June 25 birthdays & history

Famous people born on June 25

• 1903George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic
• 1852Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell and the Sagrada Família
• 1963George Michael, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author
• 1864Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936B. J. Habibie, Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Indonesia
• 1907J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1975Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
• 1924Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter

What happened on June 25

• 1900The 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.
• 1910The United States Congress passed the Mann Act, which prohibited the interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes".
• 1910Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
• 1935Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
• 1938Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
• 1947The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• 1960Two cryptographers working for the U.S. National Security Agency left on vacation to Mexico, and proceeded to defect to the Soviet Union.
• 1967More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live international satellite television production.
• 1975Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.
• 1978The rainbow flag representing gay pride was first flown at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day parade.
• 1981Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
• 1992Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-50, the first shuttle mission to carry Extended Duration Orbiter hardware.

Also observed on June 25

• Arbor Day (Philippines)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.
• Independence Day (Croatia)
• National Catfish Day (United States)
• Statehood Day (Slovenia)
• Statehood Day (Virginia)