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 2019 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, 2019 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,561,420,800 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 ‘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 214 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 2,377 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 25 Historical Events
- 841 –In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
- 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 as the first President of Ireland.
- 1949 –Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
- 1976 –Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- 1981 –Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 1982 –Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
- 1993 –Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1997 –The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
Who were born on June 25?
- 1901 –Harold Roe Bartle, American lawyer, and politician, mayor of Kansas City, MO (d. 1974)
- 1923 –Nicholas Mosley, British writer
- 1928 –Bill Russo, American jazz composer (d. 2003)
- 1949 –Patrick Tambay, French racing driver
- 1970 –Lucy Benjamin, British actress
- 1972 –Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1975 –Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
- 1976 –Carlos Nieto, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1981 –Pooja Umashanker, Indian actress
- 1984 –Lauren Bush-Lauren, American model and fashion designer
Who died on June 25?
- 1218 –Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (b. 1160)
- 1579 –Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541)
- 1665 –Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (b. 1630)
- 1671 –Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (b. 1598)
- 1686 –Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
- 1949 –Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
- 1960 –Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (b. 1869)
- 1997 –Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
- 2007 –Mahasti, Iranian singer (b. 1946)
- 2009 –Sky Saxon, American singer (The Seeds) (b. 1937)
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