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 177th day of the year 2024 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, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,576 hours 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 ‘hectaheptacontaheptagon’ 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 218 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 4,204 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 25 Historical Events
- 253 –Pope Cornelius is executed (beheaded) at Centumcellae.
- 524 –The Franks defeat the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.
- 1530 –At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
- 1786 –Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
- 1788 –Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1947 –The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
- 1948 –The Berlin airlift begins.
- 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.
- 1991 –Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
Who were born on June 25?
- 1858 –Georges Courteline, French dramatist (d. 1929)
- 1939 –Allen Fox, American tennis player
- 1946 –Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-born Canadian senator
- 1947 –Jimmie Walker, American actor
- 1950 –Nitza Saul, Israeli actress Jean and Marc V. La Banca (twins)
- 1959 –Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1961 –Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor and writer
- 1962 –Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
- 1964 –Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
- 1979 –Busy Philipps, American actress
Who died on June 25?
- 1673 –Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant of the Musketeers of the Guard under Louis XIV of France (b. c. 1611)
- 1875 –Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
- 1937 –Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)
- 1950 –Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish author (b. 1904)
- 1958 –Alfred Noyes, English poet (b. 1880)
- 1979 –Philippe Halsman, American photographer (b. 1906)
- 2006 –Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect (b. 1918)
- 2007 –Jeeva, Indian film director (b. 1963)
- 2009 –Sky Saxon, American singer (The Seeds) (b. 1937)
- 2010 –Alan Plater, English playwright (b. 1935)
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