June 25

Today in History
• 1096 - 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
• 1483 - The House of Lords and Commons declares King Edward V of England as illegitimate
• 1526 - Diet of Speyer convenes, resulting in the Edict of Speyer
• 1580 - Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
• 1630 - Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop
• 1638 - Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in the American Colonies
• 1672 - 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich, Massachusetts
• 1788 - Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bonalu
• Croatia Independence Day
• International Day of the Seafarer
• Mozambique Independence Day
• National Croatian Wine Day
• National Olaplex Day
• Statehood Day
• The Day of the Filipino Seafarer

Birthdays
• 1373 - Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35)
• 1560 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (Father of German surgery)
• 1728 - Shah Alam II, 17th Mughal Emperor (1760-1806)
• 1799 - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (Douglas fir)
• 1864 - Walther Hermann Nernst, Prussian physicist and chemist (Nobel 1920)
• 1886 - Henry "Hap" Arnold, American commanding general, US Army Air Force (WWII)
• 1894 - Hermann Oberth, born in Germany, founded modern astronautics, V2/Redstone
• 1900 - Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral