Discover the most curious and interesting historical events that occurred on a day like today, as well as the births of historical personalities and we remember relevant deaths.
Celebrities who were born on June 25
Among the personalities who were born on June 25 were the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), British writer and journalist, George Orwell (1903-1950), British actor, director, screenwriter and comedian Ricky Gervais(1961), British singer and songwriter George Michael (1963-2016), Spanish actress Emma Suarez (1964), Congolese basketball player Dikembe Mutombo (1966), Spanish singer Chenoa (1975), Spanish actress Inma Cuesta (1980), South Korean singer and actor Rain (1982).
Celebrities who died on June 25
Some of the historical figures who died on a day like today were the French soldier, captain of Louis XIV’s musketeers, Count D’Artañán (1673), French naval officer, explorer, researcher and marine biologist, Jacques Cousteau (1997), the businessman, father of Donald Trump, fred trump (1999), American actress Farrah Fawcett (2009), American singer and dancer Michael Jackson (2009), the Spanish writer Ana María Matute (2014)
Historical anniversaries: What happened in other years?
- 1786. Francisco de Goya is named royal painter.
- 1791. After his frustrated escape, Louis XVI and the entire royal family enter Paris.
- 1870. In her exile in Paris, Isabel II signs her abdication in favor of her son, future King Alfonso XII.
- 1876. American General George A. Custer’s column is annihilated at Little Bighorn by the Sioux.
- 1887. Inauguration of the restored Alhambra in Granada.
- 1921. Derailment of the Lille-Lyon-Paris rapid. More than 30 people die and a hundred are injured.
- 1939. Sevilla wins the first football Generalissimo Cup.
- 1949. Inauguration of the National Newspaper Archive, in Madrid.
- 1978. Argentina wins the soccer World Cup by beating the Netherlands by three goals to one, in Buenos Aires.
- 1990: Events at the Lumbier Gorge in Navarra. A Civil Guard sergeant and two ETA members die during a confrontation.
- 1991: Croatia and Slovenia become independent from Yugoslavia
- 2009: Chile and Panama reach an agreement for economic reparation of $6,050,000 to the Government of Chile and the relatives of General José Alejandro Bernales and the Chilean delegation who died in the crash of the helicopter that crashed on May 29, 2008.
