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 176^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 12, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,750,809,600 seconds 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 ‘hectaheptacontahexagon’ day.

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 237 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 4,569 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

June 25 Historical Events

• 253 –
  Pope Cornelius is executed (beheaded) at Centumcellae.
• 524 –
  The Franks defeat 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.
• 1678 –
  Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
• 1906 –
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• 1967 –
  Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
• 1975 –
  The State of Emergency is declared 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 the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
• 1991 –
  Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
• 2006 –
  Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Israeli territory.

Who were born on June 25?

• 1328 –
  William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397)
• 1814 –
  Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
• 1894 –
  Hermann Oberth, German physicist (d. 1989)
• 1925 –
  June Lockhart, American actress
• 1930 –
  George Murdock, American actor
• 1946 –
  Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-born Canadian senator
• 1960 –
  Craig Johnston, Australian footballer
• 1970 –
  Aaron Sele, American baseball player
• 1977 –
  Lola Ponce, Argentine-born Italian singer, actress and model
• 1979 –
  La La, American actress and television personality

Who died on June 25?

• 1522 –
  Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (b. 1451)
• 1673 –
  Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant of the Musketeers of the Guard under Louis XIV of France (b. c. 1611)
• 1715 –
  Jean du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
• 1822 –
  E. T. A. Hoffmann, German writer (b. 1776)
• 1875 –
  Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
• 1998 –
  Lounès Matoub, Algerian Berber Kabyle singer (b. 1956)
• 2007 –
  J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
• 2009 –
  Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947)
• 2010 –
  Alan Plater, English playwright (b. 1935)
• 2011 –
  Goff Richards, British brass band music composer/arranger