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What happened in history on this day: June 25?
On June 25 in ...
- 1967 - 400 million watch The Beatles' Our World TV special.
Births on June 25
- 1903 - Birth of Arthur Tracy; street singer (Vincent Lopez Show).
- 1915 - Birth of Peter Lind Hayes in San Francisco, California, USA; comedian/singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show).
- 1925 - Birth of Clifton Chenier; blues singer ("Bayou Blues", "Bon Ton Roulet").
- 1925 - Birth of Ziggy Talent in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA; singer (Vaughn Monroe Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Eddie Floyd; rocker ("California Girl", "Knock on Wood").
- 1945 - Birth of Carly Simon in New York City, New York, USA; singer ("Anticipation", "You're So Vain").
- 1946 - Birth of Ian McDonald; guitarist (King Crisom - "The Court of the Crimson King", Foreigner - "Urgent").
- 1946 - Birth of Allen Lanier; rock musician (Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper").
- 1952 - Birth of Tim Finn; song writer/singer (Crowded House - "Puberty Blues").
- 1954 - Birth of David Paich; rock musician (Toto - "Hold the Line").
- 1963 - Birth of George Michael in England; rocker (Wham - "I Want Your Sex").
- 1972 - Birth of Rocker Mike Kroeger (Nickelback).
- 1974 - Birth of Mario Calire; rock musician (Wallflowers).
Deaths on June 25
- 1976 - Death of Johnny Mercer at age 66 of brain cancer; songwriter/singer and broadcast personality (wrote the lyrics to more than 1,000 songs, including "That old Black Magic", "Swinging on a Star", "Accentuate the Positive", "Hooray for Hollywood", "Days of Wine and Roses", received 19 Academy Award nominations), co-founder of Capitol Records (1942).
- 1988 - Death of Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (born 1962).
- 2009 - Death of Michael Jackson at age 50 of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hills, California, USA; music superstar ("Beat It", "Billie Jean"; "Thriller" is the world's best-selling record of all time with sales of over 50 million, dubbed the "King of Pop", won 13 Grammy Awards, had 13 number one singles).
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