On This day in History - Jun 25

• 0524 - Battle of Vézeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians.
• 0635 - Emperor Gaozu dies (b. 0566). First emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty.
• 0841 - Battle of Fontenay.
• 1134 - King Niels of Denmark dies.
• 1218 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester dies (b. 1160). French crusader.
• 1242 - Beatrice of England was born (d. 1275). Duchess of Brittanny.
• 1328 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury was born (d. 1397). English military leader.
• 1483 - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers dies. English writer.
• 1522 - Franchinus Gaffurius dies (b. 1451). Italian composer.
• 1530 - The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
• 1533 - Mary Tudor dies (b. 1496). Queen consort of Louis XII of France.
• 1535 - Sebastián Belalcázar funda Guayaquil, a segunda cidade mais importante de Equador atualmente.
• 1560 - Wilhelm Fabry was born (d. 1634). German surgeon.
• 1579 - Hatano Hideharu dies (b. 1541) Japanese warlord and samurai.
• 1593 - Michele Mercati dies (b. 1541). Italian physician and gardener.
• 1612 - John Albert Vasa was born (d. 1634). Polish bishop.
• 1634 - John Marston dies (b. 1576). English playwright.
• 1638 - Juan Pérez de Montalbán dies (b. 1602). Spanish writer.
• 1665 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria dies (b. 1630). Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria.
• 1669 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort dies (b. 1616). French soldier.
• 1671 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli dies (b. 1598). Italian astronomer.
• 1673 - Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan dies (b. 1611). Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France.
  
• 1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
• 1686 - Simon Ushakov dies (b. 1626). Russian painter.
• 1715 - Joseph-François Foulon was born (d. 1789). French politician.
• 1755 - Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia was born (d. 1776).
• 1767 - Georg Philipp Telemann dies. German composer.
• 1788 - Virginia ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 10th state of the United States.
• 1792 - Thomas Peters dies (b. 1738). Early Sierra Leonean founder.
• 1798 - Thomas Sandby dies (b. 1721). English architect.
• 1814 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée was born (d. 1896). French geologist.
• 1822 - E.T.A. Hoffmann dies (b. 1776). German writer, composer and painter.
• 1838 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo dies (b. 1774). French general.
• 1852 - Antoni Gaudi was born (d. 1926). Spanish architect.
• 1858 - Georges Courteline was born (d. 1929). French dramatist.
• 1860 - Gustave Charpentier was born (d. 1956). French composer.
• 1861 - Abd-ul-Mejid dies (b. 1823). Ottoman Sultan.
• 1863 - Emile Francqui was born (d. 1935). Belgian soldier.
• 1864 - Walther Nernst was born (d. 1941). German physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
  
• 1865 - Robert Henri was born (d. 1929). American painter.
• 1866 - Alexander von Nordmann dies (b. 1803). Finnish zoologist.
• 1868 - Carlo Matteucci dies (b. 1811). Italian physicist.
• 1875 - Antoine-Louis Barye dies (b. 1796). French sculptor of gooches.
• 1876 - Battle of the Little Big Horn and the death of Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
• 1876 - George Armstrong Custer dies (b. 1839). U.S. Army officer.
• 1884 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was born (d. 1979). German art promoter.
• 1884 - Hans Rott dies (b. 1858). Austrian composer.
• 1885 - Guilherme Paraense was born. Brazilian athlete first Brazilian Olympic gold medalist.
• 1886 - Henry H. Arnold was born (d. 1950). American Army Air Force commander.
• 1887 - Um comboio descarrila entre o caminho Bilbao-Zaragoza. Morrem 40 pessoas e inúmeras ficam feridas.
• 1887 - George Abbott was born (d. 1995). American playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, actor.
• 1894 - Hermann Oberth was born (d. 1989). German physicist.
• 1899 - Rodolfo Alves de Faria dies (b. 23 Mar 1871 in Maceió, Alagoas). Brazilian poet and journalist.
• 1900 - Louis Mountbatten was born (d. 1979). 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India.
• 1902 - Onestaldo de Pennafort was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 1987). Brazilian poet and journalist.
• 1902 - Prince Yasuhito Chichibu was born (d. 1953). Brother of Emperor Showa.
• 1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) was born (d. 1950). British writer.
• 1903 - Anne Revere was born (d. 1990). American actress.
• 1905 - Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells.
• 1906 - Pedro Montt wins the presidential elections in Chile.
• 1907 - J. Hans D. Jensen was born (d. 1973). German physicist, Nobel laureate.
• 1908 - Willard Van Orman Quine was born (d. 2000). American philosopher.
• 1909 - Eva Nil (Eva Comello) was born in Cairo. Actress.
• 1911 - William Howard Stein was born (d. 1980). American chemist, Nobel laureate.
• 1912 - William T. Cahill was born (d. 1996). Governor of New Jersey.
• 1913 - Aimé Césaire was born. French poet, author and politician.
• 1913 - Cyril Fletcher was born (d. 2005). British comedia.
• 1915 - Peter Lind Hayes was born (d. 1998). Actor.
• 1916 - Thomas Eakins dies (b. 1844). American artist.
• 1918 - Jake Beckley dies (b. 1867). Baseball player.
• 1920 - Ruy Guilherme Paranatinga Barata was born (d. 1990). Brazilian poet and composer.
• 1921 - Celia Franca was born. Canadian ballet dancer.
• 1923 - Nicholas Mosley was born. British writer.
• 1924 - Sidney Lumet was born. American film director.
• 1925 - June Lockhart was born. American actress.
• 1925 - John Briley was born. American novelist.
• 1925 - Ted Stepien was born (d. 2007). American business.
• 1925 - Golpe Militar na Grécia encabeçado pelo general Pangalos.
• 1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann was born (d. 1973). Austrian writer.
• 1927 - Em Portugal, foi fundada a Associação de Cegos Luis Braille.
• 1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov was born. Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1928 - Peyo was born (d. 1992). Belgian illustrator.
• 1928 - Bill Russo was born (d. 2003). American jazz composer.
• 1928 - Michel Brault was born. Quebec film director, screenwriter and producer.
• 1929 - Eric Carle was born. American author.
• 1930 - Mary Beth Peil was born. American opera singer and actress.
• 1932 - Peter Blake was born. British artist.
• 1933 - James Meredith was born. American civil rights activist.
• 1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira was born. Portuguese architect.
• 1935 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia were established.
• 1935 - Eddie Floyd was born. American singer.
• 1936 - Jusuf Habibie was born. President of Indonesia.
• 1937 - Colin Clive dies (b. 1900). British actor.
• 1937 - José Martins Fontes dies (b. 23 Jun 1884). Brazilian poet. (Ler aqui poema de Martins Fontes).
• 1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
• 1939 - Harold Melvin was born (d. 1997). American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes).
• 1939 - Allen Fox was born. American tennis player.
• 1939 - Clint Warwick was born (d. 2004). English musician (The Moody Blues).
• 1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany.
• 1940 - A.J. Quinnell was born (d. 2005). British writer.
• 1941 - Denys Arcand was born. Canadian film director.
• 1942 - Michel Tremblay was born. Canadian playwright.
• 1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.
• 1944 - Robert Charlebois was born. Canadian singer.
• 1944 - Lucha Reyes dies (b. 1906). Mexican singer.
• 1945 - Seán T. O'Kelly is elected the second President of Ireland.
• 1945 - Carly Simon was born. American singer.
• 1946 - Roméo Dallaire was born. Canadian senator.
• 1946 - Ian McDonald was born. English musician (King Crimson and Foreigner).
• 1947 - The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
• 1947 - Jimmie Walker was born. American TV actor (best known for his role on Good Times).
• 1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.
• 1948 - William C. Lee dies (b. 1895). U.S. general.
• 1948 - Bento de Jesus Caraça dies (b. 1941). Portuguese mathematician and professor / Morre o professor, escritor e político português Bento de Jesus Caraça, fundador da Biblioteca Cosmos.
• 1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones.
• 1949 - Buck Freeman dies (b. 1871). American baseball player.
• 1950 - The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South by the North.
• 1950 - Nitza Saul was born. Israeli actress.
• 1952 - Alan Green was born. Northern Irish BBC sports broadcaster/commentator.
• 1952 - Miguel Sousa Tavares was born. Portuguese journalist and writer.
• 1952 - Tim Finn was born. New Zealand singer and songwriter.
• 1954 - David Paich was born. American composer (Toto).
• 1954 - Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos was born. Brazilian actor.
• 1955 - Terry Chimes was born. Musician.
• 1956 - Anthony Bourdain was born. Chef and author.
• 1956 - Boris Trajkovski was born (d. 2004). President of the Republic of Macedonia.
• 1959 - Eamon de Valera is elected the third President of Ireland.
• 1959 - Jari Puikkonen was born. Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist.
• 1959 - Charles Starkweather dies (b. 1938). American spree killer.
• 1960 - Dario de Judicibus was born. Italian writer.
• 1960 - Craig Johnston was born. Australian footballer.
• 1960 - Tommy_Corcoran dies (b. 1869). American baseball player.
• 1961 - Ricky Gervais was born. English comedian.
• 1962 - Cláudio Besserman Vianna «o Bussunda» was born (d. 2006). Brazilian humourist.
• 1962 - Alberto da Veiga Guignard dies (b. 1896). Brazilian painter.
• 1962 - Phill Jupitus was born. English comedian and broadcaster.
• 1963 - Doug Gilmour was born. Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1963 - George Michael was born. British singer.
• 1963 - Yann Martel was born. Canadian author.
• 1964 - Emma Suárez was born. Spanish actress.
• 1964 - Johnny Herbert was born. British race car driver.
• 1966 - Dikembe Mutombo was born. Congolese basketball player.
• 1967 - First global satellite television programme - "Our World".
• 1968 - Oleg Taktarov was born. Russian martial artist.
• 1969 - Matt Gallant was born. American television host.
• 1969 - Zim Zum was born. American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist).
• 1970 - Ariel Gore was born. American journalist and author.
• 1970 - Erki Nool was born. Estonian decathlete.
• 1970 - Roope Latvala was born. Finnish musician.
• 1970 - Lucy Benjamin was born. British actress.
• 1970 - Henrique Galvão dies. Portuguese politician.
• 1971 - Angela Kinsey was born. American actress.
• 1971 - Santiago de Tezanos was born. Uruguayan architect.
• 1971 - Neil Lennon was born. Northern Irish footballer.
• 1971 - Michael Tucker was born. American baseball player.
• 1971 - John Boyd Orr dies (b. 1880). Scottish physician, Nobel laureate.
• 1972 - Carlos Delgado was born. Puerto Rican baseball player.
• 1972 - Mike Kroeger was born. American bassplayer (Nickelback).
• 1973 - Erskine Hamilton Childers is elected the fourth President of Ireland.
• 1973 - Jamie Redknapp was born. English footballer.
• 1974 - Jim LaMarca was born. American bassplayer (Chimaira).
• 1974 - Karisma Kapoor was born. Indian actress.
• 1974 - Cornelius Lanczos dies (b. 1893). Hungarian mathematician.
• 1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
• 1975 - Mozambique achieved independence.
• 1975 - Linda Cardellini was born. American actress.
• 1975 - Albert Costa was born. Spanish tennis player.
• 1975 - Chenoa was born. Spanish singer.
• 1975 - Natasha Klauss was born. Colombian actress.
• 1975 - Vladimir Kramnik was born. Russian chess player.
• 1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
• 1976 - José Cancela was born. Uruguayan footballer.
• 1976 - Dubravka Vukotić was born. Montenegrin actress.
• 1976 - Johnny Mercer dies (b. 1909). American songwriter.
• 1977 - Fernanda Lima was born. Brazilian actress and TV presenter.
• 1978 - Aftab Shivdasani was born. Bollywood actor.
• 1978 - Layla El was born. 2006 WWE Diva Search winner.
• 1978 - Luke Scott was born. American baseball player.
• 1979 - Hirooki Goto was born. Japanese professional wrestler.
• 1979 - Katie Doyle was born. American actress and reality television star.
• 1979 - Brandi Burkhardt was born. American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen.
• 1979 - Busy Philipps was born. American actress.
• 1979 - Richard Hughes was born. Scottish footballer.
• 1979 - Philippe Halsman dies (b. 1906). American photographer.
• 1980 - Maja Latinovic was born. Serbian model.
• 1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi was born. Japanese actress.
• 1981 - Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• 1981 - Sheridan Smith was born. British actress.
• 1981 - Simon Ammann was born. Swiss ski jumper.
• 1981 - Pooja Umashankar was born. Indian actress.
• 1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
• 1982 - Mikhail Youzhny was born. Russian tennis player.
• 1982 - Rain was born. Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon).
• 1983 - India, led by Kapil Dev, win the Cricket World Cup. They beat West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's, London.
• 1983 - Nargis Farahmand was born. Afghan poet.
• 1983 - Todd Cooper was born. British swimmer.
• 1983 - Alberto Ginastera dies (b. 1916). Argentine composer.
• 1984 - Michel Foucault dies (b. 1926). French philosopher.
• 1985 - Hanna Perez Moza was born. Mexican singer (Ha*Ash).
• 1985 - Em Portugal, Mário Soares demitiu-se do cargo de Primeiro-Ministro.
• 1985 - Morris Mason dies (b. 1954). American murderer.
• 1986 - Aya Matsuura was born. Japanese singer.
• 1987 - Boudleaux Bryant dies (b. 1920). American songwriter.
• 1988 - Amanda Dowler was born (d. 2002). British murder victim.
• 1988 - Hillel Slovak dies (b. 1962). Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
  
• 1990 - Ronald Gene Simmons dies. American mass murderer.
• 1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
• 1992 - Jerome Brown dies (b. 1965). American football player.
• 1993 - David Letterman airs his last episode of Late Night with David Letterman.
• 1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
• 1995 - Warren Burger dies. United States Supreme Court justice.
• 1995 - A Frente Nacional para o Câmbio e para a Democracia triunfa nas eleições presidenciais no Haiti.
• 1995 - Warren Burger dies (b. 1907). Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• 1995 - Ernest Walton dies (b. 1903). Irish physicist who won The Nobel Prize in 1951.
• 1996 - Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
• 1996 - Sir Arthur Snelling dies (b. 1914). British Ambassador.
• 1997 - Soufrière Hills, Montserrat, volcanic eruption resulting in the deaths of 19 people.
• 1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station, Mir.
• 1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau dies (b. 1910). French explorer, scientist, and inventor.
• 1998 - Microsoft Windows 98 is released.
• 1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• 1998 - Lounès Matoub dies (b. 1959). Famous Berber Kabyle singer.
• 1999 - The final episode of thirty-five year old daytime drama Another World airs on NBC.
• 1999 - Fred Feast dies (b. 1929). English actor.
• 2001 - Milton Santos dies (b. 1926). Brazilian geographer.
• 2002 - Jean Corbeil dies (b. 1934). Canadian politician.
• 2003 - Lester Maddox dies (b. 1915). American politician, Governor of Georgia.
• 2005 - John Fiedler dies (b. 1925). American actor, voice of Piglet in many Winnie the Pooh productions.
• 2006 - Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip.
• 2006 - Jaap Penraat dies (b. 1918). Dutch architect.
• 2007 - Portugal: Opening in Lisbon of Joe Berardo Modern and Contemporanean Art Museum.
  
• 2007 - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire flood including Louth and Horncastle.
• 2007 - J. Fred Duckett dies (b. 1933). Texan sports announcer and teacher.
• 2007 - Mahasti dies (b. 1946). Persian singer.
• 2008 - Lyall Watson dies (b. 1939). South African anthroplogist and author.
  
• United States: National Catfish Day.
• Statehood Day in Slovenia and Croatia.
• Spain - Fiesta of Santa Orosia.
• Mozambique - Independence Day.