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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
2021
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. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
524
The Franks are defeated by the Burgundians in the Battle of Vιzeronce. ·
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 ColombiaSoviet
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[edit] ·
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
Douι, 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
Daubrιe, French geologist and engineer (d. 1896) ·
1825 James Farnell, Australian politician,
8th Premier of New
South Wales (d. 1888) ·
1852 Antoni Gaudν, Spanish architect, designed
the Park Gόell (d.
1926) ·
1858 Georges Courteline,
French author and playwright (d. 1929) ·
1860 Gustave Charpentier,
French composer and conductor (d. 1956) ·
1863 Ιmile Francqui,
Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935) ·
1864 Walther Nernst, German chemist and
physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1941)[3] ·
1866 Eloνsa Dνaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's
first female physician (d. 1950)[4] ·
1874 Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer
(d. 1944) ·
1884 Gιza Gyσni, 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 Rσka, 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 Αlvaro 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 Hφlldobler,
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 Romιo 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 Pιter 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 Renι 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 Josι 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 Ramνrez,
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 Layϊn,
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[edit] ·
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 Ζthelstan Ζtheling,
son of Ζthelred 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 Pιrez de
Montalbαn, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602) ·
1665 Sigismund
Francis, archduke of Austria (b. 1630) ·
1669 Franηois
de Vendτme, 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 Franηois-Nicolas-Benoξt
Haxo, French general and engineer (b. 1774) ·
1861 Abdόlmecid 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 Franηois 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 Franηois
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 Gιza Gyσni, 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 Dιnes 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 Szervαnszky,
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 Cossνo 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
Kβzım 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 Marνa 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[edit] ·
Arbor Day (Philippines) ·
Christian feast day: o Eurosia o Philipp Melanchthon (Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America) o Presentation of the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran) o June
25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Independence
Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975. ·
National Catfish Day (United States) |
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