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June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining.
[edit] 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 General 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
- 1949- Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones
- 1950 - The beginning of the Korean War.
- 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, win 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, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
[edit] Births
- 1328 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, 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, Catalan architect (d. 1926)
- 1858 - Georges Courteline, French dramatist (d. 1929)
- 1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956)
- 1864 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
- 1865 - Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929)
- 1884 - 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, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India (d. 1979)
- 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 dancer
- 1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer
- 1924 - Sidney Lumet, American actor
- 1925 - June Lockhart, American actress
- 1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973)
- 1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1928 - Peyo, Belgian illustrator (d. 1992)
- 1929 - Eric Carle, American author
- 1930 - Mary Beth Peil, American singer
- 1932 - Peter Blake, British artist
- 1933 - James Meredith, American civil rights activist
- 1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
- 1935 - Eddie Floyd, American singer
- 1936 - Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia
- 1939 - Harold Melvin, American musician(Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
- 1940 - A.J. Quinnell, British writer (d. 2005)
- 1941 - Denys Arcand, Canadian film director
- 1942 - Michel Tremblay, Canadian playwright
- 1944 - Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer
- 1945 - Carly Simon, American singer
- 1946 - Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator
- 1946 - Ian McDonald, musician (King Crimson and Foreigner)
- 1947 - Jimmie Walker, American TV actor (best known for his role on Good Times)
- 1952 - Tim Finn, New Zealand singer/singwriter
- 1954 - David Paich, composer (Toto)
- 1956 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
- 1960 - Dario de Judicibus, Italian writer
- 1960 - Craig Johnston, Australian footballer
- 1961 - Ricky Gervais, English comedian
- 1963 - George Michael, British singer
- 1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author
- 1963 - Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 - Johnny Herbert, British race car driver
- 1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese (DRC) basketball player
- 1968 - Craig Short, British footballer
- 1969 - Matt Gallant, American television host
- 1969 - Zim Zum, American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist)
- 1970 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress
- 1970 - Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
- 1971 - Angela Kinsey, American actress
- 1971 - Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect
- 1971 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
- 1971 - Michael Tucker, American baseball player
- 1972 - Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1973 - Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
- 1974 - Jim LaMarca, American bassplayer (Chimaira)
- 1974 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1975 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
- 1975 - Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
- 1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
- 1975 - Tatiana Lysenko, Russian gymnast
- 1976 - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
- 1978 - Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search Winner
- 1979 - Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1979 - Brandi Burkhardt, American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen
- 1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
- 1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress
- 1981 - Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
- 1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
- 1982 - Rain, Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
- 1983 - Nargis Farahmand, Afghan poet
- 1984 - Amrita Hunjan, British singer
- 1986 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
- 1988 - Amanda Dowler, British murder victim (d. 2002)
[edit] Deaths
- 635 - Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566)
- 1134 - King Niels of Denmark
- 1218 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (b. 1160)
- 1483 - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English writer
- 1522 - 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, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (b. 1616)
- 1673 - Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan, 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)
- 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, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)
- 1861 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1823)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 1982 - Igor Gouzenko, Soviet spy
- 1983 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (b. 1916)
- 1984 - Michel Foucault, French Philosopher (b. 1926)
- 1985 - Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
- 1987 - Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1920)
- 1988 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers (b. 1962)
- 1990 - Ronald Gene Simmons, American mass murderer
- 1992 - Jerome Brown, American football player ran away from home(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 politican (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect (b. 1918)
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