June 25: Independence Day in Mozambique - Catfish Day

June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events

524 - Battle of Vézeronce, Franks defeat Burgundians.
841 - Battle of Fontenay.
1530 - The Augsburg Confession is presented at the Diet of Augsburg to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1905 - Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells.
1935 - The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia were established.
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany.
1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.
1947- The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.
1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones.
1950 - The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South by the North.
1967 - First global satellite television programme – Our World
1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
1975 - Mozambique achieved independence.
1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
1981 - Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2007 - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire flood including Louth and Horncastle




Births

1242 - Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittanny (d. 1275)
1328 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397)
1560 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
1612 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
1715 - Joseph-François Foulon, French politician (d. 1789)
1755 - Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
1814 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
1852 - Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect (d. 1926)
1858 - Georges Courteline, French dramatist (d. 1929)
1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956)
1863 - Emile Francqui, Belgian soldier (d. 1935)
1864 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
1865 - Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929)
1884 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German art promoter (d. 1979)
1886 - Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Force commander (d. 1950)
1887 - George Abbott, American playwright (d. 1995)
1894 - Hermann Oberth, German physicist (d. 1989)
1900 - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India (d. 1979)
1902 - Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, brother of Emperor Showa (d.1953)
1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950)
1903 - Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
1907 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
1908 - Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (d. 2000)
1911 - William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
1912 - William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
1913 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005)
1913 - Aimé Césaire, French poet, author, and politician
1921 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer
1924 - Sidney Lumet, American film director
1925 - June Lockhart, American actress
1925 - Ted Stepien, American business (d. 2007)
1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973)
1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
1928 - Michel Brault, Quebec film director, screenwriter and producer
1928 - Peyo, Belgian illustrator (d. 1992)
1928 - Bill Russo, American jazz composer (d. 2003)
1929 - Eric Carle, American author
1930 - Mary Beth Peil, American singer
1932 - Peter Blake, British artist
1933 - James Meredith, American civil rights activist
1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
1935 - Eddie Floyd, American singer
1936 - Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia
1939 - Harold Melvin, American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
1939 - Allen Fox, American Tennis Player
1939 - Clint Warwick, English musician (The Moody Blues) (d. 2004)
1940 - A.J. Quinnell, British writer (d. 2005)
1941 - Denys Arcand, Canadian film director
1942 - Michel Tremblay, Canadian playwright
1944 - Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer
1945 - Carly Simon, American singer
1946 - Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator
1946 - Ian McDonald, English musician (King Crimson and Foreigner)
1947 - Jimmie Walker, American actor (Good Times)
1950 - Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
1952 - Tim Finn, New Zealand singer/songwriter
1952 - Alan Green, Northern Irish BBC sports broadcaster/commentator
1954 - David Paich, composer (Toto)
1956 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
1956 - Anthony Bourdain, Chef and author
1959 - Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper, Winter Olympics medalist
1960 - Craig Johnston, Australian soccer player
1961 - Ricky Gervais, English comedian
1962 - Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author
1963 - George Michael, British musician
1963 - Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
1964 - Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese (DRC) basketball player
1968 - Oleg Taktarov, Russian martial artist
1969 - Matt Gallant, American television host
1969 - Zim Zum, American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist)
1970 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress
1970 - Ariel Gore, American journalist and author
1970 - Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
1970 - Roope Latvala, Finnish musician
1971 - Angela Kinsey, American actress
1971 - Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect
1971 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
1971 - Michael Tucker, American baseball player
1972 - Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
1972 - Mike Kroeger, Canadian musician (Nickelback)
1973 - Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
1974 - Jim LaMarca, American bass guitarist (Chimaira)
1974 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
1975 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
1975 - Chenoa, Spanish singer
1975 - Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1975 - Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
1976 - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Dubravka Vukotić, Montenegrin female actor
1978 - Aftab Shivdasani, Bollywood actor
1978 - Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search winner
1978 - Luke Scott, American baseball player
1979 - Brandi Burkhardt, American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen
1979 - Katie Doyle, American actress and reality television star
1979 - Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
1979 - Busy Philipps, American actress
1979 - Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
1980 - Maja Latinović, Serbian model
1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress
1981 - Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
1981 - Pooja Umashankar, Indian actress
1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
1982 - Rain, Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
1983 - Todd Cooper, British swimmer
1986 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
1986 - Charlie Davies, American soccer player
1988 - Amanda Dowler, British murder victim (d. 2002)





Deaths

635 - Emperor Gaozu, first emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (b. 566)
1134 - King Niels of Denmark
1218 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (b. 1160)
1483 - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English writer
1522 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (b. 1451)
1533 - Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France (b. 1496)
1579 - Hatano Hideharu, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1541)
1593 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician and gardener (b. 1541)
1634 - John Marston, English playwright (b. 1576)
1638 - Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1602)
1665 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (b. 1630)
1669 - François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (b. 1616)
1673 - Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan, Captain of the Musketeers under Louis XIV of France (b. 1611)
1671 - Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (b. 1598)
1686 - Simon Ushakov, Russian painter (b. 1626)
1715 - Jean du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
1767 - Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (b. 1681)
1792 - Thomas Peters, Early Sierra Leonean founder (b. 1738)
1798 - Thomas Sandby, English architect (b. 1721)
1822 - E.T.A. Hoffmann, German writer (b. 1776)
1838 - François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)
1861 - Abd-ul-Mejid, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1823)
1866 - Alexander von Nordmann, Finnish zoologist (b. 1803)
1868 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (b. 1811)
1875 - Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
1876 - George Armstrong Custer, U.S. Army officer (b. 1839)
1876 - Thomas Custer, Brother of George A. Custer & 2-time Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
1876 - Boston Custer, Brother of George A. Custer (b. 1848)
1876 - James C. Calhoun, Brother-in-Law of George Armstrong Custer & U.S. Soldier (b. 1845)
1876 - Myles Keogh, U.S. Soldier & Irish Soldier of Fortune (b. 1840)
1882 - François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
1884 - Hans Rott, Austrian composer (b. 1858)
1916 - Thomas Eakins, American artist (b. 1844)
1918 - Jake Beckley, baseball player (b. 1867)
1937 - Colin Clive, British actor (b. 1900)
1944 - Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (b. 1906)
1948 - William C. Lee, U.S. general (b. 1895)
1949 - Buck Freeman, baseball player (b. 1871)
1959 - Charles Starkweather, spree killer (b. 1938)
1960 - Tommy Corcoran, baseball player (b. 1869)
1971 - John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1880)
1974 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1893)
1976 - Johnny Mercer, American songwriter (b. 1909)
1979 - Philippe Halsman, American photographer (b. 1906)
1983 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (b. 1916)
1984 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)
1985 - Morris Mason, American murderer (b. 1954)
1987 - Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1920)
1988 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born musician (Anthym/What Is This?, Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
1990 - Ronald Gene Simmons, American mass murderer
1992 - Jerome Brown, American football player (b. 1965)
1995 - Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1907)
1995 - Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
1996 - Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (b. 1914)
1997 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
1999 - Fred Feast, English actor (b. 1929)
2002 - Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
2003 - Lester Maddox, American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2005 - John Fiedler, American Actor (b. 1925)
2006 - Jaap Penraat, Dutch architect (b. 1918)
2007 - Mahasti, Persian singer (b. 1946)
2007 - J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)



Holidays and Observances

Statehood Day in Slovenia and Croatia
National Catfish Day
Mozambique – Independence Day
Saint Prosper
Saint William (d. 1142)
Spain – Fiesta of Santa Orosia