What happened this day in history June 25

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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