Birthdates Which Occur on June 25:
1373 Johanna II Queen of Naples (1414-35)
1709 Francesco Araja composer
1735 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele composer
1796 Ferdinando Giorgetti composer
1813 William Hugh Keim Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1823 James Dunwody Bulloch Capt (Confederate Navy), died in 1901
1852 Antonio Gaud¡ Spanish architect (Sagrada Familia, Barcelona)
1858 Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright
1860 Gustave Charpentier French composer (opera Louise)
1862 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell composer
1864 Walther Hermann Nernst Prussian physicist/chemist (Nobel 1920)
1865 Robert Henri US painter, leader of Ashcan school
1878 Jean Gallon composer
1886 Henry "Hap" Arnold commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II)
1887 George Abbott Forestville NY, producer (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game)
1889 Ethel Glenn Hier composer
and Margriet M C Baers Flemish philosopher
1893 Charlotte Greenwood Phila, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami)
1894 Hermann Oberth Germany, founded modern astronautics (V2/Redstone)
1897 Basil Radford Chester England, actor (Whiskey Galore, Night Train)
and Hans Barth composer
19-- Gary Bayer North Hollywood Calif, actor (Ethan-Me & Mrs C)
and Lee Wilkof Canton Ohio, actor (WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart)
and Matt Leblanc actor (Joey-Friends)
1900 Izak D du Plessis South African writer/director (3rd World)
and Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral
1901 Adolf Brunner composer
1903 Arthur Tracy Russia, street singer (Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight)
and George Orwell [Eric A Blair], British writer (Animal Farm, 1984)
1904 Jan van Axel [Johannes P Kraakman], Dutch director (Overschotje)
1906 Roger Livesey Barry Wales, actor (Drums, Life & Death of Col Blimp)
1907 J Hans D Jensen Germany, physicist (atomic nucleus-Nobel 1963)
1908 Fr‚deric Anspach Belgian tenor
1909 Daniel Fuchs US writer (Summer in Williamsburg)
1911 Reed Hadley Petrolia Tx, actor (Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon)
and William H Stein US biochemist (Nobel 1972)
1912 Virginia Lacy Jones US librarian/presidential advisor
1913 Aim‚ C‚saire Martinique, writer (Ecrivian Martiniquais)
1915 Peter Lind Hayes SF Calif, comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show)
1916 Theodore P Toynbee British journalist/writer (Savage Days, Barricade)
1921 Peter Charles Arthur Wishart composer
1924 Sidney Lumet Phila, director (Group, Pawnbroker, Fail Safe)
1925 Clifton Chenier Opelousas La, blues singer (Bayou Blues)
and June Lockhart NYC, actr (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction)
and Robert Venturi US, architect (Levittown NY, Las Vegas)
and Ziggy Talent Manchester NH, singer (Vaughn Monroe Show)
1926 Ingeborg Bachmann Austria author/poet
and Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Brussels Belgium, cartoonist (Smurfs)
1928 William Joseph Russo composer
1933 Gary Crosby Calif, actor (Bill Dana Show, Adam 12, Chase)
and Michelangelo Pistoletto Italian artist (glass painter)
1935 Eddie Floyd Montgomery Al, singer/composer (Calif Girl, Falcons)
and Kurt Schwertsik composer
and Laurent Terzieff Paris, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way) [or 7/25]
and Wynand Breytenbach S African under minister of Defense (1986- )
1936 Harold Melvin US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
and Paul Nowee Dutch western writer (Eagle's Eye)
1940 Clint Warwick [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)
and Thomas K”hler German DR, luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1941 Denys Arcand director (Jesus of Montreal)
1942 Patrick Michael Mitchell Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted
and Wilbert Bank actor/director (On Hope of Blessing)
and Willis Reed basketball hall-of-famer center (NY Knicks)
1943 Gerrit "Ger" Z˜lstra sculptor
1945 Carly Simon NYC, singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain)
1946 Allen Lanier rock keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
and Ian McDonald London England, rock guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson)
1948 Michael Lembeck Bkln, actor (Max-One Day at a Time)
1949 Brenda Sykes Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight)
and Jimmie Walker Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease)
and Kene Holliday NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
and Phyllis George-Brown Denton Tx, Miss America (1971)/sportscaster
1950 L G Ivanov cosmonaut
and Tatyana Averina USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 Michael Francis rocker
1952 Brian MacLeod rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Chilliwack)
and Tim Finn rocker (Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues)
1954 David Paich rock keyboardist (Toto-Africa)
and John Kimmel horse trainer
1955 Michael Sabatino Calif, actor (Days of Our Life, Bold & Beautiful)
1958 Debbie Green South Korea, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1963 George Michael British rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex)
and Mike Myers Canada, comedian (SNL-Wayne's World) [or May 25]
1966 Dikembe Mutumbo
1967 Brian Wanek Mequon Wis, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
and Joan Smith Rochester NY, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1969 Alina Ivanova Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record)
and Armand Benneker soccer player (MVV)
and Jurgen Streppel soccer player (Telstar/RKC)
1975 Alberto Costa Spain, tennis star
Deaths Which Occured June 25:
1142 Gulielmus of Vercelli Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies
1212 Simon de Montfort a leader of the crusades, dies at 67
1423 Reinald IV duke of Gelre, dies
1483 Edward V king of England (Apr 9-Jun 25, 1483), murdered
1514 Berta Jacobsdr [Suster Bertken], hermit, dies at 87
1522 Franchinus Gaffurius composer, dies at 71
1710 Antonius Matthaeus lawyer/historian, dies at 74
1767 Georg Philipp Telemann composer, dies at 86
1785 Pierre Talon composer, dies at 63
Pieter Kintsius VOC-supercarga/chief on Macau, dies at 53
1822 Earnest T Amadeus Hoffmann German writer/judge/composer, dies at 46
1840 Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum general/politician, dies at 82
1876 Boston Custer brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
George A Custer US general, dies at Little Bighorn
John Patton trumpeter, dies at Little Bighorn
Lame White Man Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn
Myles Keogh US officer, dies at Little Bighorn
Thomas W Custer brother of George Custer, dies at Little Bighorn
1884 Hans Rott composer, dies at 25
1896 Emile AH Seipgens priest/brewery/literature, dies at 58
1898 Ferdinand J Cohn German botanist/publicist, dies at 70
1906 Stanford White Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which
he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit
1912 Louis Antoine Belgian miner/sect leader, dies at about 65
1926 Symon Petljoera pres Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris
1929 Georges Courteline [Moineaux] French playwright, dies
1937 Colin Clive actor (Bride of Frankenstein, Jane Eyre), dies at 39
1942 Hans Lietzman German theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1943 Spencer Charters actor (Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 68
1954 Eduard M Me˜ers lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74
1956 Alfred C Kinsey US zoologist/sexologist, dies at 62
Ernest J King US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77
Reinhold M GliŠre Ukrainian conductor/composer (Gjulsura), dies at 81
1959 Charles Starkwether murderer, executed
1960 WH Walter Baade German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1962 Ephraim Lisitsky Hebrew poet, dies
1964 Gerrit Rietfield architect (Julianahal/Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76
1968 Tony Hancock actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43
1976 Johnny Mercer US songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
1977 Endre Szervanszky composer, dies at 65
Petko Staynov composer, dies at 80
1978 Hussein al-Ghasjmi president of North-Yemen, murdered
1983 Alberto Evaristo Ginastera composer, dies at 67
1984 Paul-Michel Foucault French philosopher, dies at 57
1986 Gery Florizoone Flemish poet, dies at 63
1987 Boudleaux Bryant song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
1988 Axis Sally [Mildred E Gillars], US nazi propagandist (WW II), dies
1990 Peggy Glanville-Hicks composer, dies at 77
1992 James Stirling Scottish D-Day parachutist/architect, dies
Jerome Brown Phila Eagle defensive tackle, dies in car crash at 27
William E Harris entertainer, dies
1994 Louis-Robert Casterman Belgian publisher (Kuifje), dies at 74
Holidays Which Occur June 25:
Gibraltar Spring Bank Holiday
Mozambique Independence Day (1975)
Virginia Ratification Day (1788)
Religious Observances on June 25:
RC Adalbert, traveller of Willibrord
RC Knud Lavard, duke of South-Jutland
RC Maximus, bishop of Turijn
RC Prosper, bishop/patron of Reggio (Emilia)
1142 RC Commemoration of St William, abbot
1530 Luth Commemoration of Augsburg Confession
1560 Luth Commemoration of Philipp Melanchthon, renewer of Church
Things to Remember for June 25:
Black Music-National Rose Month-Pest Control Month-Dairy Month
Flower-rose & honeysuckle Gem-moonstone, pearl & alexandrite
National Accordion Month-National Tennis Month
National Adopt-a-Cat-Vacation-American Rivers Month
Ragweed Control-Zoo & Aquarium-Gay Pride Month
9 Days [US] Honor America Days
28 Days Astrological sign: Cancer
Highlights in History Which Occur June 25:
253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III
1096 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors
1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
1183 Peace of Konstanz
1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV
1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany
1500 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada
1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt"
and St Jansday is forbidden
1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up
Austria, Hungary & Moravia
1621 French govt army occupies Fort St Jean d'Ang‚ly at La Rochelle
1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1638 A lunar eclipse becomes 1st astronomical event recorded in US
1646 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford
1658 Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French & British
1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands
1749 General fast because of drought in MA
1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1794 French troops occupy Charleroi
1798 US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
1834 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published
1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1861 Western Virginia campaign
1862 Battle of Oak Grove, VA (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field)
(Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days
1863 US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive
1864 Horse tramway at the Hague, opens
and Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines
1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1870 Opera "Die Walkre" is produced (Munich)
1876 Custer & 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux & Cheyenne at Little Big Horn
1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison
1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike
1903 Yanks & White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18
1905 Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation
1909 George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament
1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)
1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov
1918 Baku-Turkish communist party forms
1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)
and Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg
1920 League of Nations places Intl head of Justice in Hague
1921 Jack Hutchinson becomes 1st American to win golf's British Open
1924 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1023 Thomana
1925 Military putsch under gen Theodorus P ngulos in Greece
1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout
1928 NY Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader
1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1932 Gene Sarazen wins US Open golf tournament
1934 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2,
Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times
1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium
1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit HRs in a game
1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40› per hour
1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France
1941 -26] Russian counter attack at Rovno
and FDR issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
and Fair Employment Practices Commission established
and Finland declares war on Soviet Union
and Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do
whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II)
and British premier Winston Churchill travels from US to London
1943 Crematory III at Birkenau is finished
and Race riots in Detroit
and Racial unrest in Detroit
and Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians
1944 British assault at Caen Normandy
1945 Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas
and General Headquarter on Okinawa, falls
1947 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
and Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 to retain championship
and Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)
1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
and Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from NYC to 4 cities
1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election
and Jim Turnesa wins PGA golf tournament
1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
and 86øF in Anchorage Alaska
1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" & "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
and WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium
and Madagascar gains independence of France
1961 Balt & Calif use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
and Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
1962 In”n Govt forms in Turkey
and Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms
and Supreme Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
and Yankee Jack Reed's 22nd inning HR wins a 7 hour game
1963 JFK speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt
and South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested
1964 Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ)
and WMCA (NYC) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its
scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
1965 Gyula Kallai succeeds J nos K d r as premier of Hungary
1966 Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
and Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 13rd Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
and Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched
1967 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
and KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
and Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years
1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants)
1969 Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats
Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
1971 Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From"
1972 Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
and Juan Per¢n elected president of Argentina
1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee
and Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France
and Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m
1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day)
1977 LBJ denies report he had a cancer during his presidency
and Roy C Sullivan of Va is struck by lightening for 7th time!
1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1979 E F Helin & S J Bus discovers asteroid #2343 Siding Spring,
and Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium
#2392 Jonathan Murray, #2441 Hibbs, #2618 Coonabarabran,
and #2619 Skalnate Pleso, #2628 Kopal, #2682 Soromundi,
and #2704 Julian Loewe, #3129 Bonestell, #3205 & #3756
1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
and SF holds its 1st County Fair
and Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz
1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
1984 STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem
1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes (21 die)
1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud
1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
1988 104øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
and Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs
and Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbog dottir elected (90+%)
and Neth soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against USSR)
1989 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
1990 120øF in Phoenix Arizona
and NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
1991 Slovenia & Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia
1992 Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores
and Jerome Brown, Phila Eagle defenseman, dies in auto crash at 27
and STS 50 launched
1993 NY Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame
and Parliamentary election in Morocco
1994 105øF (40.5øC) at Albuquerque New Mexico
and 111øF (43.9øC) at El Paso Texas
and 1500th goal in World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
and Cleve Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6
and Gay Games close in NYC
and Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns
1956 51 die in collision of 'Andrea Doria' & 'Stockholm' (Cape Cod)
Your Special Reminders for June 25:
176th day of year with 189 days left (Numerology = 4)
and 1952 99øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1979 54øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
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