Daily Calendar for Thursday, June 25, 2026

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Stanford White (Famous architect; killed by Henry K. Thaw on the roof of Madison Square Garden) – 1906
Warren Burger (U.S. Supreme Court chief justice) – 1995
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (oceanographer) – 1997
John Fiedler (actor; best known for providing the voice of Piglet in Winnie the Pooh cartoons) – 2005
Farrah Fawcett (actress) – 2009
Michael Jackson (musician) – 2009
Patrick Macnee (actor) – 2015

Five English monks saw flaming torch spew fire, hot coals, and sparks on Moon – 1178
Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop introduced the fork to American dining – 1630
Virginia ratified the Constitution and was admitted as the 10th state – 1788
Sitting Bull defeated General George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which became known as Custer’s Last Stand. – 1876
A 19-year-old cellist in the orchestra of the Rio de Janeiro Opera House in Brazil picked up the baton and conducted the orchestra in a performance of Aida when the regular conductor failed to make an appearance. The cellist name: Arturo Toscanini. (His success prompted him to abandon his cello for a conductor’s career) – 1886
4-day dedication ceremony for Mackinac Bridge began, Michigan – 1958
Kim Campbell was chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and became the first female Prime Minister of Canada – 1993
Final episode of Another World aired – 1999
An alligator attacked a golfer who was retrieving a ball from a pond, Venice, Florida – 2007