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What happened in history on this day: June 25?
On June 25 in ...
- 253 - Saint Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 588 - In China, a "Red-colored object" is reported to fall with a "noise like thunder" and exploded, burning several houses.
- 1212 - Simon de Montfort a leader of the crusades, dies at age 67.
- 1530 - The 28 articles of the Lutheran churches are presented to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (The Augsburg Confession).
- 1533 - Death of Mary Tudor.
- 1630 - Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop.
- 1638 - A lunar eclipse becomes the first astronomical event recorded in US.
- 1672 - First recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Massachusetts
- 1718 - Death of Alexis, son of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, of poisoning.
- 1749 - General fast because of drought in Massachusetts.
- 1761 - In Halifax, over 75 years of war between Mi'kmaq and England ends.
- 1788 - Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution.
- 1794 - Death of David Rittenhouse of cholera; first Director of the US Mint.
- 1798 - US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens.
- 1852 - Birth of Antonio Gaudí; Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona).
- 1862 - Day one of the Seven Days begins with fighting at Oak Grove.
- 1864 - Birth of Walther Hermann Nernst; Prussian physical chemist (Nobel Prize 1920).
- 1865 - Birth of Robert Henri; US painter, leader of the Ashcan school.
- 1867 - Barbed wire is patented by Lucien Smith of Kent, Ohio, USA.
- 1868 - Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina re-admitted to US.
- 1870 - Queen Isabella of Spain officially abdicates the throne.
- 1876 - US Army General George Custer attacks the Lakota and Cheyenne village.
- 1876 - Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana's Little Bighorn River.
- 1879 - Ismail, ruler of Egypt, is deposed, sent into exile.
- 1886 - Birth of Henry (Hap) Arnold; commanding general, US Army Air Force in WW II.
- 1887 - Birth of George Abbott in Forestville, New York, USA; producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game).
- 1889 - Death of Lucy Webb Hayes in Fremont, Ohio, USA; spouse of US President Ruthorford B. Hayes.
- 1893 - Birth of Charlotte Greenwood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami).
- 1894 - Birth of Hermann Oberth in Germany; founded modern astronautics.
- 1903 - Birth of Arthur Tracy; street singer (Vincent Lopez Show).
- 1903 - Birth of Eric Blair AKA George Orwell in England; satirist/author (Animal Farm, 1984) (dies 1950).
- 1906 - Architect Stanford White is shot dead atop Madison Square Garden (which he designed) by Harry Thaw, jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit.
- 1906 - Birth of Roger Livesey; actor (Drums, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp).
- 1907 - Birth of J Hans D Jensen in Germany; physicist (atomic nuclei, Nobel Prize 1963).
- 1915 - Birth of Peter Lind Hayes in San Francisco, California, USA; comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show).
- 1919 - First advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13).
- 1921 - Jack Hutchinson becomes first American to win golf's British Open.
- 1924 - Birth of Sidney Lumet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe).
- 1924 - K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1023 Thomana.
- 1925 - Birth of Clifton Chenier; blues singer ("Bayou Blues", "Bon Ton Roulet").
- 1925 - Birth of June Lockhart in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction).
- 1925 - Birth of Robert Venturi; US architect (Levittown, New York, Las Vegas).
- 1925 - Birth of Ziggy Talent in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA; singer (Vaughn Monroe Show).
- 1928 - New York Giants' Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader.
- 1929 - President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam in Colorado.
- 1933 - Birth of Gary Crosby in California, USA; actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase).
- 1934 - New York Yankees' pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out five times.
- 1935 - Birth of Eddie Floyd; rocker ("California Girl", "Knock on Wood").
- 1935 - Birth of Laurent Terzieff in Paris, France; actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way).
- 1935 - Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera in boxing at Yankee Stadium, New York.
- 1937 - Chicago Cubs' Augie Galan becomes first player to switch hit home runs in a game.
- 1938 - US federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour.
- 1939 - Birth of Barbara Montgomery; actress (Amen, Evergreen).
- 1940 - Birth of Thomas Köhler; German luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968).
- 1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination.
- 1942 - Birth of Patrick Michael Mitchell in Ottawa, Canada; one of FBI's most wanted.
- 1942 - Birth of Willis Reed; basketball hall-of-famer center (New York Knicks).
- 1942 - British RAF stages a 1,000-bomber raid on Bremen, Germany.
- 1945 - Birth of Carly Simon in New York City, New York, USA; singer ("Anticipation", "You're So Vain").
- 1946 - Birth of Ian McDonald; guitarist (King Crisom - "The Court of the Crimson King", Foreigner - "Urgent").
- 1946 - Birth of Allen Lanier; rock musician (Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper").
- 1947 - The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
- 1947 - Birth of Jimmie Walker in the Bronx, New York, USA; comedian/actor (JJ - Good Times, At Ease).
- 1948 - Birth of Michael Lembeck in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Max - One Day at a Time, Friends, Major Dad).
- 1948 - Joe Louis knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 rounds to retain championship.
- 1948 - US military governor for Germany, General Lucius D. Clay, orders all available transport planes to fly food and supplies into Berlin, beginning Operation Vittles.
- 1949 - Birth of Brenda Sykes in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight).
- 1949 - Birth of Kene Holliday in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Tyler - Matlock, Carter Country).
- 1949 - Birth of Phyllis George-Brown in Denton, Texas, USA; Miss America (1971), actress/sportscaster (NFL Today, New Candid Camera).
- 1950 - Birth of Tatyana Averina; USSR speed skater 1000m, 3000m (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1950 - Israeli airline El Al begins service.
- 1950 - North Korean forces attack the Republic of Korea south of the 38th parallel. United Nations Secretary General adopts a resolution calling for withdrawal of North Korean forces to the 38th parallel, and calls on member nations to assist the Republic of Korea.
- 1951 - CBS transmits the first commercial color TV broadcast, an hour-long special hosted by Arthur Godfrey, from New York to Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and Washington DC.
- 1952 - Birth of Tim Finn; song writer/singer (Crowded House - "Puberty Blues").
- 1953 - First passenger plane to fly commercially around the world in under 100 hours.
- 1954 - Birth of David Paich; rock musician (Toto - "Hold the Line").
- 1955 - NBC-TV airs The Imogene Coca Show for the last time.
- 1957 - NBC-TV airs the last The Armstrong Circle Theatre TV show in the USA.
- 1957 - NBC-TV airs The Jonathan Winters Show for the final time.
- 1961 - Baltimore Orioles and California Angels use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 innings.
- 1961 - Birth of Ricky Gervais; actor/writer (BBC's The Office, Extras).
- 1961 - Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees).
- 1962 - US Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional.
- 1962 - New York Yankees' Jack Reed's 22nd inning home run wins a 7-hour game, 9-7 over Detroit Tigers.
- 1963 - Birth of George Michael in England; rocker (Wham - "I Want Your Sex").
- 1964 - Birth of Erica Gimpel; actress (ER, Profiler, Fame).
- 1966 - Kosmos 122, first Soviet weather satellite, launched.
- 1967 - 400 million watch The Beatles' Our World TV special.
- 1968 - Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his first major league game (San Francisco Giants).
- 1969 - Longest tennis match in Wimbeldon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game marathon (5 hours 12 minues).
- 1971 - Birth of Angela Kinsey; actress (The Office).
- 1972 - Birth of Rocker Mike Kroeger (Nickelback).
- 1973 - John Dean begins testimony before US Senate Watergate Committee.
- 1973 - Udo Beyer of German Democratic Republic puts the shot a record 20.47m.
- 1974 - Birth of Mario Calire; rock musician (Wallflowers).
- 1975 - Birth of Linda Cardellini; actress (ER).
- 1975 - Former Portuguese colony Mozambique gains independence as People's Republic of Mozambique.
- 1975 - India's Indira Gandhi declares an Emergency, and imposes dictatorship rule on the country.
- 1976 - In Papua, Indonesia, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Over 350 deaths from the quake and 5,000 to 9,000 people missing and presumed dead from subsequent landslides. Six villages destroyed.
- 1976 - Death of Johnny Mercer at age 66 of brain cancer; songwriter/singer and broadcast personality (wrote the lyrics to more than 1,000 songs, including "That old Black Magic", "Swinging on a Star", "Accentuate the Positive", "Hooray for Hollywood", "Days of Wine and Roses", received 19 Academy Award nominations), co-founder of Capitol Records (1942).
- 1977 - Former US president Lyndon Johnson denies report he had a cancer during his presidency.
- 1977 - Roy C Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightening for seventh time.
- 1978 - Argentina defeats the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time to win the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1979 - In Belgium, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Alexander Haig escapes an assassination attempt by the Baader-Meinhof terrorist organization.
- 1979 - Birth of Busy Philipps; actress (ER, Dawson's Creek).
- 1979 - E F Helin and S J Bus discover asteroid #2343 Siding Spring.
- 1980 - A Muslim Brotherhood assassination attempt against Syrian president Hafez al-Assad fails.
- 1982 - US Secretary of State Alexander Haig Junior resigns, replaced by George Schultz.
- 1982 - The Institute for Puerto Rican Policy is founded in New York City to research and advocate for Puerto Rican and Latino community issues.
- 1983 - Udo Beyer of German Democratic Republic sets record for shot put, 22.22m.
- 1983 - India wins the Prudential Cup (Cricket World Cup).
- 1985 - Irish police foil an Irish Republican Army-sponsored 'mainland bombing campaign' which targeted luxury vacationing resorts, arresting 13 suspects.
- 1985 - Fireworks factory near Hallett, Oklahoma explodes (21 die).
- 1987 - Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim.
- 1988 - The Netherlands defeats the Soviet Union 2-0 to win Euro 88.
- 1988 - Death of Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (born 1962).
- 1989 - NBC airs the final episode of the TV sitcom Day By Day.
- 1990 - CBS-TV airs The Dave Thomas Comedy Show for the last time.
- 1991 - Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia.
- 1993 - Kim Campbell becomes the 19th and first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1993 - Litas currency is introduced in Lithuania.
- 1993 - NBC airs the final Late Night with David Letterman TV show.
- 1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen and injures 400.
- 1997 - Death of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (born 1910).
- 1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian Space station, Mir.
- 1998 - The United States Supreme Court rules that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
- 1998 - Microsoft releases the Windows 98 operting system. It features integrated Internet Explorer 4.0 Web browser, and Universal Serial Bus support. Code-name during development was Memphis. Total sales on the first day are 271,000 units.
- 1999 - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks 78-77 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to take home the title in a strike-shortened season.
- 2003 - Death of Lester Maddox, Governor of Georgia (born 1915).
- 2004 - Eric Clapton raises about $7.5 million for a drug addiction center he set up in the Caribbean. Some highlights of the sale:
- the "Blackie" Fender Stratocaster guitar that Clapton played from 1970-1985 sells for $1 million (record price for a guitar),
- a 1964 cherry-red Gibson guitar sells for $847,000 (record price for a Gibson guitar),
- a 1939 Martin accoustic guitar that Clapton played on his "Unplugged" album sells for $800,000 (record price for a Martin guitar).
- 2006 - Warren Buffett donates over US$30 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 2007 - Intense heatwaves begin to hit Southeast Europe as temperatures reach 46 celcius in Bulgaria and Greece.
- 2007 - In England, following the wettest June on record, Sheffield and South Yorkshire are affected by flooding. Much of Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham is flooded when the River Don breaches its banks.
- 2007 - WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy Benoit, and son Daniel, are found dead as the result of a murder-suicide that took place over the previous weekend.
- 2008 - At Christie's auction house in New York, an unused life jacket from the Titanic ship sells for US$68,500.
- 2008 - Queen Elizabeth II strips Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe of his honorary knighthood. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces that Britain no longer recognizes Mugabe as Zimbabwe's legitimate leader.
- 2008 - In London, England, a Claude Monet painting, Le Bassin Aux Nympheas, sells at Christie's auction for £40.9 million (US$80.5 million), a record for any Claude Monet work.
- 2009 - Death of Michael Jackson at age 50 of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, California, USA; music superstar ("Beat It", "Billie Jean"; "Thriller" is the world's best-selling record of all time with sales of over 50 million, dubbed the "King of Pop", won 13 Grammy Awards, had 13 number one singles).
- 2009 - Death of Farrah Fawcett at age 62 of anal cancer in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Charlies' Angels TV show).
- 2010 - Edwin Jackson throws 149 pitches in a no-hitter, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
- 2010 - A Canadian $1 million 100-kg (3215 ounces) gold Maple Leaf coin, the world's largest gold coin, sells at auction in Austria for 3.27 million euros (US$4.03 million).
- 2010 - At the G8 summit in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, G8 leaders pledge to spend $5 billion over the next five years on maternal and child health programs in developing countries, with Canada promising $1.1 billion for the global initiative.
- 2017 - Death of José Manuel Mourinho Félix, Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1938).
- 2023 - Presidential election in Guatemala: Sandra Torres 16%, Bernardo Arévalo 12%. Runoff election to be held in August.
- 2023 - General election in Greece. New Democracy takes 40.6% of the vote to win a second four-year term.
- 2023 - Death of John Goodenough at age 100; American scientist (co-creator of lithium-ion battery).
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