So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 25th


- Arbor Day (Philippines)
- Christian Feast Day
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.
- National Catfish Day (United States)
- Statehood Day (Croatia)
- Statehood Day (Slovenia)
- Statehood Day (Virginia)

June 25th


- 2006 - Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip.
- 1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
- 1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
- 1997 - The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people.
- 1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
- 1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
- 1990 - Avianca Flight 52 crashes into the village of Cove Neck, New York after running out of fuel, killing 73 people.
- 1982 - Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
- 1981 - Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 1976 - Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to the members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
- 1975 - The State of Emergency is declared in India.
- 1975 - Mozambique achieves independence.
- 1967 - Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television programme: Our World
- 1950 - The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
- 1949 - Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
- 1948 - The Berlin airlift begins.
- 1947 - The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
- 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
- 1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
- 1935 - Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
- 1913 - American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
- 1906 - Pittsburgh millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
- 1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- 1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1786 - Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
- 1741 - Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary.
- 1678 - Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- 1530 - At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
- 841 - In the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye, forces led by Charles the Bald and Louis the German defeat the armies of Lothair I of Italy and Pepin II of Aquitaine.
- 524 - The Franks defeat the Burgundians in the Battle of Vézeronce.

June 25th


- 2002 - Mason Vale Cotton, American actor
- 1993 - Barney Clark, English actor
- 1986 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer
- 1986 - Charlie Davies, American soccer player
- 1986 - Megan Burns, English actress and singer
- 1985 - Daniel Bard, American baseball player
- 1985 - Karim Matmour, Algerian soccer player
- 1984 - Lauren Bush, American model and fashion designer
- 1984 - Indigo, American actress
- 1983 - Todd Cooper, English swimmer
- 1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
- 1982 - Rain, Korean singer and actor
- 1981 - Sheridan Smith, English actress
- 1981 - Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
- 1981 - Pooja Umashanker, Indian actress
- 1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
- 1979 - Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1979 - Busy Philipps, American actress
- 1979 - Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
- 1979 - La La, American actress and television personality
- 1978 - Aramis Ramirez, Dominican baseball player
- 1978 - Aftab Shivdasani, Indian Bollywood actor
- 1978 - Layla El, British dancer, model and professional wrestler
- 1978 - Luke Scott, American baseball player
- 1978 - Marcus Stroud, American football player
- 1976 - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer
- 1976 - Carlos Nieto, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1975 - Linda Cardellini, American actress
- 1975 - Chenoa, Argentine-born Spanish singer
- 1975 - Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player
- 1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
- 1975 - Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress
- 1974 - Jim LaMarca, American bass guitarist (Chimaira)
- 1974 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- 1974 - Nisha Ganatra, Canadian film director
- 1973 - Milan Hnili?ka, Czech ice hockey player
- 1973 - Jamie Redknapp, English footballer
- 1972 - Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1972 - Mike Kroeger, Canadian bassist (Nickelback)
- 1971 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
- 1971 - Michael Tucker, American baseball player
- 1971 - Scott Maslen, English actor
- 1971 - Angela Kinsey, American actress
- 1971 - Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect
- 1970 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress
- 1970 - Ariel Gore, American journalist and novelist
- 1970 - Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete
- 1970 - Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist (Children of Bodom)
- 1969 - Matt Gallant, American television host
- 1969 - Zim Zum, American guitarist (Marilyn Manson)
- 1968 - Vaios Karagiannis, Greek footballer
- 1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, Democratic Republic of the Congo basketball player
- 1964 - Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
- 1964 - Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
- 1964 - Dell Curry, American basketball player
- 1964 - Greg Raymer, American professional poker player
- 1963 - Yann Martel, Spanish-born Canadian novelist
- 1963 - Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - John Benjamin Hickey, American actor
- 1963 - George Michael, British singer and songwriter
- 1962 - Phill Jupitus, English comedian and broadcaster
- 1961 - Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor and writer
- 1960 - Craig Johnston, Australian footballer
- 1959 - Jari Puikkonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1959 - Paris Themmen, American actor
- 1956 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004)
- 1956 - Anthony Bourdain, American chef and author
- 1954 - David Paich, American keyboardist, singer and songwriter (Toto)
- 1954 - Daryush Shokof, Iranian filmmaker
- 1954 - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1952 - Tim Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter
- 1952 - Alan Green, Northern Irish BBC Sport broadcaster and commentator
- 1950 - Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
- 1947 - Jimmie Walker, American actor
- 1946 - Roméo Dallaire, Dutch-born Canadian senator
- 1946 - Ian McDonald, English saxophonist (King Crimson, Foreigner)
- 1945 - Carly Simon, American singer and songwriter
- 1944 - Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer
- 1942 - Nikiforos Diamandouros, Greek academic and European Ombudsman
- 1942 - Willis Reed, American basketball player
- 1942 - Michel Tremblay, Canadian playwright
- 1941 - Denys Arcand, Canadian film director
- 1940 - Clint Warwick, English bassist (The Moody Blues) (d. 2004)
- 1940 - A.J. Quinnell, British writer (d. 2005)
- 1939 - Harold Melvin, American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
- 1939 - Allen Fox, American tennis player
- 1936 - Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia
- 1935 - Eddie Floyd, American soul singer
- 1934 - Jack W. Hayford, fourth president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
- 1934 - Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (d. 2006)
- 1933 - James Meredith, American civil rights activist
- 1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect
- 1932 - Peter Blake, British pop artist
- 1930 - George Murdock, American actor
- 1930 - Mary Beth Peil, American singer
- 1929 - Eric Carle, American author
- 1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1928 - Michel Brault, Quebec film director, screenwriter and producer
- 1928 - Peyo, Belgian illustrator (d. 1992)
- 1928 - Bill Russo, American jazz composer (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Chuck Smith, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
- 1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973)
- 1925 - June Lockhart, American actress
- 1925 - Ted Stepien, American business (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Sidney Lumet, American film director
- 1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer
- 1923 - Sam Francis, America painter (d. 1994)
- 1921 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
- 1913 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005)
- 1912 - William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996)
- 1911 - William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
- 1908 - Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (d. 2000)
- 1907 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
- 1903 - George Orwell, British writer (d. 1950)
- 1903 - Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1902 - Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan, brother of Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Sh?wa) (d. 1953)
- 1901 - Harold Roe Bartle, American lawyer, and politician, mayor of Kansas City, MO (d. 1974)
- 1900 - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, British Viceroy of India (d. 1979)
- 1894 - Hermann Oberth, German physicist (d. 1989)
- 1887 - George Abbott, American playwright (d. 1995)
- 1886 - Henry H. Arnold, American General of the Army and of the Air Force (d. 1950)
- 1884 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German art promoter (d. 1979)
- 1865 - Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929)
- 1864 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941)
- 1863 - Emile Francqui, Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935)
- 1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956)
- 1858 - Georges Courteline, French dramatist (d. 1929)
- 1852 - Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect (d. 1926)
- 1814 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896)
- 1755 - Princess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (d. 1776)
- 1726 - Thomas Pennant, British naturalist (d. 1798)
- 1715 - Joseph-François Foulon, French politician (d. 1789)
- 1612 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
- 1560 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634)
- 1328 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397)
- 1242 - Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1275)