Daily Calendar - June 25

The 177th day of the year, 189 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Venerable John (Tornike) of Mtatsminde, Zwingli (X); Venerable Onofre the Great (IV); Venerable Isidore of Samtav, one of the Thirteen Assyrian Fathers (VI); Venerable John, Andrew, Heraclius and Theophilus (IV); Venerable Peter of Mount Athos (734).

Venerable Father Onofre the Great lived a hermit life with other fathers. Venerable Father Onofre spent 60 years in solitude.

Venerable Father Peter of Mount Athos, a Greek by birth, was a commander of the emperor's army and lived in Constantinople. In 667, he was captured during a war with the Syrians. The Lord performed many miracles on the captive Peter, after which he converted to Christianity, went into seclusion in the desert, and continued his life of such devotion. The venerable Peter died in 734.

Born:

1852 _ Antonio Gaudi, architect from Barcelona. Died in 1926.

1903 _ George Orwell, English writer, publicist. Died in 1950.

1907 _ Johannes Daniel Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. Died in 1973.

1911 _ William Stein, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate. Died in 1980.

1931 _ Levan Chkheidze, sculptor.

Died:

1822 _ Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, German writer.

1995 _ Ernest Thomas Sinthom Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.

1997 _ Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanographer, inventor of scuba diving.

Events:

1783 _ French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier proved that water consists of hydrogen and oxygen.

1788 _ Virginia became the tenth state of the United States.

1857 French poet Charles Baudelaire's collection of poems ``The Flowers of Evil'' was published.

1910 _ Igor Stravinsky's ballet ``The Flute'' premiered at the Paris Grand Opera.

1965 _ North Korea invades South Korea.

1977 _ American Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning while fishing, burning his chest and shoulders. In total, he has been struck by lightning seven times and survived, which earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

1991 _ Croatia and Slovenia declare independence, marking the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Memorable days:

Day of Slavic Unity and Friendship

Slovenia _ Statehood Day

China, Taiwan _ Dragon Festival