For 1950 North and South Korean War, see Korean War .
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June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 189 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
524 – The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce .
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 .
1258 – War of Saint Sabas : In the Battle of Acre , the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet sailing to relieve Acre .
1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War .
1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua .
1741 – Maria Theresa is crowned Queen of Hungary .
1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea .
1788 – Virginia becomes the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution .
1848 – A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism .
1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer .
1900 – The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts , a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang , China.
1906 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White .
1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act , which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
1910 – Igor Stravinsky 's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913 .
1935 – Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland .
1940 – World War II : The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
1943 – The Holocaust : Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
1943 – The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz .
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala , the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries , begins.
1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg .
1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
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 – Cold War: 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 from Portugal .
1975 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.
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 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade .
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington .
1991 – Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia .
1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada .
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen .
1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir .
1997 – The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York , the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional .
2017 – The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
Births [ ]
1242 – Beatrice of England (d. 1275)[1]
1328 – William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury , English commander (d. 1397)[2]
1371 – Joanna II of Naples (d. 1435)[citation needed ]
1484 – Bartholomeus V. Welser , German banker (d. 1561)
1526 – Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton (d. 1565)[citation needed ]
1560 – Wilhelm Fabry , German surgeon (d. 1634)
1568 – Gunilla Bielke , Queen of Sweden (d. 1597)
1612 – John Albert Vasa , Polish cardinal (d. 1634)
1709 – Francesco Araja , Italian composer (d. 1762)
1715 – Joseph Foullon de Doué , French soldier and politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789)
1755 – Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
1799 – David Douglas , Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834)
1814 – Gabriel Auguste Daubrée , French geologist and engineer (d. 1896)
1825 – James Farnell , Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1888)
1852 – Antoni Gaudí , Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (d. 1926)
1858 – Georges Courteline , French author and playwright (d. 1929)
1860 – Gustave Charpentier , French composer and conductor (d. 1956)
1863 – Émile Francqui , Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
1864 – Walther Nernst , German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)[3]
1866 – Eloísa Díaz , Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (d. 1950)[4]
1874 – Rose O'Neill , American cartoonist , illustrator, artist, and writer (d. 1944)
1884 – Géza Gyóni , Hungarian soldier and poet (d. 1917)
1884 – Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler , German-French art collector and historian (d. 1979)
1886 – Henry H. Arnold , American general (d. 1950)
1887 – George Abbott , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1887 – Frigyes Karinthy , Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1938)
1892 – Shirō Ishii , Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959)
1894 – Hermann Oberth , Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989)
1898 – Kay Sage , American painter and poet (d. 1963)
1900 – Marta Abba , Italian actress (d. 1988)
1900 – Zinaida Aksentyeva , Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969)
1900 – Georgia Hale , American silent film actress and real estate investor (d. 1985)
1900 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (d. 1979)
1901 – Harold Roe Bartle , American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (d. 1974)
1902 – Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (d. 1953)
1903 – George Orwell , British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950)
1903 – Anne Revere , American actress (d. 1990)
1905 – Rupert Wildt , German-American astronomer and academic (d. 1976)
1907 – J. Hans D. Jensen , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1908 – Willard Van Orman Quine , American philosopher and academic (d. 2000)
1911 – William Howard Stein , American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
1912 – William T. Cahill , American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
1913 – Cyril Fletcher , English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1915 – Whipper Billy Watson , Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
1917 – Nils Karlsson , Swedish skier (d. 2012)
1917 – Claude Seignolle , French author (d. 2018)
1918 – P. H. Newby , English soldier and author (d. 1997)
1920 – Lassie Lou Ahern , American actress (d. 2018)
1921 – Celia Franca , English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (d. 2007)
1922 – Johnny Smith , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
1923 – Sam Francis , American soldier and painter (d. 1994)
1923 – Dorothy Gilman , American author (d. 2012)
1923 – Jamshid Amouzegar , 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (d. 2016)
1924 – Sidney Lumet , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1924 – Dimitar Isakov , Bulgarian football player
1924 – Madan Mohan , Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975)
1924 – William J. Castagna , American lawyer and judge
1925 – Clifton Chenier , American singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 1987)
1925 – June Lockhart , American actress
1925 – Clay Evans , American Baptist pastor (d. 2019)
1925 – Robert Venturi , American architect and academic (d. 2018)
1925 – Virginia Patton , American actress and businesswoman
1926 – Margaret Anstee , English diplomat (d. 2016)
1926 – Ingeborg Bachmann , Austrian author and poet (d. 1973)
1926 – Kep Enderby , Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (d. 2015)
1926 – Stig Sollander , Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019)
1927 – Antal Róka , Hungarian runner (d. 1970)
1927 – Chuck Smith , American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel (d. 2013)
1927 – Arnold Wolfendale , English astronomer and academic
1928 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov , Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
1928 – John A. Wickham Jr. , United States Army general
1928 – Michel Brault , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1928 – Peyo , Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992)
1928 – Bill Russo , American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
1928 – Alex Toth , American animator and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1929 – Eric Carle , American author and illustrator
1929 – Francesco Marchisano , Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1931 – V. P. Singh , Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (d. 2008)
1932 – Peter Blake , English painter and illustrator
1932 – Tim Parnell , English race car driver (d. 2017)
1932 – George Sluizer , French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1933 – Álvaro Siza Vieira , Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture
1934 – Jean Geissinger , American baseball player (d. 2014)
1934 – Jack W. Hayford , American minister and author
1934 – Beatriz Sheridan , Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
1935 – Ray Butt , English television producer and director (d. 2013)
1935 – Salihu Ibrahim , Nigerian Army Officer (d. 2018)
1935 – Taufiq Ismail , Indonesian poet and activist
1935 – Larry Kramer , American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (d. 2020)
1935 – Don Demeter , American professional baseball player
1935 – Tony Lanfranchi , English race car driver (d. 2004)
1935 – Judy Howe , American artistic gymnast
1935 – Charles Sheffield , English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (d. 2002)
1936 – B. J. Habibie , Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (d. 2019)
1936 – Bert Hölldobler , German biologist and entomologist
1937 – Eddie Floyd , American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
1937 – Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland , English politician (d. 2019)
1937 – Doreen Wells , English ballerina and actress
1939 – Allen Fox , American tennis player and coach
1940 – Judy Amoore , Australian runner
1940 – Mary Beth Peil , American actress and singer
1940 – A. J. Quinnell , English-Maltese author (d. 2005)
1940 – Clint Warwick , English bass player (d. 2004)
1941 – Denys Arcand , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – John Albert Raven , Scottish academic and ecologist
1942 – Nikiforos Diamandouros , Greek academic and politician
1942 – Willis Reed , American basketball player, coach, and manager
1942 – Michel Tremblay , Canadian author and playwright
1944 – Robert Charlebois , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1944 – Gary David Goldberg , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1945 – Carly Simon , American singer-songwriter
1945 – Baba Gana Kingibe , Nigerian politician
1945 – Harry Womack , American singer (d. 1974)
1946 – Roméo Dallaire , Dutch-Canadian general and politician
1946 – Allen Lanier , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
1946 – Ian McDonald , English guitarist and saxophonist
1947 – John Hilton , English table tennis player
1947 – John Powell , American discus thrower
1947 – Jimmie Walker , American actor and comedian
1949 – Richard Clarke , Irish archbishop
1949 – Patrick Tambay , French race car driver
1949 – Yoon Joo-sang , South Korean actor
1950 – Marcello Toninelli , Italian author and screenwriter
1951 – Eva Bayer-Fluckiger , Swiss mathematician and academic
1952 – Péter Erdő , Hungarian cardinal
1952 – Tim Finn , New Zealand singer-songwriter
1952 – Martin Gerschwitz , German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1952 – Alan Green , Northern Irish sportscaster
1952 – Kristina Abelli Elander , Swedish artist
1953 – Olivier Ameisen , French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013)
1953 – Ian Davis , Australian cricketer
1954 – Mario Lessard , Canadian ice hockey player
1954 – David Paich , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1954 – Lina Romay , Spanish actress (d. 2012)
1954 – Daryush Shokof , Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Sonia Sotomayor , American lawyer and judge
1955 – Vic Marks , English cricketer and sportscaster
1956 – Anthony Bourdain , American chef and author (d. 2018)
1956 – Frank Paschek , German long jumper
1956 – Boris Trajkovski , Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1956 – Craig Young , Australian rugby player and coach
1957 – Greg Millen , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1958 – George Becali , Romanian businessman, politician
1959 – Lutz Dombrowski , German long jumper and educator
1959 – Jari Puikkonen , Finnish ski jumper
1959 – Bobbie Vaile , Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1996)
1960 – Alastair Bruce of Crionaich , English-Scottish journalist and author
1960 – Brian Hayward , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1960 – Craig Johnston , South African-Australian footballer and photographer
1960 – Laurent Rodriguez , French rugby player
1961 – Timur Bekmambetov , Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Ricky Gervais , English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer
1963 – John Benjamin Hickey , American actor
1963 – Yann Martel , Spanish-Canadian author
1963 – Doug Gilmour , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1963 – George Michael , English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)
1963 – Mike Stanley , American baseball player
1964 – Dell Curry , American basketball player and coach
1964 – Phil Emery , Australian cricketer
1964 – Johnny Herbert , English race car driver and sportscaster
1964 – John McCrea , American singer-songwriter and musician
1964 – Greg Raymer , American poker player and lawyer
1965 – Napole Polutele , French politician
1965 – Kerri Pottharst , Australian beach volleyball player
1965 – Joseph Hii Teck Kwong , Malaysian bishop
1966 – Dikembe Mutombo , Congolese-American basketball player
1967 – Tracey Spicer , Australian journalist
1968 – Adrian Garvey , Zimbabwean-South African rugby player
1968 – Vaios Karagiannis , Greek footballer and manager
1969 – Hunter Foster , American actor and singer
1969 – Zim Zum , American guitarist and songwriter
1970 – Ariel Gore , American journalist and author
1970 – Roope Latvala , Finnish guitarist
1970 – Erki Nool , Estonian decathlete and politician
1970 – Aaron Sele , American baseball player and scout
1971 – Karen Darke , English cyclist and author
1971 – Jason Gallian , Australian-English cricketer and educator
1971 – Rod Kafer , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1971 – Neil Lennon , Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager
1971 – Michael Tucker , American baseball player
1972 – Carlos Delgado , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1972 – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , Libyan engineer and politician
1973 – René Corbet , Canadian ice hockey player
1973 – Milan Hnilička , Czech ice hockey player
1973 – Jamie Redknapp , English footballer and coach
1974 – Nisha Ganatra , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Glen Metropolit , Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Kiur Aarma , Estonian journalist and producer
1975 – Linda Cardellini , American actress
1975 – Albert Costa , Spanish tennis player and coach
1975 – Vladimir Kramnik , Russian chess player
1975 – Michele Merkin , American model and television host
1976 – José Cancela , Uruguayan footballer
1976 – Iestyn Harris , Welsh rugby player and coach
1976 – Carlos Nieto , Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1976 – Neil Walker , American swimmer[5]
1978 – Aramis Ramírez , Dominican-American baseball player
1978 – Luke Scott , American baseball player
1978 – Marcus Stroud , American football player
1979 – Marko Albert , Estonian swimmer and triathlete
1979 – Richard Hughes , Scottish footballer
1979 – Busy Philipps , American actress
1981 – Simon Ammann , Swiss ski jumper
1982 – Rain , South Korean singer and actor
1982 – Mikhail Youzhny , Russian tennis player
1983 – Todd Cooper , English swimmer
1983 – Marc Janko , Austrian footballer
1984 – Lauren Bush , American model and fashion designer
1985 – Karim Matmour , Algerian footballer
1986 – Aya Matsuura , Japanese singer and actress
1986 – Seda Tokatlıoğlu , Turkish volleyball player
1988 – Jhonas Enroth , Swedish ice hockey player
1988 – Miguel Layún , Mexican footballer
1988 – Therese Johaug , Norwegian cross-country skier
1989 – Jack Cork , English footballer
1989 – Edgar Morais , Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1989 – Rafael Morais , Portuguese actor, director, and screenwriter
1990 – Andi Eigenmann , Filipino actress
1991 – Liisi Rist , Estonian cyclist
1991 – Anna Zaja , German tennis player
1996 – Pietro Fittipaldi , Brazilian-American race car driver
1996 – Sione Mata'utia , Australian rugby league player
1996 – Lele Pons , Latina-American Internet personality
1998 – Kyle Chalmers , Australian swimmer
2006 – Mckenna Grace , American actress
Deaths [ ]
635 – Gao Zu , Chinese emperor (b. 566)
841 – Gerard of Auvergne , Frankish nobleman
841 – Ricwin of Nantes , Frankish nobleman
891 – Sunderolt , German archbishop
931 – An Chonghui , Chinese general
1014 – Æthelstan Ætheling , son of Æthelred the Unready
1031 – Sheng Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 972)
1134 – Niels , king of Denmark (b. 1065)
1218 – Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester , French politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1160)
1291 – Eleanor of Provence , queen of England (b. 1223)
1337 – Frederick III , king of Sicily (b. 1272)
1394 – Dorothea of Montau , German hermitess (b. 1347)[6]
1483 – Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers , English courtier and translator (b. 1440)
1483 – Richard Grey , half brother of Edward V of England (b. 1458)
1522 – Franchinus Gaffurius , Italian composer and theorist (b. 1451)
1533 – Mary Tudor , queen of France (b. 1496)
1579 – Hatano Hideharu , Japanese warlord (b. 1541)
1593 – Michele Mercati , Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541)
1634 – John Marston , English poet and playwright (b. 1576)
1638 – Juan Pérez de Montalbán , Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602)
1665 – Sigismund Francis , archduke of Austria (b. 1630)
1669 – François de Vendôme , duke of Beaufort (b. 1616)
1671 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli , Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598)
1673 – Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan , French captain (b. 1611)
1686 – Simon Ushakov , Russian painter and educator (b. 1626)
1715 – Jean-Baptiste du Casse , French admiral and politician (b. 1646)
1767 – Georg Philipp Telemann , German composer and theorist (b. 1681)
1798 – Thomas Sandby , English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721)
1822 – E. T. A. Hoffmann , German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776)
1835 – Ebenezer Pemberton , American educator (b. 1746)
1838 – François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo , French general and engineer (b. 1774)
1861 – Abdülmecid I , Ottoman sultan (b. 1823)
1866 – Alexander von Nordmann , Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803)
1868 – Carlo Matteucci , Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811)
1870 – David Heaton , American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
1875 – Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor (b. 1796)
1876 – James Calhoun , American lieutenant (b. 1845)
1876 – Boston Custer , American civilian army contractor (b. 1848)
1876 – George Armstrong Custer , American general (b. 1839)
1876 – Thomas Custer , American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
1876 – Myles Keogh , Irish-American officer (b. 1840)
1882 – François Jouffroy , French sculptor (b. 1806)
1884 – Hans Rott , Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858)
1886 – Jean-Louis Beaudry , Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)
1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot , French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)
1906 – Stanford White , American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
1912 – Lawrence Alma-Tadema , Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)
1916 – Thomas Eakins , American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)
1917 – Géza Gyóni , Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)
1918 – Jake Beckley , American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
1922 – Satyendranath Dutta , Indian poet and author (b. 1882)
1937 – Colin Clive , British actor (b. 1900)
1939 – Richard Seaman , English race car driver (b. 1913)
1943 – Arthur Goldstein , German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887)
1944 – Dénes Berinkey , Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871)
1944 – Lucha Reyes , Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906)
1947 – Jimmy Doyle , American boxer (b. 1924)
1948 – William C. Lee , American general (b. 1895)
1949 – Buck Freeman , American baseball player (b. 1871)
1949 – James Steen , American water polo player (b. 1876)
1950 – Maurice O'Sullivan , Irish police officer and author (b. 1904)
1958 – Alfred Noyes , English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
1959 – Charles Starkweather , American spree killer (b. 1938)
1960 – Tommy Corcoran , American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1968 – Tony Hancock , English comedian and actor (b. 1924)
1971 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr , Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
1972 – Jan Matulka , Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890)
1974 – Cornelius Lanczos , Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893)
1976 – Johnny Mercer , American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (b. 1909)
1977 – Olave Baden-Powell , British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (b. 1889)
1977 – Endre Szervánszky , Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911)
1979 – Dave Fleischer , American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894)
1979 – Philippe Halsman , Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906)
1981 – Felipe Cossío del Pomar , Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888)
1983 – Alberto Ginastera , Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)
1984 – Michel Foucault , French historian and philosopher (b. 1926)
1988 – Hillel Slovak , Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962)
1990 – Ronald Gene Simmons , American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940)
1992 – Jerome Brown , American football player (b. 1965)
1995 – Warren E. Burger , Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907)
1995 – Ernest Walton , Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1996 – Arthur Snelling , English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1914)
1997 – Jacques Cousteau , French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910)
2002 – Jean Corbeil , Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1934)
2003 – Lester Maddox , American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2004 – Morton Coutts , New Zealand inventor (b. 1904)
2005 – John Fiedler , American actor and voice artist (b. 1925)
2005 – Kâzım Koyuncu , Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971)
2006 – Jaap Penraat , Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918)
2007 – J. Fred Duckett , American journalist and educator (b. 1933)
2007 – Jeeva , Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963)
2008 – Lyall Watson , South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939)
2009 – Farrah Fawcett , American actress and producer (b. 1947)
2009 – Michael Jackson , American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958)
2009 – Sky Saxon , American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2010 – Alan Plater , English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2010 – Richard B. Sellars , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915)
2011 – Annie Easley , American computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1933)
2011 – Goff Richards , English composer and conductor (b. 1944)
2011 – Margaret Tyzack , English actress (b. 1931)
2012 – Shigemitsu Dandō , Japanese academic and jurist (b. 1913)
2012 – Campbell Gillies , Scottish jockey (b. 1990)
2012 – George Randolph Hearst, Jr. , American businessman (b. 1927)
2012 – Lucella MacLean , American baseball player (b. 1921)
2012 – Edgar Ross , American boxer (b. 1949)
2013 – George Burditt , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923)
2013 – Catherine Gibson , Scottish swimmer (b. 1931)
2013 – Robert E. Gilka , American photographer and journalist (b. 1916)
2013 – Harry Parker , American rower and coach (b. 1935)
2013 – Mildred Ladner Thompson , American journalist (b. 1918)
2013 – Green Wix Unthank , American soldier and judge (b. 1923)
2014 – Nigel Calder , English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2014 – Ana María Matute , Spanish author and academic (b. 1925)
2014 – Ivan Plyushch , Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941)
2015 – Patrick Macnee , English actor (b. 1922)
2015 – Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni , Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940)
2016 – Adam Small , South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936)
2018 – Richard Benjamin Harrison , American businessman and reality television personality (b. 1941)
2018 – David Goldblatt , South African photographer of apartheid-period (b. 1930)
Holidays and observances [ ]
Arbor Day (Philippines )
Christian feast day :
David of Munktorp
Eurosia
Maximus (Massimo) of Turin
Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America )
Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran )
Prosper of Aquitaine
Prosper of Reggio
William of Montevergine
June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day , celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.
National Catfish Day (United States )
Statehood Day (Slovenia)
Statehood Day (Virginia)
Teacher's Day (Guatemala )
World Vitiligo Day
References [ ]
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