Daily Calendar for Monday, June 23, 2025
Born
- Josephine de Beauharnais (Empress of France) β
- Jean Anouilh (playwright) β
- Alan Turing ( computer science pioneer) β
- Bob Fosse (choreographer) β
- June Carter Cash (singer) β
- Wilma Rudolph (sprinter, Olympic gold medalist) β
- Clarence Thomas (U.S. Supreme Court justice) β
- Randy Jackson (music producer & judge on American Idol) β
- Frances McDormand (actress) β
- Selma Blair (actress) β
- KT Tunstall (musician) β
- Jason Mraz (musician) β
Died
- Jonas Salk (inventor of polio vaccine) β
- Maureen O'Sullivan (actress) β
- Aaron Spelling (American television producer
) β
- Rod Beck (baseball player) β
- Ed McMahon (television personality) β
- Dick Van Patten (actor) β
Events
- William Penn signed a treaty of peace and friendship with the Lenni Lenape Native Americans in what is now Pennsylvania β
- Texas voted for annexation by the United States after nearly ten years as an independent republic β
- First practical typewriter patented β
- Mercedes lodged as trade name β
- First U.S. national lip reading tournament, Philadelphia, PA β
- Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off for a round-the-world flight in their plane, the Winnie Mae β
- A 50-pound 4-ounce red snapper was caught in the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana β
- Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody nominated as the U.S.βs first female four-star general β
- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck about 40 miles north of Ottawa near the Quebec-Ontario border β
- Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk across the Grand Canyon on a wire β
Weather
- It was 129 degrees F in Volcano Springs, California. This was the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States during the month of June β
- Hail accumulated a foot deep in El Dorado, Kansas β
- Billings, Montana, had a temperature of 104 degrees F β
- Hailstones the size of baseballs pounded areas of southeastern Manitoba β
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