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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
524 - Battle of Vézeronce , the Franks defeat the 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 .
1913 - American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913 .
1935 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland .
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 .
1950 - The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea .
1967 - First global satellite television programme – Our World
1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
1975 - Mozambique achieves 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 is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington .
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military .
1983 - India wins the final of the Cricket World Cup against the mighty West Indies at the MCC's Lord's Cricket Ground in 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 in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen .
1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides 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 .
2007 - 2007 United Kingdom floods , parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth , Horncastle and worst affected, Hull .
Births
1242 - Beatrice of England , Duchess of Brittanny (d. 1275)
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)
1726 - Thomas Pennant , British naturalist
1755 - Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
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, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , 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 dancer (d. 2007)
1923 - Nicholas Mosley , British writer
1924 - Sidney Lumet , American film director
1925 - June Lockhart , American actress
1925 - Ted Stepien , American business (d. 2007)
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann , Austrian writer (d. 1973)
1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov , Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
1928 - Michel Brault , Quebec film director, screenwriter and producer
1928 - Peyo , Belgian illustrator (d. 1992)
1928 - Bill Russo , American jazz composer (d. 2003)
1929 - Eric Carle , American author
1930 - George Murdock , American actor
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)
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 director
1942 - Michel Tremblay , Canadian playwright
1944 - Robert Charlebois , Canadian singer
1945 - Carly Simon , American singer
1946 - Roméo Dallaire , Canadian senator
1946 - Ian McDonald , English musician (King Crimson and Foreigner )
1947 - Jimmie Walker , American actor (Good Times )
1950 - Nitza Saul , Israeli actress
1952 - Tim Finn , Kiwi singer/songwriter
1952 - Alan Green , Northern Irish BBC sports broadcaster/commentator
1954 - David Paich , composer (Toto )
1954 - Daryush Shokof , Iranian filmmaker
1956 - Boris Trajkovski , President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1956 - Anthony Bourdain , Chef and author
1959 - Jari Puikkonen , Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist
1959 - Paris Themmen , American actor
1960 - Craig Johnston , Australian soccer player
1961 - Ricky Gervais , English comedian
1962 - Phill Jupitus , English comedian and broadcaster
1963 - Yann Martel , Canadian author
1963 - Doug Gilmour , Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - John Benjamin Hickey , American actor
1963 - George Michael , British musician
1964 - Johnny Herbert , English race car driver
1964 - Emma Suárez , Spanish actress
1964 - Greg Raymer , Professional poker player
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo , Congolese (DRC) basketball player
1968 - Oleg Taktarov , Russian martial artist
1969 - Matt Gallant , American television host
1969 - Zim Zum , American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist)
1970 - Lucy Benjamin , British actress
1970 - Ariel Gore , American journalist and author
1970 - Erki Nool , Estonian decathlete
1970 - Roope Latvala , Finnish musician
1971 - Scott Maslen , Actor
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
1972 - Mike Kroeger , Canadian musician (Nickelback )
1973 - Jamie Redknapp , English footballer
1974 - Jim LaMarca , American bass guitarist (Chimaira )
1974 - Karisma Kapoor , Indian actress
1974 - Nisha Ganatra , Canadian film director
1975 - Linda Cardellini , American actress
1975 - Chenoa , Spanish singer
1975 - Albert Costa , Spanish tennis player
1975 - Vladimir Kramnik , Russian chess player
1975 - Natasha Klauss , Colombian actress
1976 - José Cancela , Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Dubravka Vukotić , Montenegrin female actor
1978 - Aftab Shivdasani , Bollywood actor
1978 - Layla El , 2006 WWE Diva Search winner
1978 - Luke Scott , American baseball player
1979 - Brandi Burkhardt , American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen
1979 - Katie Doyle , American actress and reality television star
1979 - Hirooki Goto , Japanese professional wrestler
1979 - Busy Philipps , American actress
1979 - Richard Hughes , Scottish footballer
1980 - Maja Latinović , Serbian model
1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi , Japanese actress
1981 - Sheridan Smith , British actress
1981 - Simon Ammann , Swiss ski jumper
1981 - Pooja Umashankar , Indian actress
1982 - Mikhail Youzhny , Russian tennis player
1982 - Rain , Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1983 - Todd Cooper , British swimmer
1984 - Indigo , American actress
1986 - Aya Matsuura , Japanese singer
1986 - Charlie Davies , American soccer player
1993 - Barney Clark , English actor
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)
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, Baron Haxo , 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 (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 recipient (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)
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 (b. 1965)
1995 - Warren Burger , Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1907)
1995 - Ernest Walton , Irish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1996 - Sir Arthur Snelling , British Ambassador (b. 1914)
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau , French explorer (b. 1910)
1998 - Lounès Matoub , a famous Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)
1999 - Fred Feast , English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Jean Corbeil , Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 - Lester Maddox , American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (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 , American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
2008 - Lyall Watson , South African Anthroplogist & Author (b.1939)
Holidays and observances
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