
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ==Events== *1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. *1580 - Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal. *1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. *1718 - New Orleans, Louisiana is founded. *1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. *1830 - Belgium revolts from the Netherlands *1835 - The New York Sun (historical) perpetrates The Great Moon Hoax. *1875 - Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel. *1910 - Yellow Cab is founded. *1912 - Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party is founded. *1916 - United States National Park Service is created. *1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw (1920), started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated. *1942 - Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea *1944 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies. *1946 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship. *1950 - President Harry Truman ordered the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike. *1960 - 1960 Summer Olympics open in Rome. *1975 - Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, the classic album that would launch him to superstardom. *1980 - Microsoft announces their version of Unix, Xenix. *1980 - The Broadway musical 42nd Street opened; the show's director, Gower Champion, died earlier that day. *1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. *1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft flies by Neptune (planet). *1991 - Linus Torvalds first says in a post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup that he is working on a new free computer operating system. *2003 - the Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canada federal government in Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories. * 2003 - 52 killed in two Islamic terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai, India. ==Births== *1530 - Ivan IV of Russia ("Ivan the Terrible") (d. 1584) *1635 - Sir Henry Morgan, privateer (d. 1688) *1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806) *1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803) *1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794) *1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868) *1796 - James Lick, California land baron (d. 1876) *1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884) *1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902) *1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher, medical researcher (d. 1917) *1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886) *1850 - Charles Richet, scientist *1882 - Sean T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (d. 1966) *1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematican *1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, scientist *1902 - Stefan Wolpe, composer (d. 1972) *1909 - Ruby Keeler, singer and actress (d. 1993) * 1909 - Michael Rennie, actor (d. 1971) *1912 - Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (d. 1994) *1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973) *1916 - Van Johnson, actor *1917 - Mel Ferrer, American actor *1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990) * 1918 - Richard Greene, actor *1919 - George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) *1921 - Monty Hall, game show host *1921 - Brian Moore (novelist), Irish-born Canadian writer (d. 1999) *1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003) *1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German physicist *1929 - Gordon Sherwood, composer *1930 - Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor *1933 - Regis Philbin, television host * 1933 - Wayne Shorter, jazz musician * 1933 - Tom Skerritt, actor *1935 - Charles Wright (poet), American poet *1938 - David Canary, actor * 1938 - Frederick Forsyth, author *1939 - John Badham, film director *1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone *1941 - Marshall Brickman, screenwriter *1944 - Anthony Heald, actor *1946 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player *1947 - Anne Archer, actress *1949 - Martin Amis, novelist * 1949 - John Savage (actor), actor * 1949 - Gene Simmons, bassist *1951 - Robert Joseph Glass, artist *1952 - Peter Wolf, singer and composer *1954 - Elvis Costello, musician *1958 - Tim Burton, film director, producer, and screenwriter *1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, singer *1962 - Viv Campbell, guitarist (Def Leppard) *1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician * 1964 - Blair Underwood, actor *1968 - Rafet El Roman, singer, composer * 1968 - Rachael Ray, cook and television host *1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model *1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player *1980 - Ryan Horn, writer and commentator *1985 - Nick English, Rugby League player ==Deaths== *1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) *1270 - King Louis IX of France *1774 - Niccolò Jommelli, composer *1822 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738) *1867 - Michael Faraday, scientist *1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher *1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) *1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter *1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist *1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army *1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent *1945 - John Birch, soldier, missionary, first casualty of the Cold War *1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia *1967 - Paul Muni, Academy Award-winning actor *1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader *1971 - Ted Lewis (musician), jazz musician and entertainer (b. 1890) *1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer (b. 1900) *1979 - Stan Kenton, American jazz musician and band leader *1979 - Ray Eberle, jazz musician and band leader *1980 - Gower Champion, dancer, actor, and choreographer *1984 - Truman Capote, author *1984 - Waite Hoyt, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1899) *1985 - Samantha Smith, American social activist and actress *1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer *2000 - Carl Barks, cartoonist *2001 - Aaliyah, singer (plane crash) *2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer ==Holidays and observances== *Uruguay - National Day. *Roman Empire - Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops. *Philippines - National Heroes' Day. *Australia - Claytonymas. Held in honour of Australian war heroes. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/25 BBC: On This Day] ---- August 24 - August 26 - July 25 - September 25 -- historical anniversaries
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August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ==Events== *1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. *1580 - Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal. *1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. *1718 - New Orleans, Louisiana is founded. *1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. *1830 - Belgium revolts from the Netherlands *1835 - The New York Sun (historical) perpetrates The Great Moon Hoax. *1875 - Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel. *1910 - Yellow Cab is founded. *1912 - Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party is founded. *1916 - United States National Park Service is created. *1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw (1920), started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated. *1942 - Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea *1944 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies. *1946 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship. *1950 - President Harry Truman ordered the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike. *1960 - 1960 Summer Olympics open in Rome. *1975 - Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, the classic album that would launch him to superstardom. *1980 - Microsoft announces their version of Unix, Xenix. *1980 - The Broadway musical 42nd Street opened; the show's director, Gower Champion, died earlier that day. *1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. *1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft flies by Neptune (planet). *1991 - Linus Torvalds first says in a post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup that he is working on a new free computer operating system. *2003 - the Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canada federal government in Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories. * 2003 - 52 killed in two Islamic terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai, India. ==Births== *1530 - Ivan IV of Russia ("Ivan the Terrible") (d. 1584) *1635 - Sir Henry Morgan, privateer (d. 1688) *1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806) *1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803) *1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794) *1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868) *1796 - James Lick, California land baron (d. 1876) *1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884) *1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902) *1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher, medical researcher (d. 1917) *1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886) *1850 - Charles Richet, scientist *1882 - Sean T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (d. 1966) *1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematican *1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, scientist *1902 - Stefan Wolpe, composer (d. 1972) *1909 - Ruby Keeler, singer and actress (d. 1993) * 1909 - Michael Rennie, actor (d. 1971) *1912 - Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (d. 1994) *1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973) *1916 - Van Johnson, actor *1917 - Mel Ferrer, American actor *1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990) * 1918 - Richard Greene, actor *1919 - George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) *1921 - Monty Hall, game show host *1921 - Brian Moore (novelist), Irish-born Canadian writer (d. 1999) *1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003) *1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German physicist *1929 - Gordon Sherwood, composer *1930 - Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor *1933 - Regis Philbin, television host * 1933 - Wayne Shorter, jazz musician * 1933 - Tom Skerritt, actor *1935 - Charles Wright (poet), American poet *1938 - David Canary, actor * 1938 - Frederick Forsyth, author *1939 - John Badham, film director *1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone *1941 - Marshall Brickman, screenwriter *1944 - Anthony Heald, actor *1946 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player *1947 - Anne Archer, actress *1949 - Martin Amis, novelist * 1949 - John Savage (actor), actor * 1949 - Gene Simmons, bassist *1951 - Robert Joseph Glass, artist *1952 - Peter Wolf, singer and composer *1954 - Elvis Costello, musician *1958 - Tim Burton, film director, producer, and screenwriter *1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, singer *1962 - Viv Campbell, guitarist (Def Leppard) *1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician * 1964 - Blair Underwood, actor *1968 - Rafet El Roman, singer, composer * 1968 - Rachael Ray, cook and television host *1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model *1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player *1980 - Ryan Horn, writer and commentator *1985 - Nick English, Rugby League player ==Deaths== *1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) *1270 - King Louis IX of France *1774 - Niccolò Jommelli, composer *1822 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738) *1867 - Michael Faraday, scientist *1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher *1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) *1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter *1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist *1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army *1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent *1945 - John Birch, soldier, missionary, first casualty of the Cold War *1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia *1967 - Paul Muni, Academy Award-winning actor *1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader *1971 - Ted Lewis (musician), jazz musician and entertainer (b. 1890) *1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer (b. 1900) *1979 - Stan Kenton, American jazz musician and band leader *1979 - Ray Eberle, jazz musician and band leader *1980 - Gower Champion, dancer, actor, and choreographer *1984 - Truman Capote, author *1984 - Waite Hoyt, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1899) *1985 - Samantha Smith, American social activist and actress *1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer *2000 - Carl Barks, cartoonist *2001 - Aaliyah, singer (plane crash) *2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer ==Holidays and observances== *Uruguay - National Day. *Roman Empire - Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops. *Philippines - National Heroes' Day. *Australia - Claytonymas. Held in honour of Australian war heroes. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/25 BBC: On This Day] ---- August 24 - August 26 - July 25 - September 25 -- historical anniversaries
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