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 176th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 12, 2021 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 451,272 hours 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 ‘hectaheptacontahexagon’ day.
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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 221 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 3,108 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 25 Historical Events
- 1741 –Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
- 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.
- 1935 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
- 1944 –The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
- 1944 –World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
- 1975 –Mozambique achieves independence.
- 1975 –The State of Emergency is declared in India.
- 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.
Who were born on June 25?
- 1863 –Emile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
- 1886 –General Henry “Hap” Arnold, American General of the Army and of the Air Force (d. 1950)
- 1887 –Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian writer and journalist (d. 1938)
- 1912 –William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
- 1928 –Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1933 –James Meredith, American civil rights activist
- 1945 –Carly Simon, American singer and songwriter
- 1964 –Zeng Jinlian, tallest woman ever, at 8 ft. 1.75 in. (d. 1982)
- 1970 –Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
- 1975 –Linda Cardellini, American actress
Who died on June 25?
- 253 –Pope Cornelius
- 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)
- 1875 –Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
- 1944 –Lucha Reyes, Mexican mariachi singer (b. 1906)
- 1949 –Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
- 1959 –Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (b. 1938)
- 1992 –Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
- 2009 –Yasmine, Belgian singer (b. 1972)
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