What are the important events that happened on June 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 25 is the 177th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 12, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,654,560 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontaheptagon’ day.
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 218 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,204 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 25 Historical Events
524 –
The Franks defeat the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
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.
1947 –
The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
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.
1975 –
Mozambique achieves independence.
1981 –
Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
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.
2006 –
Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Israeli territory.
Who were born on June 25?
1865 –
Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929)
1913 –
Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005)
1926 –
Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973)
1933 –
Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
1946 –
Ian McDonald, English saxophonist (King Crimson, Foreigner)
1959 –
Paris Themmen, American actor
1960 –
Craig Johnston, Australian footballer
1981 –
Sheridan Smith, English actress
1985 –
Daniel Bard, American baseball player
1985 –
Karim Matmour, Algerian soccer player
Who died on June 25?
1634 –
John Marston, English playwright (b. 1576)
1686 –
Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
1884 –
Hans Rott, Austrian composer (b. 1858)
1949 –
Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1985 –
Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
1995 –
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
2002 –
Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 –
Lester Maddox, American politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2006 –
Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect (b. 1918)
2009 –
Sky Saxon, American singer (The Seeds) (b. 1937)
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