myles Keogh , U.S. Soldier & Irish Soldier of Fortune (b. 1840 )
1882 - François Jouffroy , French sculptor (b. 1806 )1884 - Hans Rott , Austrian composer (b. 1858 )1916 - Thomas Eakins , American artist (b. 1844 )1918 - Jake Beckley , baseball player (b. 1867 )1937 - Colin Clive , British actor (b. 1900 )1944 - Lucha Reyes , Mexican singer (b. 1906 )1948 - William C. Lee , U.S. general (b. 1895 )1949 - Buck Freeman , baseball player (b. 1871 )1959 - Charles Starkweather , spree killer (b. 1938 )1960 - Tommy Corcoran , baseball player (b. 1869 )1971 - John Boyd Orr , Scottish physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1880 )1974 - Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician (b. 1893 )1976 - Johnny Mercer , American songwriter (b. 1909 )1979 - Philippe Halsman , American photographer (b. 1906 )1983 - Alberto Ginastera , Argentine composer (b. 1916 )1984 - Michel Foucault , French philosopher (b. 1926 )1985 - Morris Mason , American murderer (b. 1954 )1988 - Hillel Slovak , Israeli-born musician (Anthym /What Is This? , Red Hot Chili Peppers ) (b. 1962 )1990 - Ronald Gene Simmons , American mass murderer1992 - Jerome Brown , American football player (b. 1965 )1995 - Warren Burger , Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1907 )1995 - Ernest Walton , Irish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903 )
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau , French explorer (b. 1910 )2002 - Jean Corbeil , Canadian politician (b. 1934 )2003 - Lester Maddox , American politician (b. 1915 )2005 - John Fiedler , American Actor (b. 1925 )2006 - Jaap Penraat , Dutch architect (b. 1918 )2007 - Mahasti , Persian singer (b. 1946 )2007 - J. Fred Duckett , Texan sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933 )
2009 - Michael Jackson , singerHolidays and observances [ ] Liturgical feasts [ ] External links [ ]
128 Familypedia people were born on June 25
133 Familypedia people died on June 25
114 Familypedia people were first married on June 25