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, 1,719,273,600 seconds 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
- 1530 –At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
- 1876 –Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- 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.
- 1935 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
- 1938 –Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
- 1947 –The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
- 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.
- 1967 –Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
- 1991 –Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
Who were born on June 25?
- 1864 –Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
- 1901 –Harold Roe Bartle, American lawyer, and politician, mayor of Kansas City, MO (d. 1974)
- 1912 –William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
- 1923 –Nicholas Mosley, British writer
- 1927 –Chuck Smith, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
- 1930 –George Murdock, American actor
- 1947 –Jimmie Walker, American actor
- 1952 –Tim Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter
- 1975 –Linda Cardellini, American actress
- 1975 –Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
Who died on June 25?
- 1483 –Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English writer
- 1838 –François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)
- 1944 –Lucha Reyes, Mexican mariachi singer (b. 1906)
- 1972 –Jan Matulka, American painter (b. 1890)
- 1983 –Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (b. 1916)
- 1992 –Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
- 1997 –Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
- 2003 –Lester Maddox, American politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
- 2007 –J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
- 2011 –Goff Richards, British brass band music composer/arranger
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