June 25

June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 253 – Pope Cornelius is executed (beheaded) at Centumcellae.
• 524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
• 841 – In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
• 1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
• 1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
• 1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
• 1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
• 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.
• 1900 – The Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
• 1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
• 1910 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
• 1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
• 1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane
• 1935 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
• 1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• 1940 – World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.
• 1943 – The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
• 1944 – World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
• 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
• 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• 1948 – The Berlin airlift begins.
• 1949 – Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
• 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• 1960 – Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
• 1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
• 1975 – Mozambique achieves independence.
• 1976 – Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
• 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• 1982 – Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
• 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 in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• 1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• 1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
• 1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• 2006 – Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Israeli territory.
• 2013 – Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes the 8th Emir of Qatar.

Births

• 1242 – Beatrice of England (d. 1275)
• 1328 – William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English commander (d. 1397)
• 1373 – Joanna II of Naples (d. 1435)
• 1560 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
• 1612 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (d. 1634)
• 1709 – Francesco Araja, Italian composer (d. 1762)
• 1715 – Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789)
• 1755 – Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
• 1799 – David Douglas, Scottish botanist (d. 1834)
• 1814 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
• 1852 – Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (d. 1926)
• 1858 – Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1860 – Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956)
• 1863 – Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
• 1864 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1884 – Géza Gyóni, Hungarian poet (d. 1917)
• 1884 – Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (d. 1979)
• 1886 – Henry H. Arnold, American general (d. 1950)
• 1887 – George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1887 – Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1938)
• 1892 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959)
• 1894 – Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)
• 1896 – S. Pararajasingam, Sri Lankan politician
• 1900 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979)
• 1901 – Harold Roe Bartle, American politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Prince Chichibu of Japan (d. 1953)
• 1903 – George Orwell, English author (d. 1950)
• 1903 – Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1907 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1908 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (d. 2000)
• 1911 – William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
• 1912 – William T. Cahill, American politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Cyril Fletcher, English actor (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (d. 2012)
• 1918 – P. H. Newby, English author (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Sam Francis, American painter (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Dorothy Gilman, American author (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Nicholas Mosley, English author
• 1924 – Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Clifton Chenier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1987)
• 1925 – June Lockhart, American actress
• 1926 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (d. 1973)
• 1927 – Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (d. 1970)
• 1927 – Newton Russell, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992)
• 1928 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 – Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1928 – Bill Russo, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Alex Toth, American animator (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Eric Carle, American author and illustrator
• 1930 – George Murdock, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer
• 1931 – V. P. Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Peter Blake, English painter
• 1933 – James Meredith, American activist
• 1933 – Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture
• 1934 – Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author
• 1934 – Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Eddie Floyd, American singer-songwriter (The Falcons)
• 1935 – Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (d. 2004)
• 1936 – B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia
• 1936 – Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and author
• 1939 – Allen Fox, American tennis player
• 1940 – A. J. Quinnell, English author (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Clint Warwick, English bass player (The Moody Blues) (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1942 – Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician
• 1942 – Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1942 – Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright
• 1942 – Patricia Brake, English actress
• 1944 – Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author
• 1945 – Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter, actress, and author (Elephant's Memory)
• 1946 – Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician
• 1946 – Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (Blue Öyster Cult) (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (King Crimson and Foreigner)
• 1947 – Jimmie Walker, American actor
• 1949 – Patrick Tambay, French race car driver
• 1950 – Michel Côté, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1950 – Nitza Saul, Israeli-English actress
• 1950 – Marcello Toninelli, Italian author
• 1952 – Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal
• 1952 – Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Finn Brothers, Crowded House, and Split Enz)
• 1952 – Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Iron Butterfly)
• 1952 – Alan Green, Irish sportscaster
• 1953 – Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Toto)
• 1954 – Daryush Shokof, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Sonia Sotomayor, American jurist
• 1956 – Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author
• 1956 – Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
• 1957 – Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1959 – Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
• 1959 – Paris Themmen, American actor
• 1960 – Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer
• 1960 – Brian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1962 – Phill Jupitus, English comedian and actor
• 1963 – Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1963 – John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
• 1963 – Yann Martel, Spanish-Canadian author
• 1963 – George Michael, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Wham!)
• 1963 – Jackie Swanson, American actress
• 1964 – Dell Curry, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Matt Gallant, American television host
• 1964 – Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
• 1964 – Greg Raymer, American poker player
• 1964 – Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
• 1966 – Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player
• 1967 – Tanel Tuhal, Estonian architect
• 1968 – Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1969 – Hunter Foster, American actor and singer
• 1969 – Zim Zum, American guitarist and songwriter (The Pop Culture Suicides)
• 1970 – Lucy Benjamin, English actress
• 1970 – Ariel Gore, American journalist and author
• 1970 – Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist (Children of Bodom, Stone, Sinergy, and Waltari)
• 1970 – Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician
• 1970 – Aaron Sele, American baseball player
• 1971 – Angela Kinsey, American actress
• 1971 – Neil Lennon, Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Jason Lewis, American model and actor
• 1971 – Scott Maslen, English actor
• 1971 – Michael Tucker, American baseball player
• 1972 – Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
• 1973 – René Corbet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player
• 1973 – Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
• 1974 – Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, prouder, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
• 1974 – Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Kiur Aarma, Estonian television journalist and guitarist
• 1975 – Chenoa, Argentinian-Spanish singer
• 1975 – Linda Cardellini, American actress
• 1975 – Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
• 1975 – Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
• 1975 – Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
• 1975 – Michele Merkin, American model and television host
• 1976 – José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
• 1976 – Iestyn Harris, Welsh rugby player and coach
• 1976 – Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1977 – Layla El, English wrestler, model, and dancer
• 1977 – Lola Ponce, Argentinian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1978 – Aramis Ramírez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1978 – Luke Scott, American baseball player
• 1978 – Aftab Shivdasani, Indian actor and producer
• 1978 – Marcus Stroud, American football player
• 1978 – Chakrit Yamnam, Thai actor
• 1979 – Marko Albert, Estonian triathlete
• 1979 – Hirooki Goto, Japanese wrestler
• 1979 – Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
• 1979 – Busy Philipps, American actress
• 1979 – La La, American television host and actress
• 1980 – Maja Latinović, Serbian model
• 1980 – Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress and singer
• 1981 – Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
• 1981 – Irina Osipova, Russian basketball player
• 1981 – Sheridan Smith, English actress, singer, and dancer
• 1981 – Pooja Umashankar, Sri Lankan-Indian actress
• 1982 – Rain, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1982 – Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
• 1983 – Cristian Baroni, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Todd Cooper, English swimmer
• 1983 – Marc Janko, Austrian footballer
• 1984 – Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer
• 1984 – Indigo, American actress
• 1985 – Daniel Bard, American baseball player
• 1985 – Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
• 1986 – Megan Burns, English actress and singer
• 1986 – Charlie Davies, American soccer player
• 1986 – Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress (GAM, Gomattō, 3nin Matsuri, and Def.Diva)
• 1987 – Brian Canter, American bull rider
• 1987 – Alissa Czisny, American figure skater
• 1987 – Takahiro Itō, Japanese actor (d. 2009)
• 1987 – Scott Terra, American actor
• 1988 – Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 – Zaden Alexander, Portuguese actor
• 1989 – Jack Cork, English footballer
• 1989 – Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor
• 1991 – Kyousuke Hamao, Japanese actor, singer, and model
• 1991 – Liisi Rist, Estonian cyclist
• 1991 – Christa Theret, French actress
• 1991 – Anna Zaja, German tennis player
• 1993 – Barney Clark, English actor
• 1993 – Piero Vergara, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

Deaths

• 635 – Emperor Gaozu of Tang (b. 566)
• 1134 – Niels, King of Denmark (b. 1064)
• 1218 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (b. 1160)
• 1291 – Eleanor of Provence, (b. 1223)
• 1483 – Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English courtier (b. 1440)
• 1522 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (b. 1451)
• 1533 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France (b. 1496)
• 1579 – Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1541)
• 1593 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician (b. 1541)
• 1634 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
• 1638 – Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)
• 1665 – Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (b. 1630)
• 1669 – François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
• 1671 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)
• 1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, French captain (b. 1611)
• 1686 – Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
• 1715 – Jean du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
• 1767 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (b. 1681)
• 1798 – Thomas Sandby, English architect (b. 1721)
• 1822 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist and author (b. 1776)
• 1838 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general (b. 1774)
• 1861 – Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)
• 1866 – Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist (b. 1803)
• 1868 – Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811)
• 1870 – David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1875 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
• 1875 – Katherine McKinley, American daughter of William McKinley (b. 1871)
• 1876 – James Calhoun, American lieutenant (b. 1845)
• 1876 – Boston Custer, American general (b. 1848)
• 1876 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (b. 1839)
• 1876 – Thomas Custer, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
• 1876 – Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (b. 1840)
• 1882 – François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
• 1884 – Hans Rott, Austrian composer (b. 1858)
• 1886 – Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)
• 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)
• 1906 – Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
• 1916 – Thomas Eakins, American painter (b. 1844)
• 1917 – Géza Gyóni, Hungarian poet (b. 1884)
• 1918 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
• 1922 – Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet (b. 1882)
• 1932 – Howard Valentine, American runner (b. 1881)
• 1937 – Colin Clive, English-American actor (b. 1900)
• 1939 – Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1944 – Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871)
• 1944 – Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (b. 1906)
• 1948 – William C. Lee, American general (b. 1895)
• 1949 – Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
• 1949 – James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
• 1950 – Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish author (b. 1904)
• 1958 – Alfred Noyes, English poet (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)
• 1960 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (b. 1869)
• 1971 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
• 1972 – Jan Matulka, American painter (b. 1890)
• 1974 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)
• 1976 – Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
• 1977 – Olave Baden-Powell, English wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (b. 1889)
• 1977 – Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian composer (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)
• 1979 – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)
• 1983 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian composer (b. 1916)
• 1984 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher and historian (b. 1926)
• 1985 – Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
• 1987 – Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1920)
• 1988 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?) (b. 1962)
• 1988 – Jimmy Soul, American singer (b. 1942)
• 1990 – Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)
• 1992 – Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
• 1995 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Lounès Matoub, Algerian singer, guitarist, and poet (b. 1956)
• 1999 – Fred Feast, English actor (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Tommy Ivan, Canadian-American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Lester Maddox, American politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
• 2005 – John Fiedler, American actor and singer (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)
• 2006 – Jaap Penraat, Dutch humanitarian (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 2007 – Mahasti, Iranian-American singer (b. 1946)
• 2007 – J. Fred Duckett, American journalist (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Yasmine, Belgian singer (b. 1972)
• 2009 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947)
• 2009 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (The Jackson 5) (b. 1958)
• 2009 – Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (The Seeds) (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Anil Wilson, Indian educator (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Goff Richards, English composer (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese jurist (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (b. 1990)
• 2012 – George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Vyacheslav Ionov, Russian canoe racer (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Edgar Ross, American boxer (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Doris Schade, German actress (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Giuseppe Berton, Italian missionary (b. 1932)
• 2013 – George Burditt, American writer and producer (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Jack Cantoni, French rugby player (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Lau Kar-leung, Chinese actor, martial artist, and director (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Harry Parker, American rower and coach (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Green Wix Unthank, American judge (b. 1923)

Holidays and observances

• Arbor Day (Philippines)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Eurosia
  • Prosper of Aquitaine
  • Prosper of Reggio
  • William of Montevergine
  • June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran)
  • Philipp Melanchthon (Lutheran)
• Independence Day (Mozambique)
• National Catfish Day (United States)
• Statehood Day (Croatia)
• Statehood Day (Slovenia)
• Statehood Day (Virginia)

External links

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