This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
06/25/1373 Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35) 
06/25/1709 Francesco Araja, composer 
06/25/1735 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer 
06/25/1796 Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer 
06/25/1813 William Hugh Keim, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 
06/25/1823 James Dunwody Bulloch, Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901 
06/25/1852 Antonio Gaud¡, Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona) 
06/25/1858 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright 
06/25/1860 Gustave Charpentier, French composer (opera Louise) 
06/25/1862 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, composer 
06/25/1864 Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physical chemist (Nobel 1920) 
06/25/1865 Robert Henri, US painter, leader of Ashcan school 
06/25/1878 Jean Gallon, composer 
06/25/1886 Henry 'Hap' Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II) 
06/25/1887 George Abbott, Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) 
06/25/1889 Ethel Glenn Hier, composer 
06/25/1893 Charlotte Greenwood, Phila, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami) 
06/25/1894 Hermann Oberth, Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone) 
06/25/1897 Basil Radford, actor (Quartet, Whiskey Galore, Night Train) 
06/25/1897 Hans Barth, composer 
06/25/1900 Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World) 
06/25/1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral 
06/25/1901 Adolf Brunner, composer 
06/25/1903 Arthur Tracy, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight) 
06/25/1903 George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], British writer (Animal Farm, 1984) 
06/25/1904 John van Axel, [John P Kraakman], director (Overschotje) 
06/25/1906 Roger Livesey, actor (Drums, Life & Death of Col Blimp) 
06/25/1907 J Hans D Jensen, Germany, physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963) 
06/25/1909 Daniel Fuchs, US writer (Summer in Williamsburg) 
06/25/1911 Reed Hadley, actor (Rimfire, Shock, Grand Canyon) 
06/25/1911 William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972) 
06/25/1913 Aim‚ C‚saire, Martinique, writer (Ecrivian Martiniquais) 
06/25/1915 Peter Lind Hayes, SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show) 
06/25/1916 Theodore P Toynbee, British journalist/writer (Savage Days, Barricad

06/25/1921 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart, composer 
06/25/1924 Sidney Lumet, Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe) 
06/25/1925 Clifton Chenier, blues singer (Bayou Blues, Bon Ton Roulet) 
06/25/1925 June Lockhart, NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction)

06/25/1925 Robert Venturi, US, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas) 
06/25/1925 Ziggy Talent, Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show) 
06/25/1926 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austria author/poet 
06/25/1926 Pierre Culliford, Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs) 
06/25/1928 William Joseph Russo, composer 
06/25/1933 Gary Crosby, Calif, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase) 
06/25/1933 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist (glass painter) 
06/25/1935 Eddie Floyd, US singer/composer (Calif Girl, Falcons-Knock on Wood) 
06/25/1935 Kurt Schwertsik, composer 
06/25/1935 Laurent Terzieff, Paris, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way) 
06/25/1935 Wynand Breytenbach, S Afr under minister of Defense (1986-  ) 
06/25/1936 Harold Melvin, US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero) 
06/25/1936 Paul Nowee, writer (Arendsoog) 
06/25/1940 Thomas K”hler, German DR, luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) 
06/25/1942 Patrick Michael Mitchell, Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted 
06/25/1942 Willis Reed, basketball hall-of-famer center (NY Knicks) 
06/25/1945 Carly Simon, NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain) 
06/25/1946 Ian McDonald, guitarist (King Crisom) 
06/25/1948 Michael Lembeck, Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time) 
06/25/1949 Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straigh

06/25/1949 Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease) 
06/25/1949 Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country) 
06/25/1949 Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss America (1971)/sportscaster 
06/25/1950 Belinda Montgomery, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress (Man From Atlantis) 
06/25/1950 Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976) 
06/25/1952 Tim Finn, song writer (Puberty Blues) 
06/25/1954 John Kimmel, horse trainer 
06/25/1955 Michael Sabatino, actor (Lawrence-Days of Our Life, Bold & Beautiful

06/25/1958 Debbie Green, South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984) 
06/25/1963 George Michael, England, rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex) 
06/25/1963 Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL-Wayne's World) 
06/25/1967 Brian Wanek, Mequon Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994) 
06/25/1967 Joan Smith, Rochester NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/25/1142 Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies 
06/25/1212 Simon de Montfort, a leader of the crusades, dies at 67 
06/25/1423 Reinald IV, duke of Gelre, dies 
06/25/1514 Berta Jacobsdr, [Suster Bertken], hermit, dies at 87 
06/25/1522 Franchinus Gaffurius, composer, dies at 71 
06/25/1710 Antonius Matthaeus, lawyer/historian, dies at 74 
06/25/1767 Georg Philipp Telemann, composer, dies at 86 
06/25/1785 Pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63 
06/25/1822 Earnest T Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46

06/25/1840 Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, general/politician, dies at 82 
06/25/1876 Boston Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 
06/25/1876 George A Custer, US general, dies at Little Bighorn 
06/25/1876 John Patton, trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn 
06/25/1876 Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn 
06/25/1876 Myles Keogh, US officer, dies at Little Bighorn 
06/25/1876 Thomas W Custer, brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn 
06/25/1884 Hans Rott, composer, dies at 25 
06/25/1896 Emile AH Seipgens, priest/brewery/literature, dies at 58 
06/25/1898 Ferdinand J Cohn, German botanist/publicist, dies at 70 
06/25/1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden whic

06/25/1906 he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 
06/25/1926 Symon Petljoera, pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris 
06/25/1929 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies 
06/25/1937 Colin Clive, actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39 
06/25/1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68 
06/25/1954 Eduard M Me˜ers, lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74 
06/25/1956 Alfred C Kinsey, US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62 
06/25/1956 Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 7

06/25/1959 Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed 
06/25/1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 
06/25/1964 Gerrit Rietfield, architect (Julianahal/Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 

06/25/1968 Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 
06/25/1976 Johnny Mercer, US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 
06/25/1977 Endre Szervanszky, composer, dies at 65 
06/25/1977 Petko Staynov, composer, dies at 80 
06/25/1978 Hussein al-Ghasjmi, president of North-Yemen, murdered 
06/25/1983 Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, composer, dies at 67 
06/25/1984 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, dies at 57 
06/25/1986 Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet, dies at 63 
06/25/1987 Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67 
06/25/1988 Axis Sally, [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies 
06/25/1990 Peggy Glanville-Hicks, composer, dies at 77 
06/25/1992 James Stirling, Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies 
06/25/1992 Jerome Brown, Phila Eagle defensive tackle, dies in car crash at 27 
06/25/1992 William E Harris, entertainer, dies 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/25/ 253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
06/25/1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III 
06/25/1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors 
06/25/1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 
06/25/1183 Peace of Konstanz 
06/25/1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV 
06/25/1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany 
06/25/1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks 'Great dertelheyt' 
06/25/1606 St Jansday is forbidden 
06/25/1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop 
06/25/1638 A lunar eclipse becomes 1st astronomical event recorded in US 
06/25/1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass 
06/25/1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden 
06/25/1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 
06/25/1749 General fast because of drought in MA 
06/25/1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution 
06/25/1798 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 
06/25/1834 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical 'Singulari nos' published 
06/25/1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF) 
06/25/1861 Western Virginia campaign 
06/25/1863 US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggresive

06/25/1864 Horse tramway at the Hague, opens 
06/25/1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 
06/25/1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US 
06/25/1870 Opera 'Die Walkre' is produced (Munich) 
06/25/1876 Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Hor

06/25/1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison 
06/25/1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 
06/25/1903 Yanks & White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 
06/25/1905 Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation 
06/25/1909 George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament 
06/25/1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 
06/25/1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov 
06/25/1918 Bakoe-Turkish communist party forms 
06/25/1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13) 
06/25/1919 Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg 
06/25/1920 League of Nations places Intl head of Justice in Hague 
06/25/1921 Jack Hutchinson becomes 1st American to win golf's British Open 
06/25/1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1023 Thomana 
06/25/1925 Military putsch under gen Theodorus P ngulos in Greece 
06/25/1928 NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader 
06/25/1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 
06/25/1932 Gene Sarazen wins US Open golf tournament 
06/25/1934 Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times 
06/25/1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium 
06/25/1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game 
06/25/1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40› per hour 
06/25/1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel towe & grave of Napoleon in France 
06/25/1941 FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 
06/25/1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established 
06/25/1941 Finland declares war on Soviet Union 
06/25/1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) 
06/25/1942 British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London 
06/25/1943 Crematory III at Birkenau is finished 
06/25/1943 Race riots in Detroit 
06/25/1943 Racial unrest in Detroit 
06/25/1943 Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians 
06/25/1944 British assault at Caen Normandy 
06/25/1945 General Headquarter on Okinawa, falls 
06/25/1947 1st edition of Anne Franks 'The back of house' published 
06/25/1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello 
06/25/1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to reatain championship 
06/25/1948 Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US) 
06/25/1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 
06/25/1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service 
06/25/1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities 
06/25/1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 
06/25/1952 Jim Turnesa wins PGA golf tournament 
06/25/1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 
06/25/1953 86øF in Anchorage Alaska 
06/25/1956 51 die in collision of 'Andrea Doria' & 'Stockholm' (Cape Cod) 
06/25/1956 WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting 
06/25/1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium 
06/25/1960 Madagascar gains independence of France 
06/25/1961 Balt & Calif use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns 
06/25/1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) 
06/25/1961 Yankee's Roger Maris hits his 40th of 61 HRs 
06/25/1962 Cabinet-In”n forms in Turkey 
06/25/1962 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms 
06/25/1962 Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional 
06/25/1962 Yankee Jack Reed's 22nd inning HR wins a 7 hour game 
06/25/1963 JFK speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt 
06/25/1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 
06/25/1964 Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ) 
06/25/1965 Gyula Kallai succeeds J nos K d r as premier of Hungary 
06/25/1966 Beatles' 'Paperback Writer,' single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks 
06/25/1966 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 13rd Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 
06/25/1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched 
06/25/1967 400 million watch Beatles 'Our World' TV special 
06/25/1967 KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting 
06/25/1967 Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years 
06/25/1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 
06/25/1972 Berenice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball 
06/25/1972 Juan Per¢n elected presidenti of Argentina 
06/25/1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 
06/25/1973 Russian party leader Brezjnev visits France 
06/25/1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m 
06/25/1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 
06/25/1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency 
06/25/1977 Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time! 
06/25/1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Air

06/25/1979 E F Helin & S J Bus discovers asteroid #2343 Siding Spring, 
06/25/1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium 
06/25/1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 
06/25/1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges 
06/25/1982 SF holds its 1st County Fair 
06/25/1982 Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz 
06/25/1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 
06/25/1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 
06/25/1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die) 
06/25/1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud 
06/25/1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim 
06/25/1988 Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbog dottir elected (90+%) 
06/25/1988 Neth soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against USSR) 
06/25/1989 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC) 
06/25/1990 120øF in Phoenix Arizona 
06/25/1990 NBC decides to air episodes of 'Quantum Leep' for 5 straight days 
06/25/1991 Slovenia & Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia 
06/25/1992 Alexnaders Departmentr store closes all 11 stores 
06/25/1992 Jerome Brown, Phila Eagle defenseman, dies in auto crash at 27 
06/25/1992 STS 50 launched 
06/25/1993 NY Islander goalee Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame 
06/25/1993 Parliamentary election in Morocco 
06/25/1994 1500th goal in World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina 
06/25/1994 Cleve Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6 
06/25/1994 Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns 
  
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