History of Today 25 June: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Last updated on 25 June 2026, 01:01 AM

Important Events on 25 June in History

• 25 Jun 2024: Thousands of people storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill. Read more
• 25 Jun 2022: The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, Padma Bridge. Read more
• 25 Jun 2022: Russo-Ukrainian War: The Battle of Sievierodonetsk ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the Battle of Lysychansk. Read more
• 25 Jun 2022: Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in Oslo in a suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack. Read more
• 25 Jun 2007: PMTair Flight 241 crashes in the Dâmrei Mountains in Kampot Province, Cambodia, killing all 22 people on board. Read more
• 25 Jun 1998: In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. Read more
• 25 Jun 1997: An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir. Read more
• 25 Jun 1997: The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000). Read more
• 25 Jun 1996: The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. Read more
• 25 Jun 1996: American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt. Read more
• 25 Jun 1993: Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada. Read more
• 25 Jun 1992: Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware. Read more
• 25 Jun 1991: The breakup of Yugoslavia begins when Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia. Read more
• 25 Jun 1981: Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. Read more
• 25 Jun 1978: The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. Read more
• 25 Jun 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 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India. Read more
• 25 Jun 1960: Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. Read more
• 25 Jun 1950: The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. Read more
• 25 Jun 1948: The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United States above quota restrictions. Read more
• 25 Jun 1947: The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic countries, begins. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: The final page of the comic Krazy Kat is published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. Read more
• 25 Jun 1943: The Holocaust and World War II: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis. Read more
• 25 Jun 1943: The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz. Read more
• 25 Jun 1941: World War II: The Continuation War between the Soviet Union and Finland, supported by Nazi Germany, began. Read more
• 25 Jun 1940: World War II: The French armistice with Nazi Germany comes into effect. Read more
• 25 Jun 1938: Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland. Read more
• 25 Jun 1935: Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established. Read more
• 25 Jun 1913: American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913. Read more
• 25 Jun 1910: The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. Read more
• 25 Jun 1910: Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1906: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White. Read more
• 25 Jun 1900: The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. Read more
• 25 Jun 1876: American Indian Wars: Battle of the Little Bighorn: 300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped out by 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Read more
• 25 Jun 1848: A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism. Read more

Famous Births on 25 June

• 25 Jun 2006: Mckenna Grace, American actress, singer and songwriter Mckenna Grace is an American actress and singer. Her earliest roles included Jasmine Bernstein in the Disney XD sitcom Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014) and Faith Newman in the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2013–2015). After several small roles, she starred as a child prodigy in Gifted (2017), a breakthrough for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. Read more
• 25 Jun 2005: Kylie Cantrall, American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and social media personality Kylie Lorena Cantrall is an American actress, singer, dancer and social media personality. She began her career with a YouTube channel under the pseudonym "Hello Kylie". Read more
• 25 Jun 2002: Benson Boone, American singer-songwriter Benson James Boone is an American singer–songwriter. He began his music career by briefly competing on American Idol in early 2021 before withdrawing voluntarily. He gained popularity on TikTok and subsequently signed a contract with Dan Reynolds's Night Street Records label and released the singles "Ghost Town" in 2021 and "In the Stars" in 2022. Read more
• 25 Jun 2001: Philip Broberg, Swedish professional ice hockey player Philip Broberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted eighth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2019 NHL entry draft. Read more
• 25 Jun 1998: Kyle Chalmers, Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers, is an Australian competitive swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 100 metre freestyle, 4×100 metre medley relay, and long course 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He is the Oceanian and Australian record holder in the short course 50 metre butterfly and 50 metre freestyle. Read more
• 25 Jun 1996: Pietro Fittipaldi, Brazilian-American race car driver Pietro Fittipaldi da Cruz is a Brazilian and American racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Pratt Miller Motorsports, and in the European Le Mans Series for Vector Sport; he also serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Haas and as a simulator driver for Cadillac. Fittipaldi competed under the Brazilian flag in Formula One at two Grands Prix in 2020, and the IndyCar Series between 2018 and 2024. Read more
• 25 Jun 1990: Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress Andrea "Andi" Nicole Guck Eigenmann, is a Filipino former actress, model, and social media influencer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1988: Jhonas Enroth, Swedish ice hockey player Jhonas Erik Enroth, is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender, who is currently playing with Örebro HK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs between 2009 and 2016. Internationally Enroth has played for the Swedish national team in several tournaments, including three World Championships, winning a gold medal in 2013 and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Read more
• 25 Jun 1988: Miguel Layún, Mexican footballer Miguel Arturo Layún Prado is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Read more
• 25 Jun 1988: Therese Johaug, Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality. In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a four-time Olympic gold medallist. Read more
• 25 Jun 1986: Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer and actress Aya Matsuura is a Japanese singer and actress. Matsuura began her career as a solo artist within the idol musical collective Hello! Project, where she released her debut single "Dokki Doki! Love Mail" in 2001. Her subsequent singles, "Love Namidairo" (2001), "Momoiro Kataomoi (2002), "Yeah! Meccha Holiday" (2002) charted within the top 5 of the Oricon Weekly Singles Charts, and were certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. Aside from her solo activities, Matsuura was also a member of the sub-groups Gomattō, Nochiura Natsumi, Def.Diva, and several Hello! Project Shuffle Units. Read more
• 25 Jun 1985: Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer Karim Matmour is a former Algerian professional footballer who played as a winger. Read more
• 25 Jun 1983: Marc Janko, Austrian footballer Marc Janko is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Janko was a successful goal-scorer, particularly during his time at Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg, where he scored 75 league goals in 108 matches, including 39 goals in 35 matches in the 2009–10 season. He is the son of Eva Janko, who won a bronze medal in the women's Javelin event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Read more
• 25 Jun 1982: Rain, South Korean singer and actor Jung Ji-hoon, known professionally as Rain and Bi, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and record producer. Rain's musical career includes seven albums, 28 singles and numerous concert tours around the world. He achieved breakthrough success with his third Korean album, It's Raining (2004), which spawned the number one single of the same name. The album sold over 200,000 copies in South Korea and one million copies throughout Asia, and established Rain as an international star. Read more
• 25 Jun 1982: Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny, nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the first time on 13 August 2007, and reached a career peak of world No. 8 in January 2008, and again in October 2010. Read more
• 25 Jun 1981: Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals in 2002 and 2010. His other achievements include winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships, the 2010 Nordic Tournament, and the 2010 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title. Read more
• 25 Jun 1979: Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer Richard Daniel Hughes is a Scottish football executive and former player who is currently sporting director for Premier League club Liverpool. Read more
• 25 Jun 1979: Busy Philipps, American actress Elizabeth Jean "Busy" Philipps is an American actress, singer and comedian. She is best known for her roles on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Dawson's Creek (2001–2003), and ER (2006–2007), and for her portrayal of Laurie Keller on the ABC/TBS television sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015), for which she received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Read more
• 25 Jun 1978: Aramis Ramírez, Dominican baseball player Aramis Nin Ramírez is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman, who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, and Milwaukee Brewers. He was named an All-Star three times during his career. Read more
• 25 Jun 1976: José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer José Carlos Cancela Durán is a Uruguayan football coach and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is nicknamed "Pepe". Read more
• 25 Jun 1976: Carlos Nieto, Argentinian-Italian rugby player Carlos Nieto is an Italian Argentine international rugby union player. Read more
• 25 Jun 1976: Neil Walker, American swimmer Neil Scott Walker is an American former competition swimmer for the University of Texas, a four-time Olympic medalist in the 4×100 Medley and Freestyle relays, an Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in multiple events. After setting records in nearly every stroke, including the individual medley, and capturing a total of ten long and short course gold medals at five World Championships, he has been described as one of the most accomplished multi-stroke athletes in the history of American swimming. After retiring as a competitive swimmer, he became a swim coach in Texas, and as of 2025 coached outside Dallas, Texas at the Rockwall Aquatics Center of Excellence (RACE) in Rockwall, Texas. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer Kiur Aarma is an Estonian television journalist. He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1997. Aarma is also a writer and producer; among the films upon which he has worked is 2006's Sinimäed, a documentary about the Battle of Tannenberg Line, which he produced and helped write. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Linda Cardellini, American actress Linda Edna Cardellini is an American actress. In television, she is known for her starring roles in the teen drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), the medical drama ER (2003–2009), and the thriller Bloodline (2015–2017), as well as for her guest role as Sylvia Rosen on AMC's Mad Men (2013–2015). Her starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series Dead to Me (2019–2022) earned her a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player and coach Albert Costa Casals is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. Read more
• 25 Jun 1975: Michele Merkin, American model and television host Michele Merkin is an American former model and television host. Read more
• 25 Jun 1974: Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter Nisha Ganatra is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama Chutney Popcorn (1999) and later directed the independent film Cosmopolitan (2003) and the romantic-comedy Cake (2005). Ganatra has directed for numerous television shows, including The Real World, Transparent, You Me Her, Better Things, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She also directed the comedy-dramas Late Night (2019) and The High Note (2020). Ganatra served as a consulting producer on the first season of Transparent, for which she was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. She directed Freakier Friday, the sequel to Disney's 2003 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, which was released in theaters on August 8, 2025. Read more
• 25 Jun 1974: Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player Glen David Metropolit is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who most notably played over 400 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) Read more
• 25 Jun 1973: Milan Hnilička, Czech ice hockey player Milan Hnilička is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and politician. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers and the Los Angeles Kings. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2017, but resigned in January 2021, after attending a party in breach of coronavirus restrictions. He was drafted 70th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1991 NHL entry draft. In 2000, Hnilička won the Calder Cup while playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). He announced his retirement in August 2010. Internationally, Hnilička represented the Czechoslovak national junior team and the Czech national senior team at multiple tournaments. Read more
• 25 Jun 1973: Jamie Redknapp, English footballer and coach Jamie Frank Redknapp is an English former professional footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is a pundit at Sky Sports and an editorial sports columnist at the Daily Mail. A technically skillful and creative midfielder, who was also an accurate and powerful free-kick taker, Redknapp played for AFC Bournemouth, Southampton, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, captaining the latter two. He also gained 17 England caps between 1995 and 1999, and was a member of England's squad that reached the semi-finals of Euro 1996. His 11 years at Liverpool were the most prolific, playing more than 237 league games for the club and being involved in winning the 1995 Football League Cup final. Read more
• 25 Jun 1972: Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball primarily as a first baseman, from 1993 to 2009, most prominently as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, where he was a member of the 1993 World Series-winning team, won the 2000 American League (AL) Hank Aaron Award, and was the 2003 AL RBI leader. He was also a two-time AL All-Star player and a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner during his tenure with the Blue Jays. Read more
• 25 Jun 1972: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Libyan engineer and politician (died 2026) Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi was a Libyan political figure. He was the second son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. He was a part of his father's inner circle, performing public relations and diplomatic roles on his behalf. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: Karen Darke, English cyclist and author Karen Darke FRSGS is a British paralympic cyclist, paratriathlete, adventurer and author. She competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics winning Gold in the Women's road time trial, following her success in the 2012 London Paralympics winning a silver medal in the Women's road time trial H1-2. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: Jason Gallian, Australian-English cricketer and educator Jason Edward Riche Gallian is a former English Test cricketer. A right-handed opening batter, he originally hails from Australia and captained their Under-19 side for two Under-19 Tests in 1989 and 1990. He played three Test matches for England, with a highest score of 28 runs. Gallian was a county professional for fifteen years, playing for Lancashire, Nottinghamshire including a period as captain, and Essex before retiring in 2009. Gallian scored 171 on his Championship debut for Essex. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: Rod Kafer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster Rodney B. Kafer is a retired rugby union player for the ACT Brumbies and the Australian Wallabies. He is remembered by Brumbies fans for kicking a drop-goal in the final minute in a 2001 game against the Cats giving the Brumbies a one-point win. He now works for Fox Sports as a rugby commentator and has a weekly segment on the show Rugby HQ called "Fox Field".
  He attended Canberra Grammar School in his youth. At the age of 15 he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: Angela Kinsey, American actress Angela Faye Kinsey is an American actress. She played Angela Martin in the sitcom The Office (2005–2013) and appeared in the sitcoms Your Family or Mine (2015) and Haters Back Off (2016–2017). She is a podcast co-host of Office Ladies. Since The Office, Kinsey has appeared in Netflix's Tall Girl, Disney+'s Be Our Chef, A.P. Bio, and as a panelist on MTV's Deliciousness. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: Neil Lennon, Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager Neil Francis Lennon is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who currently manages Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: Michael Tucker, American baseball player Michael Anthony Tucker is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. Tucker played with the Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves (1997-1998), Cincinnati Reds (1999-2001), Chicago Cubs (2001), San Francisco Giants (2004-2005), Philadelphia Phillies (2005) and New York Mets (2006). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Read more
• 25 Jun 1970: Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist Roope Juhani Latvala is a Finnish guitarist. He is one of the founding members of the thrash metal band Stone, which was one of the first notable bands in the history of Finnish heavy metal. He was also a former guitarist for the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom from 2003 to 2015 and the co-lead guitarist for Sinergy. Read more
• 25 Jun 1970: Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete and politician Erki Nool is an Estonian retired decathlete and former politician. Read more
• 25 Jun 1969: Kevin Kelley, American football coach Kevin Kelley is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Sheridan High School in Sheridan, Arkansas. He formerly served as the head coach at Presbyterian College. Prior to his hiring at Presbyterian, Kelley was the head coach and athletic director at Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he won nine AAA state championships and employed an unorthodox strategy that involved rarely punting and almost always attempting onside kicks and two-point conversions. Read more
• 25 Jun 1968: Adrian Garvey, Zimbabwean-South African rugby player Adrian Christopher Garvey is a former Rhodesian-born South African rugby union player. He played as a tighthead prop, and was known for his mobility and ball skills. Read more
• 25 Jun 1968: Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer and manager Vaios Karagiannis is a former Greek professional footballer who played as a defender and current manager. Read more
• 25 Jun 1967: Tracey Spicer, Australian journalist Tracey Leigh Spicer is an Australian newsreader, journalist and social justice advocate. She is known for her association with Network Ten as a newsreader in the 1990s and 2000s when she co-hosted Ten Eyewitness News in Brisbane, Queensland. She later went on to work with Sky News Australia as a reporter and presenter from 2007 to 2015. In May 2017 Spicer released her autobiography, The Good Girl Stripped Bare. She has won a Walkley Award for year journalism. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia "For significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist and television presenter, and as an ambassador for social welfare and charitable groups". Read more
• 25 Jun 1966: Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (died 2024) Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo was a Congolese-American professional basketball player who played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed "Mt. Mutombo", he is commonly regarded as one of the best shot-blockers and defensive players of all time. Outside of basketball, he was known for his humanitarian work. Read more
• 25 Jun 1965: Napole Polutele, French politician Napole Polutélé is a French politician. Read more
• 25 Jun 1965: Kerri Pottharst, Australian beach volleyball player Kerri Ann Pottharst OAM is an Australian former professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist. Read more
• 25 Jun 1964: Phil Emery, Australian cricketer Philip Allen Emery is a former Australian cricketer. A wicket-keeper and valuable left-handed batsman, he represented Australia internationally and New South Wales domestically. Read more
• 25 Jun 1964: Johnny Herbert, English racing driver and sportscaster John Paul Herbert is a British former racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1989 to 2000. Herbert won three Formula One Grands Prix across twelve seasons. In endurance racing, Herbert won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 with Mazda, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2002 with Audi. Read more
• 25 Jun 1964: John McCrea, American singer-songwriter and musician John McCrea is an American singer and musician. He is a founding member of the band Cake. He is the vocalist and primary lyricist for the band, in addition to playing acoustic guitar, vibraslap, and piano. He also programs drums and does mixing work while he and the rest of the band have produced all of their albums. Read more
• 25 Jun 1963: Yann Martel, Spanish-born Canadian author Yann Martel, is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of The New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. Life of Pi was adapted for a movie of the same name directed by Ang Lee, receiving four Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Read more
• 25 Jun 1963: Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player and manager Douglas Robert Gilmour is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for seven different teams. Gilmour was a seventh round selection, 134th overall, of the St. Louis Blues at the 1982 NHL entry draft and recorded 1,414 points in 1,474 games in the NHL between 1983 and 2003. A two-time All-Star, he was a member of Calgary's 1989 Stanley Cup championship team and won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward in 1992–93. Internationally, he represented Canada three times during his career and was a member of the nation's 1987 Canada Cup championship team. Read more
• 25 Jun 1963: George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016) George Michael was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Michael was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023. The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004. Read more
• 25 Jun 1961: Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic Night Watch (2004), the action thriller Wanted (2008), and the historical horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), as well as for the screenlife films Unfriended (2015), Searching (2018), Profile (2018), and War of the Worlds (2025). Read more
• 25 Jun 1961: Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, television producer, filmmaker and former musician. He co-created, co-wrote, and starred in the British television sitcoms The Office (2001–2003), Extras (2005–2007), and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) with Stephen Merchant. He also created, wrote, and starred in Derek (2012–2014) and After Life (2019–2022). Gervais was also executive producer of and had cameos in the American rendition of The Office (2005–2013). Read more
• 25 Jun 1960: Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, English-Scottish journalist and author Major-General Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce of Crionaich, is a British television journalist and former senior officer in the British Army Reserves who served as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 2019 until 2024. Read more
• 25 Jun 1960: Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer and photographer Craig Peter Johnston is a South African-born Australian former professional soccer player. He played as a midfielder in the English Football League between 1977 and 1988, for Middlesbrough and Liverpool. Nicknamed "Skippy", Johnston was a crowd favourite at Anfield, making 271 Liverpool appearances and scoring 40 goals. He was a key member of the 1986 "double" winning team. He also co-wrote the team's 1988 cup final song "Anfield Rap". Johnston's career ended prematurely when aged 27, he retired from football to take care of his ill sister. Read more
• 25 Jun 1960: Laurent Rodriguez, French rugby player Laurent Rodriguez is a retired French rugby player. Read more
• 25 Jun 1959: Lutz Dombrowski, German long jumper and educator Lutz Dombrowski is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Read more
• 25 Jun 1959: Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper Jari Markus Puikkonen is a Finnish former ski jumper. Read more
• 25 Jun 1959: Bobbie Vaile, Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1996) Dr Roberta Anne 'Bobbie' Vaile was an Australian astrophysicist and senior lecturer in physics at the Faculty of Business and Technology at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur. She was involved with Project Phoenix and influential in the establishment of the SETI Australia Centre, created at the university in 1995. Read more
• 25 Jun 1958: William Basinski, American musician and composer William James Basinski is an American avant-garde composer based in Los Angeles, California. He is also a clarinetist, saxophonist, sound artist, and video artist. Read more
• 25 Jun 1957: Greg Millen, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2025) Gregory H. Millen was a Canadian hockey commentator-analyst and professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons for six teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). During his career as a colour commentator, he worked on regional telecasts for the Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames, and on national telecasts on Hockey Night in Canada and the NHL on Sportsnet. Read more
• 25 Jun 1956: Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author (died 2018) Anthony Michael Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Read more
• 25 Jun 1956: Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (died 2004) Boris Trajkovski was a Macedonian politician who served as the president of Macedonia from 1999 until his death in 2004 in a plane crash. Read more
• 25 Jun 1956: Craig Young, Australian rugby player and coach Craig Young is an Australian former representative rugby league footballer for the Australia national rugby league team, the New South Wales Blues and a stalwart player over 12 seasons from 1977 to 1988 with the St. George Dragons in the NSWRL premiership competition. He played as a prop-forward. His nickname was "Albert" after his middle name and/or the cartoon character Fat Albert. Read more
• 25 Jun 1955: Vic Marks, English cricketer and sportscaster Victor James Marks is an English sports journalist and former professional cricketer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1954: Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player Mario Lessard is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Read more
• 25 Jun 1954: David Paich, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer David Frank Paich is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the band's three most popular songs: "Hold the Line", "Rosanna", and "Africa". With Toto, Paich has contributed to 17 albums and sold over 40 million records. He and guitarist and singer Steve Lukather are the only members to appear on every studio album. Read more
• 25 Jun 1954: Sonia Sotomayor, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, and has served since August 8, 2009. She is the third woman U.S. Supreme Court justice. Read more
• 25 Jun 1953: Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (died 2013) Olivier Ameisen was a French-American cardiologist who wrote a best-selling book about curing alcoholism using the drug baclofen. Read more
• 25 Jun 1953: Ian Davis, Australian cricketer Ian Charles Davis is an Australian former cricketer (batsman) who played in 15 Test matches and three One Day Internationals between 1973 and 1977. Davis retired from first-class cricket in 1984, then worked for Dunlop Slazenger until his retirement in 2010. Read more
• 25 Jun 1952: Péter Erdő, Hungarian cardinal Péter Erdő is a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of Hungary since 2003. He was president of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe from 2006 to 2016. He was the relator general for the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Read more
• 25 Jun 1952: Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter Brian Timothy Finn is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. He is best known as a founding member of Split Enz and for his work with his brother Neil, including contributions to Neil's band Crowded House. Finn founded Split Enz in 1972 with Phil Judd, and the two served as the band's co-lead singers and songwriters. Judd's 1977 departure initially left Finn as the sole lead singer and songwriter, though Judd's replacement, Finn's brother Neil, eventually joined Tim as co-lead singer and songwriter. Tim Finn wrote or co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs, including "I See Red", "Dirty Creature", "I Hope I Never" and "Six Months in a Leaky Boat". While still a member of Split Enz, he released his first solo album Escapade in 1983. A commercial success, the album also produced two hit singles with "Fraction Too Much Friction" and "Made My Day". Finn left Split Enz in early 1984, though he briefly returned for the band's farewell tour later that year. Read more
• 25 Jun 1952: Martin Gerschwitz, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player Martin Gerschwitz is a German violinist, keyboardist, singer and composer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1952: Kristina Abelli Elander, Swedish artist Ellen Kristina Abelli Elander is a Swedish artist. She received her education at Birkagårdens folkhögskola between 1972 and 1973, and made her solo debut at Galleri Händer in Stockholm in 1978. Early on, she worked with paintings in acrylic and canvas, and openly criticized the gender issues of the time. Read more
• 25 Jun 1951: Eva Bayer-Fluckiger, Swiss mathematician and academic Eva Bayer-Fluckiger is a Hungarian and Swiss mathematician. She is a Professor Emeritus at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. She has worked on several topics in topology, algebra and number theory, e.g. on the theory of knots, on lattices, on quadratic forms and on Galois cohomology. Along with Raman Parimala, she proved Serre's conjecture II regarding the Galois cohomology of a simply-connected semisimple algebraic group when such a group is of classical type. Read more
• 25 Jun 1950: Marcello Toninelli, Italian author and screenwriter Marcello Toninelli is an Italian comics writer, best known as main writer of series of Zagor between 1982 and 1993. Read more
• 25 Jun 1949: Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop Richard Lionel Clarke is a retired Irish Anglican bishop and author. From 2012 to 2020, he served as the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland: as such, he was the senior cleric of the Church of Ireland. Read more
• 25 Jun 1949: Patrick Tambay, French racing driver (died 2022) Patrick Daniel Tambay was a French racing driver, broadcaster and politician, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1986. Tambay won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons. Read more
• 25 Jun 1949: Yoon Joo-sang, South Korean actor Yoon Joo-sang is a South Korean actor. In 2009, he won the Best Supporting Actor award during the 2009 KBS Drama Awards for his role in Iris. Read more
• 25 Jun 1947: John Powell, American discus thrower (died 2022) John Gates Powell was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the discus throw. He set a world record at 69.08 meters in 1975, and his personal best of 71.26 meters ties him for ninth place in the all-time performers list. Read more
• 25 Jun 1947: Jimmie Walker, American actor James Carter Walker Jr. is an American actor and comedian. He portrayed James ("J.J.") Evans Jr., the older son of James Evans Sr. and Florida Evans, on the CBS television comedy series Good Times. The show ran from 1974 to 1979, and Walker was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1975 and 1976 for his role as J.J. On Good Times, Walker's character was known for his catchphrase "Dyn-o-mite!", and the actor later used it in his mid-1970s TV commercials for Panasonic cassette and 8-track tape players and in a 2021–2023 public announcement for Medicare. Walker also starred in Let's Do It Again (1975) with John Amos, and The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) with James Earl Jones. Walker continues to tour the country with his stand-up comedy routine. Read more
• 25 Jun 1947: Paul-André Cadieux, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2024) Paul-Andre Cadieux was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and later player-coach, coach and sports director. He was the father of ice hockey player Jan Cadieux. Read more
• 25 Jun 1946: Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-Canadian general and politician Roméo Antonius Dallaire is a retired Canadian politician and military officer who was a senator from Quebec from 2005 to 2014, and a lieutenant-general in the Canadian Armed Forces. He notably was the force commander of UNAMIR, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, during the Genocide against the Tutsi. Dallaire was a Senior Fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) and co-director of the MIGS Will to Intervene Project. Read more
• 25 Jun 1946: Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013) Allen Glover Lanier was an American musician who played keyboards and guitar. He was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult. Read more
• 25 Jun 1946: Ian McDonald, English guitarist and saxophonist (died 2022) Ian Richard McDonald was an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson in 1968, as well as the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. Read more
• 25 Jun 1945: Baba Gana Kingibe, Nigerian politician Babagana Kingibe OV GCON is a Nigerian diplomat, politician and civil servant who has held several high ranking government offices, culminating in his appointment as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation from 2007 to 2008. He spent over a decade in the Foreign Service cadre and has been in politics since the 1970s, serving six heads of state; most recently as a member of the inner circle of President Muhammadu Buhari. Read more
• 25 Jun 1945: Harry Womack, American singer (died 1974) Harris "Harry" Womack was an American singer and musician, most notable for his tenure as a member of the family R&B quintet The Valentinos. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor Robert Charlebois is a Québécois author, composer, musician, performer and actor. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (died 2013) Gary David Goldberg was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–89), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-autobiographical television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993). Read more
• 25 Jun 1943: Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 top 40 U.S. hits include "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (No. 10), "Anticipation" (No. 13), "The Right Thing to Do" (No. 17), "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (No. 14), "You Belong to Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold-certified singles "You're So Vain" (No. 1), "Mockingbird", "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, and "Jesse" (No. 11). She has authored two memoirs and five children's books. Read more
• 25 Jun 1942: Patricia Brake, English actress (died 2022) Patricia Ann Kennedy, better known by her stage name Patricia Brake, was an English actress. Her credits include Lorna Doone (1963), The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968-1969), My Lover, My Son (1970), The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973), Emmerdale (1975), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), A Sharp Intake of Breath (1977), EastEnders (2004), and Coronation Street (2005-2006). She was most notable for her role as Ingrid Fletcher, eldest daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom Porridge (1974-1977), and its sequel Going Straight (1978), and for starring as Gwen Lockhead in 128 episodes of Eldorado (1992-1993). Read more
• 25 Jun 1942: Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and politician Paraskevas Nikiforos Diamandouros is a Greek academic who was the first National Ombudsman of Greece from 1998 to 2003 and has been Ombudsman for the European Union from April 2003 to October 2013. He was re-elected as European Ombudsman in 2005 and again in 2010. Read more
• 25 Jun 1942: Willis Reed, American basketball player, coach, and manager (died 2023) Willis Reed Jr. was an American professional basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–1974) with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Reed was a seven-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection, including once on the first team in 1970, when he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP). He was a two-time NBA champion and was voted the NBA Finals MVP both times. He is the only 2nd round NBA draft pick to have won the award twice. In 1982, Reed was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named to both the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams. Read more
• 25 Jun 1942: Michel Tremblay, Canadian author and playwright Michel Tremblay is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright. Read more
• 25 Jun 1941: Denys Arcand, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter Georges-Henri Denys Arcand is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized directors from Quebec, earning widespread acclaim and numerous accolades for his "intensely personal, challenging, and intellectual films." Read more
• 25 Jun 1941: John Albert Raven, Scottish academic and ecologist John Albert Raven FRS FRSE was a British botanist who was emeritus professor at University of Dundee and the University of Technology Sydney. His primary research interests were in the ecophysiology and biochemistry of marine and terrestrial primary producers such as plants and algae. Read more
• 25 Jun 1940: Judy Amoore, Australian runner Judith Florence Amoore-Pollock, née Amoore, is an Australian former runner. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Read more
• 25 Jun 1940: Mary Beth Peil, American actress and singer Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and soprano. She began her career as an opera singer in 1962 with the Goldovsky Opera Theater. In 1964 she won two major singing competitions, the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; the latter of which earned her a contract with the Metropolitan Opera National Company with whom she performed in two seasons of national tours as a leading soprano from 1965 to 1967. She continued to perform in operas through the 1970s, notably creating the role of Alma in the world premiere of Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke at the Minnesota Opera in 1971. She later recorded that role for American television in 1982. With that same opera company she transitioned into musical theatre, performing the title role of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate in 1983. Later that year she joined the national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I as Anna Leonowens opposite Yul Brynner, and continued with that production when it opened on Broadway on January 7, 1985. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal. Read more
• 25 Jun 1940: A. J. Quinnell, English-Maltese author (died 2005) Philip Nicholson, known by his pen name A. J. Quinnell, was an English novelist. He is best known for his novel Man on Fire, which has been adapted to film twice and a television series. Later in life he spent much of his time in Gozo, Malta, where he died. Read more
• 25 Jun 1939: Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach Allen E. Fox is an American former tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as U.S. No. 4 in 1962, and was in the top ten in the U.S. five times between 1961 and 1968. Read more
• 25 Jun 1937: Eddie Floyd, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Eddie Lee Floyd is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s, including a No. 1 R&B hit song, "Knock on Wood". Read more
• 25 Jun 1937: Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress Doreen Patricia Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry is a British former ballet dancer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1936: B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (died 2019) Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was an Indonesian statesman, engineer, scientist and inventor who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. A little over two months after his inauguration as the seventh vice president in March 1998, he succeeded Suharto, who resigned after 32 years in office, thereby being the country's first vice president to assume the presidency intra-term. Originating from Sulawesi with Bugis-Gorontalese and Javanese ancestry, his presidency was seen as a landmark and transition to the Reform era. Read more
• 25 Jun 1936: Bert Hölldobler, German biologist and entomologist Berthold Karl Hölldobler BVO is a German zoologist, sociobiologist and evolutionary biologist who studies evolution and social organization in ants. He is the author of several books, including The Ants, for which he and his co-author, E. O. Wilson, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction writing in 1991. Read more
• 25 Jun 1935: Salihu Ibrahim, Nigerian Army Officer (died 2018) Salihu Ibrahim FSS, FHWC was a Nigerian army general who was Chief of Army Staff from August 1990 until September 1993 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Read more
• 25 Jun 1935: Taufiq Ismail, Indonesian poet and activist Taufiq Ismail is an Indonesian poet, activist and the editor of the monthly literary magazine Horison. Ismail figured prominently in Indonesian literature of the post-Sukarno period and is considered one of the pioneers of the "Generation of '66". He completed his education at the University of Indonesia. Before becoming active as a writer, he taught at the Institut Pertanian Bogor. In 1963, he signed the "Cultural Manifesto" as a document that opposed linking art to politics. This cost him his teaching position at the Institut. Read more
• 25 Jun 1935: Larry Kramer, American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (died 2020) Laurence David Kramer was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Columbia Pictures, which led him to London, where he worked with United Artists. There he wrote the screenplay for the film Women in Love (1969) and received an Academy Award nomination for his work. Read more
• 25 Jun 1935: Judy Howe, American artistic gymnast Judith Ann "Judy" Howe is a retired American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of 52nd place on the balance beam and uneven bars. In 1976 she was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame. Read more
• 25 Jun 1935: Charles Sheffield, English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (died 2002) Charles Sheffield, was an English-born mathematician, physicist, and science-fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society. Read more
• 25 Jun 1934: Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (died 2014) Jean Louise Geissinger was an American infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies and the Grand Rapids Chicks. Listed at 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 120 pounds (54 kg), she batted and threw right-handed. Read more
• 25 Jun 1934: Jack W. Hayford, American minister and author (died 2023) Jack Hayford was an American Pentecostal minister, author, songwriter, and broadcaster. He is best known for serving as the senior pastor of The Church on the Way from 1969 to 1999, a congregation that grew into a pioneer of the megachurch movement. Hayford also served as the fifth President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel from 2004 to 2009. Read more
• 25 Jun 1934: Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (died 2006) Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan, was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she was also a teacher of dramatic technique for television. Read more
• 25 Jun 1933: Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect, designed the Porto School of Architecture Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira is a Portuguese architect, and architectural educator. He is internationally known as Álvaro Siza and in Portugal as Siza Vieira. Read more
• 25 Jun 1932: Peter Blake, English painter and illustrator Sir Peter Thomas Blake is an English pop artist. He co-created the sleeve design for the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other works include the covers for two of the Who's albums, the cover of the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette. Read more
• 25 Jun 1932: George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) George Sluizer was a French-born Dutch filmmaker whose credits included features as well as documentary films. Read more
• 25 Jun 1931: V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (died 2008) Vishwanath Pratap Singh was an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the Raja Bahadur of Manda. Read more
• 25 Jun 1929: Eric Carle, American author and illustrator (died 2021) Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world. Read more
• 25 Jun 1929: Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (died 2014) Francesco Marchisano was an Italian Cardinal who worked in the Roman Curia from 1956 until his death. Read more
• 25 Jun 1928: Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017) Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov was a Soviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist whose main contributions are in the field of condensed matter physics. He was the co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, with Vitaly Ginzburg and Anthony James Leggett, for theories about how matter can behave at extremely low temperatures. Read more
• 25 Jun 1928: Michel Brault, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013) Michel Brault, OQ was a Canadian cinematographer, cameraman, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was a leading figure of direct cinema, characteristic of the French branch of the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s. Brault was a pioneer of the hand-held camera aesthetic. Read more
• 25 Jun 1928: Peyo, Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (died 1992) Pierre Culliford was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo. His best-known works are the comic book series The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, in the latter of which the Smurfs made their first appearance. Read more
• 25 Jun 1927: Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970) Antal Róka was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He competed for a Hungary in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the bronze medal. Read more
• 25 Jun 1927: Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020) Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965 until 1992 and served as president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983. Read more
• 25 Jun 1926: Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (died 1973) Ingeborg Bachmann was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by German philologist Harald Patzer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1926: Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (died 2015) Keppel Earl Enderby was an Australian politician and judge. Enderby was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975 and became a senior cabinet minister in the Gough Whitlam government. After politics, he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Read more
• 25 Jun 1926: Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019) Stig Oskar Sollander was a Swedish alpine skier who competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. He had his best results in the slalom, finishing fifth in 1952 and winning Sweden's first Olympic medal in alpine skiing, a bronze in 1956. He won another bronze in the combined event at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. Read more
• 25 Jun 1925: June Lockhart, American actress (died 2025) June Kathleen Lockhart was an American actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in films such as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She appeared primarily in 1950s and 1960s television and with performances on stage and in film. She became most widely known for her work on two television series, Lassie and Lost in Space, in which she played mother roles. Lockhart also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She was a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. With a career spanning nearly 90 years, Lockhart was one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Read more
• 25 Jun 1925: Robert Venturi, American architect and academic (died 2018) Robert Charles Venturi Jr. was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Read more
• 25 Jun 1925: Virginia Patton, American actress and businesswoman (died 2022) Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss was an American actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well-known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In 1949, Patton retired from acting, and her final film credit was The Lucky Stiff (1949). Read more
• 25 Jun 1924: Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011) Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to directing television in 1950, and then directing films from 1957, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas that focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received various accolades including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Read more
• 25 Jun 1924: Dimitar Isakov, Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Isakov is a Bulgarian retired football player. Isakov was a central forward. Read more
• 25 Jun 1924: Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and director (died 1975) Madan Mohan Kohli, better known as Madan Mohan, was an Indian music director of the 1950s, 1960s and the 1970s. He is considered one of the most melodious and skilled music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is particularly remembered for the immortal ghazals he composed for Hindi films. Some of his best works are with singers Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Talat Mahmood, the three singers he worked with frequently, for most of his career. Read more
• 25 Jun 1924: Rosalind P. Walter, American philanthropist, WNET benefactor and an inspiration behind "Rosie the Riveter" (died 2020) Rosalind P. Walter was an American philanthropist and humanities advocate who was best known for her late 20th and early 21st century support for public television programming across the United States. She also contributed to the improvement of educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth and the protection of wildlife and open space areas. Read more
• 25 Jun 1923: Sam Francis, American soldier and painter (died 1994) Samuel Lewis Francis was an American painter and printmaker. Read more
• 25 Jun 1923: Dorothy Gilman, American author (died 2012) Dorothy Edith Gilman was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series of spy novels, about spy and grandmother Emily Pollifax, who becomes a spy in her 60s. In 2010, Gilman was the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award recipient. Read more
• 25 Jun 1923: Jamshid Amouzegar, 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (died 2016) Jamshid Amouzegar was an Iranian economist, politician, and the prime minister of Iran from 7 August 1977 until his resignation on 27 August 1978. He was the second and fourth Secretary-General of the Rastakhiz Party from 1976 to 1977 and in 1978. Prior to that, he served as the minister of interior and minister of finance in the cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveida. Read more
• 25 Jun 1922: Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013) Johnny Henry Smith II was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Read more
• 25 Jun 1921: Celia Franca, English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the National Ballet of Canada (died 2007) Celia Franca was a co-founder of The National Ballet of Canada (1951) and its artistic director for 24 years. Read more
• 25 Jun 1920: Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (died 2018) Lassie Lou Ahern was an American actress. Originally discovered by Will Rogers, she was best known for her role as Little Harry in the 1927 silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin and also for her recurring appearances in the Our Gang films. Except for "Baby Peggy", Ahern was the last living performer who had a substantial career during Hollywood's silent era. Read more
• 25 Jun 1918: P. H. Newby, English soldier and author (died 1997) Percy Howard Newby CBE was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969. Read more
• 25 Jun 1917: Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (died 2012) Nils Emanuel Karlsson, better known as Mora-Nisse, was a Swedish cross-country skier. Karlsson won gold in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics and nine Vasaloppet victories. Read more
• 25 Jun 1917: Claude Seignolle, French author (died 2018) Claude Seignolle was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'. Read more
• 25 Jun 1913: Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005) Cyril Fletcher was an English comedian, broadcaster, pantomime impresario, actor, gardener and businessman. His catchphrase was "Pin back your lugholes". He was best known for his "Odd Odes", which later formed a section of the television show That's Life! from 1973 to 1981. Read more
• 25 Jun 1912: William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (died 1996) William Thomas Cahill was a liberal American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 46th governor of New Jersey from 1970 to 1974. A Republican, Cahill previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly and U.S. House of Representatives. Read more
• 25 Jun 1911: William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980) William Howard Stein was an American biochemist who collaborated in the determination of the ribonuclease sequence, as well as how its structure relates to catalytic activity, earning a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972 for his work. Stein was also involved in the invention of the automatic amino acid analyzer, an advancement in chromatography that opened the door to modern methods of chromatography, such as liquid chromatography and gas chromatography. Read more
• 25 Jun 1908: Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (died 2000) Willard Van Orman Quine was an American logician and philosopher in the analytic tradition, recognized as "one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century". He was the Edgar Pierce Chair of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1956 to 1978. Read more
• 25 Jun 1907: J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973) Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen was a German theoretical physicist. During World War II, Jensen worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as the Uranium Club, where he contributed to the separation of uranium isotopes. After the war, Jensen was a professor at the University of Heidelberg. He was a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Institute for Advanced Study, University of California, Berkeley, Indiana University, and the California Institute of Technology. Read more
• 25 Jun 1905: Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic (died 1976) Rupert Wildt was an American astronomer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1903: George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (died 1950) Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. Read more
• 25 Jun 1903: Anne Revere, American actress (died 1990) Anne Revere was an American actress and a member of the board of the Screen Actors Guild. She was best known for her work on Broadway and her portrayals of mothers in a series of critically acclaimed films. An outspoken critic of the House Un-American Activities Committee, her name appeared in Red Channels: The Report on Communist Influence in Radio and Television in 1950 and she was subsequently blacklisted. Read more
• 25 Jun 1902: Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan (died 1953) Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. As a member of the Imperial House of Japan, he was the patron of several sporting, medical, and international exchange organizations. Before and after World War II, the English-speaking prince and his wife attempted to foster good relations between Japan and the United Kingdom and enjoyed a good rapport with the British royal family. As with other Japanese imperial princes of his generation, he was an active-duty career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. Like all members of the imperial family, he was given immunity from criminal prosecution before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East by Douglas MacArthur. Read more
• 25 Jun 1901: Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City (died 1974) Harold Roe Bennett Sturdyvant Bartle, better known as H. Roe Bartle, was an American businessman, philanthropist, executive, and professional public speaker who served two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. After Bartle helped lure the Dallas Texans American Football League team to Kansas City in 1962, owner Lamar Hunt renamed the franchise the Kansas City Chiefs after Bartle's nickname, The Chief. Read more
• 25 Jun 1900: Marta Abba, Italian actress (died 1988) Marta Abba was an Italian actress, considered as the muse of the playwright Luigi Pirandello. Read more
• 25 Jun 1900: Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (died 1969) Zinaïda Mikolaïevna Aksentieva was a Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer and geophysicist. Read more
• 25 Jun 1900: Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (died 1985) Georgia Theodora Hale was an actress of the silent movie era. Read more
• 25 Jun 1900: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (died 1979) Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, and member of the British royal family. A maternal uncle of Prince Philip and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, he served in the Royal Navy during both world wars and rose to become Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the later stages of the Second World War. He subsequently oversaw the transition of British India to independence as the last Viceroy and the first Governor‑General of independent India. As the last viceroy of India, Mountbatten also oversaw its partition into the Dominions of India and Pakistan and the integration of the princely states into India. Read more
• 25 Jun 1898: Kay Sage, American painter and poet (died 1963) Katherine Linn Sage, usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet active between 1936 and 1963. A member of the Golden Age and post-war periods of Surrealism, she is mostly recognized for her artistic works, which typically contain themes of an architectural nature. Read more
• 25 Jun 1894: Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (died 1989) Hermann Julius Oberth was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross in 1943. Read more
• 25 Jun 1892: Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and general (died 1959) Surgeon General Shirō Ishii was a Japanese biological weapons specialist, microbiologist and army medical officer who served as the director of Unit 731, the largest biological warfare and chemical warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. Read more
• 25 Jun 1887: George Abbott, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995) George Francis Abbott was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. He received numerous honors including six Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1982, the National Medal of Arts in 1990, and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Read more
• 25 Jun 1887: Frigyes Karinthy, Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (died 1938) Frigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains (Láncszemek). Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers. He was the brother of artist Ada Karinthy and the father of poet Gábor Karinthy and writer Ferenc Karinthy. Read more
• 25 Jun 1886: Henry H. Arnold, American general (died 1950) Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and was one of the founders of Pan American World Airways. Read more
• 25 Jun 1884: Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (died 1917) Géza Gyóni was a Hungarian war poet. He died in a Russian prisoner of war camp during the First World War. His many verse contributions to Hungarian literature are considered to be both immortal and the Hungarian language's equivalent to the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Isaac Rosenberg. Read more
• 25 Jun 1884: Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art collector and historian (died 1979) Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was a German-born art collector, and one of the most notable French art dealers of the 20th century. He became prominent as an art gallery owner in Paris beginning in 1907 and was among the first champions of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and the Cubist movement in art. Read more
• 25 Jun 1874: Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (died 1944) Rose Cecil O'Neill was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published female cartoonist in the United States. Read more
• 25 Jun 1866: Eloísa Díaz, Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (died 1950) Eloísa Díaz Inzunza was a Chilean medical doctor. She was the first female medical student to attend the University of Chile, and the first woman to become a doctor of medicine in South America. Read more
• 25 Jun 1864: Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941) Walther Hermann Nernst was a German physical chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid-state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation in 1887. Read more
• 25 Jun 1863: Émile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (died 1935) Émile Francqui was a Belgian soldier, diplomat, businessman and philanthropist. Read more
• 25 Jun 1860: Gustave Charpentier, French composer and conductor (died 1956) Gustave Charpentier was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise. Read more
• 25 Jun 1858: Georges Courteline, French author and playwright (died 1929) Georges Courteline born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux was a French dramatist and novelist, a satirist notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor. Read more
• 25 Jun 1852: Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (died 1926) Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família church. Read more
• 25 Jun 1848: Thomas Henry Tracy, Canadian architect and alderman (died 1925) Thomas Henry Tracy was a Canadian architect and alderman. Born in London, Upper Canada, to Irish immigrants, Tracy was apprenticed to William Robinson for five years beginning in 1864; after spending time working for Kivas Tully and Thomas Fuller, Tracy returned to Robinson in 1873, and he took control of the firm after the latter's 1878 retirement. Tracy left private practice in 1882, with George F. Durand assuming control of the firm and Tracy serving as full-time city engineer. Tracy moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1891, to assume the position of city engineer. In that capacity, he helped design the city's waterworks; he also served five years as an alderman. Read more
• 25 Jun 1825: James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (died 1888) James Squire Farnell was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales. Read more
• 25 Jun 1814: Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and engineer (died 1896) Gabriel Auguste Daubrée MIF FRS FRSE was a French geologist, best known for applying experimental methods to structural geology. He served as the director of the École des Mines as well as the president of the French Academy of Sciences. Read more

Notable Deaths on 25 June

• 25 Jun 2024: Sika Anoa‘i, American Samoan professional wrestler (born 1945) Leati Sika Amituana'i Anoa'i, better known by the ring name Sika, was a Samoan-American professional wrestler. He is best known as one-half of the tag team the Wild Samoans with his older brother Afa, holding the WWF World Tag Team Championship three times. Sika and Afa were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012. Read more
• 25 Jun 2024: Bill Cobbs, American actor (born 1934) Wilbert Francisco Cobbs was an American actor, known for such film roles as Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006) and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He also played Lewis Coleman on I'll Fly Away (1991–1993), Jack on The Michael Richards Show (2000), and had guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger and The Sopranos. In 2012, he had a reoccurring role as George in the sitcom, Go On. In 2020, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Daytime Program for the series Dino Dana. Read more
• 25 Jun 2023: Simon Crean, Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1949) Simon Findlay Crean was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2001 to 2003. He represented the seat of Hotham in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2013 and was a cabinet minister in the Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments. Read more
• 25 Jun 2016: Adam Small, South African writer of apartheid-period (born 1936) Adam Small was a South African writer who was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement and other activism. He was noted as a Coloured writer who wrote works in Afrikaans that dealt with racial discrimination and satirized the political situation. Some collections include English poems, and he translated the Afrikaans poet N P van Wyk Louw into English. Read more
• 25 Jun 2015: Patrick Macnee, English actor (born 1922) Daniel Patrick Macnee was a British-American actor best known for his breakthrough role as secret agent John Steed in the television series The Avengers (1961–1969). Starting out as the assistant to David Keel, he became the lead when Hendry left after the first series, and was subsequently partnered with a succession of female assistants. He later reprised the role in The New Avengers (1976–1977). Read more
• 25 Jun 2015: Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940) Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni was the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 until his death in 2015. Read more
• 25 Jun 2014: Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1931) Nigel David McKail Ritchie-Calder was a British science writer and climate change skeptic. Read more
• 25 Jun 2014: Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (born 1925) Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War. Read more
• 25 Jun 2014: Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (born 1941) Ivan Stepanovych Plyushch was a Ukrainian politician. He thrice served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, from 9 July to 23 July 1990 (acting), from 5 December 1991 to 11 May 1994, and from 1 February 2000 to 14 May 2002. Read more
• 25 Jun 2013: George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (born 1923) George Henry Burditt was an American television writer and producer who wrote sketches for television variety shows and other programs such as Three's Company, for which he was also an executive producer in its last few seasons. Burditt was Emmy-nominated in writing categories alongside writing crew, including his writing partner Paul Wayne, for twice each The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and Van Dyke and Company. Read more
• 25 Jun 2013: Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer (born 1931) Catherine Gibson, later known by her married name Catherine Brown, was a Scottish swimmer. During a 16-year career she won three European Championships medals and a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Britain's sole swimming trophy in the home-based Games. In 2008, she was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Read more
• 25 Jun 2013: Robert E. Gilka, American photographer and journalist (born 1916) Robert E. Gilka was an American photojournalist best known for being an editor and director of photography at National Geographic for 27 years (1958–1985). Read more
• 25 Jun 2013: Harry Parker, American rower and coach (born 1935) Harry Lambert Parker was the head coach of the Harvard varsity rowing program (1963–2013). He also represented the United States in the single scull at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Read more
• 25 Jun 2013: Mildred Ladner Thompson, American journalist (born 1918) Mildred Ladner Thompson was an American journalist, writer, and columnist with The Wall Street Journal, where she became one of its first female reporters. She also worked as a reporter and columnist for the Associated Press and Tulsa World. Read more
• 25 Jun 2013: Green Wix Unthank, American soldier and judge (born 1923) Green Wix Unthank was an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, from 1980 to 1988, when he took senior status. A veteran of World War II, he went to college and to law school after the war. He served as a judge of Harlan County Court, had a private practice for several years, and also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Read more
• 25 Jun 2012: Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913) Shigemitsu Dandō was a professor of the department of Social and Political sciences at the University of Tokyo, an academic researcher of criminology, and a Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Read more
• 25 Jun 2012: Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (born 1990) Campbell Gillies was a Scottish National Hunt jockey most notable for his victory on Brindisi Breeze in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival. In total, he rode 131 winners in his career, mainly for top Scottish trainer Lucinda Russell and was widely considered by pundits and fans alike as one of the leading young jockeys in the UK. Read more
• 25 Jun 2012: George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (born 1927) George Randolph Hearst Jr. was an American businessman and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He served as the chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation from 1996 through to his death in 2012, succeeding his uncle Randolph Apperson Hearst. He was a director at the company for over forty years. Read more
• 25 Jun 2012: Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (born 1921) Lucella MacLean [Ross] was a former utility who played from 1943 through 1944 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She batted and threw right handed. Read more
• 25 Jun 2012: Edgar Ross, American boxer (born 1949) Edgar "Mad Dog" Ross was an American professional boxer who competed from 1972 and 1979. As an amateur, he won the Alabama Golden Gloves as a light heavyweight. Read more
• 25 Jun 2011: Annie Easley, American computer scientist and mathematician (born 1933) Annie Jean Easley was an African American computer scientist who contributed significantly to the beginning iterations of NASA's rocket technologies. Read more
• 25 Jun 2011: Goff Richards, English composer and conductor (born 1944) Goff Richards, sometimes credited as Godfrey Richards, was a prominent Cornish brass band arranger and composer. He was born in Cornwall, studying at the Royal College of Music and Reading University. Between 1976 and 1989, he lectured in arranging and at Salford College of Technology. He was the musical director of the Chetham's Big Band for many years. In 1976, he was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd. He received a Doctorate from Salford University in 1990, after a career that had seen him lead the University Jazz Orchestra to the BBC Big Band of the Year title in 1989. Read more
• 25 Jun 2011: Margaret Tyzack, English actress (born 1931) Margaret Maud Tyzack was an English actress. Her television roles included The Forsyte Saga (1967) I, Claudius (1976), and George Lucas's Young Indiana Jones (1992–1993). She won the 1970 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC serial The First Churchills, and the 1990 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage, opposite Maggie Smith. She also won two Olivier Awards—in 1981 as Actress of the Year in a Revival and in 2009 as Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances included Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and A Clockwork Orange (1971), as well as Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Match Point (2005). Read more
• 25 Jun 2010: Alan Plater, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1935) Alan Frederick Plater was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. He is best known for the sitcom Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt and the comedy drama serials The Beiderbecke Trilogy. He also contributed to the BBC series Dalziel and Pascoe, and adapted Chris Mullin's novel A Very British Coup (1988) for television. He was the driving force behind the TV version of Flambards Among his few feature films were The Virgin and the Gypsy and Priest of Love. Read more
• 25 Jun 2010: Richard B. Sellars, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1915) Richard Beverland Sellars was an American business executive who served as chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson as part of 40 years with the healthcare product firm. Sellars played a pivotal role in keeping the company's headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and worked to rebuild that city's downtown area. Read more
• 25 Jun 2009: Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer (born 1947) Mary Ferrah Leni "Farrah" Fawcett was an American actress. A four-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee and six-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Fawcett rose to international fame when she played a starring role in the first season of the television series Charlie's Angels. Read more
• 25 Jun 2009: Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (born 1958) Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide. Through his songs, concerts, and fashion, he proliferated visual performance for artists in popular music, popularizing street dance moves such as the moonwalk, the robot, and the anti-gravity lean. Jackson is often deemed the greatest entertainer of all time. Read more
• 25 Jun 2009: Sky Saxon, American singer-songwriter (born 1937) Sky "Sunlight" Saxon was an American rock and roll musician best known as the leader and singer of the 1960s Los Angeles psychedelic garage rock band The Seeds. Read more
• 25 Jun 2008: Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939) Lyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernature. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. He is credited with coining the "hundredth monkey" effect in his 1979 book, Lifetide; later, in The Whole Earth Review, he conceded this was "a metaphor of my own making". Read more
• 25 Jun 2007: J. Fred Duckett, American journalist and educator (born 1933) J. Fred Duckett was an American sports journalist and writer. Read more
• 25 Jun 2007: Jeeva, Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1963) Jeeva was an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and film director in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam-language cinema. He was an established cinematographer in the late 90s and early 2000s. Read more
• 25 Jun 2006: Jaap Penraat, Dutch-American humanitarian (born 1918) Jaap Penraat was a Dutch resistance fighter during the Second World War. Read more
• 25 Jun 2005: John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (born 1925) John Donald Fiedler was an American actor. Recognizable for his distinctive voice, Fiedler's career lasted more than 55 years in stage, film, television and radio. Read more
• 25 Jun 2005: Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (born 1971) Kâzım Koyuncu was a Turkish singer-songwriter and activist of Laz origin. Read more
• 25 Jun 2004: Morton Coutts, New Zealand inventor (born 1904) Morton William Coutts was a New Zealand inventor who revolutionised the science of brewing beer. He is best known for the continuous fermentation method. Read more
• 25 Jun 2003: Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (born 1915) Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Read more
• 25 Jun 2002: Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (born 1934) Jean Corbeil, was a Canadian politician. Read more
• 25 Jun 1999: Fred Trump, American real estate developer and businessman (born 1905) Frederick Christ Trump was an American real estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, along with four other children. Read more
• 25 Jun 1997: Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (born 1910) Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries. Read more
• 25 Jun 1996: Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to South Africa (born 1914) Sir Arthur Wendell Snelling was a senior British civil servant and diplomat. Read more
• 25 Jun 1995: Warren E. Burger, Fifteenth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1907) Warren Earl Burger was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Read more
• 25 Jun 1995: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton was an Irish experimental physicist. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Cockcroft "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles." According to their Nobel Prize speech: "Thus, for the first time, a nuclear transmutation was produced by means entirely under human control." Read more
• 25 Jun 1992: Jerome Brown, American football player (born 1965) Willie Jerome Brown III was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire five-year NFL career with the Eagles from 1987 to 1991, before his death just before the 1992 season. He was selected to two Pro Bowls in 1990 and 1991. He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. Read more
• 25 Jun 1990: Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (born 1940) Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was an American spree killer and former military serviceman who murdered 16 people, including 14 members of his own family, over a week in December 1987 in Arkansas. The killings, centered at his home near Dover and later at several public locations, remain the deadliest familicide and mass murder in Arkansas history. Simmons, a retired U.S. Navy and Air Force veteran, was convicted in two trials, sentenced to death, waived all appeals, and was executed by lethal injection in 1990 — the first person executed by that method in Arkansas. His refusal to appeal led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Whitmore v. Arkansas. Read more
• 25 Jun 1988: Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1962) Hillel Slovak was an Israeli-American musician, best known as an early guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar work was rooted in funk and hard rock, and he often experimented with other genres, including reggae and speed metal. He is considered to have been a major influence on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' early sound. Read more
• 25 Jun 1984: Michel Foucault, French historian and philosopher (born 1926) Paul-Michel Foucault was a French historian of ideas and philosopher, who was also an author, literary critic, political activist, and teacher. Foucault's theories primarily addressed the relationships between power, knowledge and liberty, and he analyzed how they are used as a form of social control through multiple institutions. Though often cited as a structuralist and postmodernist, Foucault rejected these labels and sought to critique authority without limits on himself. His thought has influenced academics within a large number of contrasting areas of study, with this especially including those working in anthropology, communication studies, criminology, cultural studies, feminism, literary theory, psychology, and sociology. His efforts against homophobia and racial prejudice as well as against other ideological doctrines have also shaped research into critical theory and Marxism–Leninism alongside other topics. Read more
• 25 Jun 1983: Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian pianist and composer (born 1916) Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Read more
• 25 Jun 1981: Felipe Cossío del Pomar, Peruvian painter and political activist (born 1888) Felipe Cossío del Pomar was a Peruvian painter and left-wing political activist. While in exile from Peru he founded an art school in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico in 1938. The school failed, but on his return in 1950 he founded the Instituto Allende, a university-level arts school that was still active in 2014. The short film "Felipe Cossio del Pomar in San Miguel de Allende", by Ezequiel Morones is in Youtube. Read more
• 25 Jun 1979: Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (born 1894) Dave Fleischer was an American film director and producer who co-owned Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1979: Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (born 1906) Philippe Halsman was an American portrait photographer. He was born in Riga in the part of the Russian Empire which later became Latvia, and died in New York City. Read more
• 25 Jun 1977: Olave Baden-Powell, British Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting leader (born 1889) Olave St Clair Baden-Powell, Baroness Baden-Powell was the first Chief Guide for Britain and the wife of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell. Read more
• 25 Jun 1977: Endre Szervánszky, Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1911) Endre Szervánszky was a Hungarian composer. Read more
• 25 Jun 1976: Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (born 1909) John Herndon Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs. Read more
• 25 Jun 1974: Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (born 1893) Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos was a Hungarian, American, and later Irish mathematician and physicist. According to György Marx he was one of the Martians, a group of Hungarian scientific luminaries who immigrated to the United States to escape national socialism. He was remembered by his colleagues as an innovative scholar and an excellent educator. Read more
• 25 Jun 1972: Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (born 1890) Jan Matulka was a Czech-American modern artist originally from Bohemia. Matulka's style ranged from Abstract expressionism to landscapes, sometimes in the same day. He has directly influenced artists like Dorothy Dehner, Francis Criss, Burgoyne Diller, I. Rice Pereira, and David Smith. Read more
• 25 Jun 1971: John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1880) John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr,, styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, medical doctor, biologist, nutritional physiologist, politician, businessman and farmer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Read more
• 25 Jun 1968: Tony Hancock, English comedian and actor (born 1924) Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor. Read more
• 25 Jun 1960: Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (born 1869) Thomas William Corcoran was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1890 to 1907 for the Pittsburgh Burghers (1890), Philadelphia Athletics (1891), Brooklyn Grooms/Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1892–1896), Cincinnati Reds (1897–1906) and the New York Giants (1907). The 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Connecticut native occasionally played second base later in his career. He batted and threw right-handed. Read more
• 25 Jun 1959: Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (born 1938) Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between December 1957 and January 1958, when he was nineteen years old. He killed ten of his victims between January 21 and January 29, 1958, the date of his arrest. During his spree in 1958, Starkweather was accompanied by his fourteen-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. Read more
• 25 Jun 1958: Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1880) Alfred Noyes CBE was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright. Read more
• 25 Jun 1950: Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, Irish police officer and author (born 1904) Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, anglicised as Maurice O'Sullivan, was an Irish author famous for his Irish language memoir of growing up on the Great Blasket Island and in Dingle, County Kerry, off the western coast of Ireland. It is his unique published work. Read more
• 25 Jun 1949: Buck Freeman, American baseball player (born 1871) John Frank "Buck" Freeman was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Listed at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 169 lb (77 kg), he both batted and threw left-handed. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he hit during the 1899 season. Read more
• 25 Jun 1949: James Steen, American water polo player (born 1876) James J. Steen was an American water polo player who competed with the New York Athletic Club and won a team gold medal in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. He later lived in New Rochelle, New York and worked as an insurance broker with offices in New York. Read more
• 25 Jun 1948: William C. Lee, American general (born 1895) Major General William Carey Lee was a senior United States Army officer who fought in World War I and World War II, during which he commanded the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed the "Screaming Eagles". Lee is often referred to as the "Father of the U.S. Airborne". Read more
• 25 Jun 1947: Jimmy Doyle, American boxer (born 1924) James Emerson Delaney, known professionally as Jimmy Doyle, was a welterweight boxer who died after a boxing match with Sugar Ray Robinson. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: Dénes Berinkey, Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1871) Dénes Berinkey was a Hungarian jurist and politician who served as 21st Prime Minister of Hungary in the regime of Mihály Károlyi for two months in 1919. Read more
• 25 Jun 1944: Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer and actress (born 1906) María de Luz Flores Aceves, known by her stage name Lucha Reyes, was a Mexican singer and actress. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, she was popular in the 1930s and 1940s and was called the "Queen of Ranchera". Read more
• 25 Jun 1943: Arthur Goldstein, German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887) Arthur Goldstein was a German journalist and communist politician. Read more
• 25 Jun 1939: Richard Seaman, English race car driver (born 1913) Richard John Beattie Seaman was a British racing driver. He drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937 to 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 cars, winning the 1938 German Grand Prix. He died of his injuries after his car overturned at the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix. Read more
• 25 Jun 1937: Colin Clive, British actor (born 1900) Colin Glenn Clive was a British theatre and film actor. Known for portraying individualistic, tumultuous characters which often mirrored his personal life, he is most famous for his role as Dr. Henry Frankenstein in the 1931 film Frankenstein and its 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein. Clive’s maniacal delivery of the words, "It's alive, it's alive!" when Dr. Frankenstein confirms his creature is moving, was listed by American Film Institute (AFI) as one of the 100 greatest movie quotes of all time. Read more
• 25 Jun 1922: Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (born 1882) Satyendranath Dutta was a Bengali poet and is considered the "wizard of rhymes". Satyendranath Dutta was an expert in many disciplines of intellectual enquiry including medieval Indian history, culture, and mythology. Read more
• 25 Jun 1918: Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (born 1867) Jacob Peter Beckley, nicknamed "Eagle Eye", was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Pittsburgh Burghers, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals from 1888 to 1907. Read more
• 25 Jun 1917: Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (born 1884) Géza Gyóni was a Hungarian war poet. He died in a Russian prisoner of war camp during the First World War. His many verse contributions to Hungarian literature are considered to be both immortal and the Hungarian language's equivalent to the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Isaac Rosenberg. Read more
• 25 Jun 1916: Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (born 1844) Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists. Read more
• 25 Jun 1912: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (born 1836) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. Read more
• 25 Jun 1906: Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (born 1853) Stanford White was an American architect and a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms at the turn of the 20th century. White designed many houses for the wealthy, in addition to numerous civic, institutional and religious buildings. His temporary Washington Square Arch was so popular that he was commissioned to design a permanent one. White's design principles embodied the "American Renaissance". Read more
• 25 Jun 1894: Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (born 1837) Marie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. Read more
• 25 Jun 1886: Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (born 1809) Jean-Louis Beaudry was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician. Beaudry served as mayor of Montreal three times, from 1862 to 1866, from 1877 to 1879, and from 1881 to 1885 for a total time served as mayor of ten years. Read more
• 25 Jun 1884: Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (born 1858) Johann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott was an Austrian composer and organist. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner. He left a symphony and Lieder, among other works. Read more
• 25 Jun 1882: François Jouffroy, French sculptor (born 1806) François Jouffroy was a French sculptor. Read more
• 25 Jun 1876: James Calhoun, American lieutenant (born 1845) James Calhoun was a soldier in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and was killed along with Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His brother-in-law Myles Moylan survived the battle as part of the forces with Major Marcus Reno and Captain Frederick Benteen. Read more
• 25 Jun 1876: Boston Custer, American civilian army contractor (born 1848) Boston Custer was the youngest brother of U.S. Army Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Captain Thomas Custer. He was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn along with his two brothers. Read more
• 25 Jun 1876: George Armstrong Custer, American general (born 1839) George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Read more
• 25 Jun 1876: Thomas Custer, American officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845) Thomas Ward Custer was a United States Army officer and two-time recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery during the American Civil War. A younger brother of George Armstrong Custer, he served as his aide at the Battle of Little Bighorn against the Lakota and Cheyenne in the Montana Territory. The two of them, along with their younger brother, Boston Custer, were killed in the overwhelming defeat of United States forces. Read more
• 25 Jun 1876: Myles Keogh, Irish-American officer (born 1840) Myles Walter Keogh was an Irish soldier. He served in the armies of the Papal States during the war for Italian unification in 1860, and was recruited into the Union Army during the American Civil War, serving as a cavalry officer, particularly under Brig. Gen. John Buford during the Gettysburg campaign and the three-day Battle of Gettysburg. After the war, Keogh remained in the regular United States Army as commander of I Troop of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under George Armstrong Custer during the Indian Wars, until he was killed along with Custer and all five of the companies directly under Custer's command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Read more
• 25 Jun 1875: Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (born 1796) Antoine-Louis Barye was a Romantic French sculptor most famous for his work as an animalier, a sculptor of animals. His son and student was the sculptor Alfred Barye. Read more
• 25 Jun 1870: David Heaton, American lawyer and politician (born 1823) David Heaton was an American attorney and politician, a U.S. representative from North Carolina. He earlier was elected to the state senates of Ohio and Minnesota. Read more
• 25 Jun 1868: Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (born 1811) Carlo Matteucci was an Italian physicist and neurophysiologist who was a pioneer in the study of bioelectricity. Read more
• 25 Jun 1866: Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish biologist and paleontologist (born 1803) Alexander von Nordmann was a Finnish biologist, who contributed to zoology, parasitology, botany and paleontology. Read more
• 25 Jun 1861: Abdülmecid I, Ottoman sultan (born 1823) Abdülmecid I was the 31st sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He succeeded his father Mahmud II on 2 July 1839. Read more
• 25 Jun 1838: François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo, French general and engineer (born 1774) François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo was a French Army general and military engineer during the French Revolution and First Empire. Haxo became famous in the Siege of Antwerp in 1832. He is the nephew of revolution era General Nicolas Haxo of Étival-Clairefontaine and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in Lorraine, France. Read more
• 25 Jun 1835: Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (born 1746) Ebenezer Pemberton was an American educator and 2nd Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1786 to 1793. Refusing to follow his uncle's wishes to become a clergyman, Pemberton pursued a teaching career that would become his life's work. After graduating from Princeton University, he served terms as principal of a number of schools for early education including Plainfield Academy in Plainfield, Connecticut, Phillips Academy, and his own Pemberton Academy in Billerica, Massachusetts. He founded another school in 1810 in Boston, serving as principal there until poor health forced him to retire. Read more
• 25 Jun 1822: E. T. A. Hoffmann, German composer, critic, and jurist (born 1776) Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pioneering work of horror fiction, while his novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi is regarded as one of the earliest examples of crime fiction. Read more

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