On This day June 25th

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June 25th is the one-hundred-seventy-sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 189 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

524 – The Burgundians defeat the Franks in the Battle of Vézeronce.

1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.

1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a Doctor of Philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.

1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.

1848 – A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.

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.

1910 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.

1947—The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as Anne Frank's Diary) is published.

1991 – The breakup of Yugoslavia began when Slovenia and Croatia declared their independence from Yugoslavia.

 

Birthdays

1560 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)

1864 – Walther Nernst, German chemist, and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

1898 – Kay Sage, American painter and poet (d. 1963)

1903 – George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950)

1928 – Peyo, the Belgian author and illustrator, created The Smurfs (d. 1992)

1943 – Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter.

1975 – Kiur Aarma, Estonian journalist and producer.

 

Highlighted Holiday

National Leon Day

National Leon Day is celebrated on June 25 each year. It's time to start preparing for Christmas. The word ‘Leon’ is ‘noel’ spelled backward, and it means ‘to be born’ in Latin. This day marks the point when this year’s Christmas starts coming closer than last year’s Christmas. It's a time for getting ready for the festive season. Crafters start looking for decorations and gift options, and stores offer special one-day sales on Christmas items. Families and friends come together to enjoy dinner and listen to Christmas music. Charity organizations run fundraising drives to remind people of the importance of donating all year round, not just during the Christmas season.

 

Holidays And Observance

Bourdain Day

Color TV Day

Day of the Seafarer

Global Beatles Day

Leon Day

Mitch Lane Day

National Catfish Day

National Columnists Day 

National Strawberry Parfait Day

School Prayer Banned Anniversary

Statehood Day in Virginia

World Vitiligo Day

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