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August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht .1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company , the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army , and the second most senior, is formed.1580 - Battle of Alcântara . Spain defeats Portugal .1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers .1758 - Seven Years' War : Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf .1768 - James Cook begins his first voyage.1814 - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812 .1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil .1830 - The Belgian Revolution begins.1835 - The New York Sun Great Moon Hoax .1894 - Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet 1898 - 700 Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion , Greece .1910 - Yellow Cab is founded.1912 - The Kuomintang , the Chinese nationalist party , is founded.1916 - The United States National Park Service is created.1920 - Polish-Soviet War : Battle of Warsaw , which began on August 13 , ends. The Red Army is defeated.1921 - The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.1933 - The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County , Sichuan , China and kills 9,000 people.1942 - World War II : Battle of Milne Bay , Papua New Guinea .1942 - World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons . A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1944 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies .1945 - Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender , armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch , regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War .1948 - The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss .1950 - President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.1981 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn 1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe .1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune , the outermost planet in the Solar System .
1989 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary .
1991 - Belarus declares its independence from the Soviet Union 1991 - Linux was born when Linus Torvalds sent off the email announcing his project to create a new operating system .1991 - The Battle of Vukovar has begun. An 87-day siege of an Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August-November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence .1997 - Egon Krenz , the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy.2003 - The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
Births
1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584 )1561 - Philippe van Lansberge , Dutch astronomer (d. 1632 )1624 - François de la Chaise , French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709 )1662 - John Leverett the Younger , American educator (d. 1724 )1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo , French painter (d. 1795 )1724 - George Stubbs , British painter (d. 1806 )1741 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt , German theologian (d. 1792 )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 , American land baron (d. 1876 )1802 - Nikolaus Lenau , Austrian poet (d. 1850 )1803 - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva , the Duque de Caxias , Brazilian military leader1819 - Allan Pinkerton , American private detective (d. 1884 )1836 - Bret Harte , American writer (d. 1902 )1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher , Swiss medical researcher; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917 )1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886 )1867 - James W. Gerard , American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951 )1868 - Nikolaos Levidis , Greek shooter1882 - Seán T. O'Kelly , Irish politician (d. 1966 )1893 - Henry Trendley Dean , American dental researcher (d. 1962 )1898 - Helmut Hasse , German mathematician (d. 1975 )1898 - Arthur Wood , England cricketer (d. 1973 )
1900 - Hans Adolf Krebs , German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981 )1902 - Stefan Wolpe , German-born composer (d. 1972 )1903 - Arpad Elo , American chess writer (d. 1992 )1905 - Faustina Kowalska , Polish mystic (d. 1938 )1906 - Jim Smith , England cricketer (d. 1979 )1909 - Ruby Keeler , Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993 )1909 - Michael Rennie , English actor (d. 1971 )
1911 - Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp), Vietnamese general and statesman1912 - Erich Honecker , East German politician (d. 1994 )1913 - Walt Kelly , American cartoonist (d. 1973 )1913 - Don DeFore , American actor (d. 1993 )
1915 - Walter Trampler , American violist (d. 1997 )1916 - Van Johnson , American actor1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins , American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003 )
1916 - Saburo Sakai , Japanese aviator (d. 2000 )
1917 - Mel Ferrer , Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008 )1918 - Leonard Bernstein , American conductor and composer (d. 1990 )1918 - Richard Greene , English actor (d. 1985 )
1919 - George Wallace , American politician (d. 1998 )1921 - Monty Hall , Canadian-born game show host1921 - Brian Moore , Irish-born writer (d. 1999 )
1921 - Bryce Mackasey , Canadian politician (d. 1999 )
1925 - Thea Astley , Australian writer, (d. 2004 )1927 - Althea Gibson , American tennis player (d. 2003 )1928 - Herbert Kroemer , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate1928 - Darrell Johnson , American baseball player (d. 2004 )
1930 - Sean Connery , Scottish actor1930 - Graham Jarvis , Canadian actor (d. 2003 )
1930 - Bruce Allpress , New Zealand actor
1931 - Hal Fishman , Los Angeles based local news anchor. (d. 2007 )1931 - Regis Philbin , American television host
1933 - Wayne Shorter , American jazz musician1933 - Tom Skerritt , American actor
1934 - Lise Bacon , French Canadian politician1934 - Eddie Ilarde , Filipino disk jockey, television host, and Senator
1935 - Charles Wright , American poet1938 - David Canary , American actor1938 - Frederick Forsyth , English author
1939 - John Badham , American film director1940 - José Van Dam , Belgian baritone1944 - Anthony Heald , American actor1944 - Conrad Black , newspaper magnate
1944 - Jacques Demers , Canadian hockey coach
1946 - Rollie Fingers , American baseball player1946 - Charles Ghigna (Father Goose) , American poet and Children's Author
1946 - Charlie Sanders , American football player
1949 - Martin Amis , English novelist1949 - John Savage , American actor
1949 - Gene Simmons , Israeli-born musician (Kiss )
1949 - Fariborz Lachini , Canadian-Iranian composer
1950 - Charles Fambrough , American jazz musician1951 - Rob Halford , English singer (Judas Priest )1951 - Bill Handel , American radio personality
1952 - Geoff Downes , English keyboardist (Buggles , Yes , Asia )1952 - Duleep Mendis , Sri Lankan cricketer
1954 - Elvis Costello , English musician1955 - Vijayakanth , Tamil actor and politician1956 - Henri Toivonen , Finnish rally driver (d.1986 )1957 - Sikander Bakht , Pakistani cricketer1958 - Tim Burton , American film director1958 - Christian LeBlanc , American actor1960 - Ashley Crow , American actress1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus , American singer and actor1961 - Joanne Whalley , British actress
1962 - David Packer , American actor1962 - Vivian Campbell , Irish musician (Def Leppard , Whitesnake , Dio )
1962 - Shahid Mahboob , Pakistani cricketer
1963 - James Backhouse , British artist
1964 - Maxim Kontsevich , Russian mathematician1964 - Blair Underwood , American actor
1964 - Vassilios Kotronias , Greek chess grandmaster
1964 - Marti Noxon , American television writer and producer
1965 - Mia Zapata , American singer (The Gits ) (d. 1993 )1965 - Sanjeev Sharma , Indian cricketer
1966 - Albert Belle , American Major League Baseball player1966 - Derek Sherinian , American keyboardist
1966 - Robert Maschio , American Actor ("The Todd" in Scrubs)
1967 - Jeff Tweedy , American singer (Wilco )1968 - Rafet El Roman , Turkish singer and composer1968 - Yuri Mitsui , Japanese actress, model and racing driver
1968 - Stuart Murdoch , Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian )
1968 - Takeshi Ueda , Japanese singer and composer
1968 - Rachael Ray , American chef and television personality
1968 - Spider One , American musician (Powerman 5000 )
1969 - Cameron Mathison , Canadian actor1969 - Vivek Razdan , Indian cricketer
1970 - Robert Horry , American basketball player1970 - Jo Dee Messina , American country music singer
1970 - Claudia Schiffer , German model
1971 - Mike Lockwood , professional wrestler (d. 2003 )1971 - Thalia Sodi , Mexican actress and singer
1972 - Marvin Harrison , American football player1973 - Fatih Akin , Turkish-German film director1973 - Olavi Mikkonen , Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Amon Amarth )
1974 - Eric Millegan , American actor1974 - Dave Luza , Dutch comedian
1974 - Pablo Ozuna , Dominican baseball player
1975 - Jeremy Horn , American MMA Fighter
1976 - Alexander Skarsgård , Swedish actor1976 - Javed Qadeer , Pakistani cricketer
1977 - Sophie Cadieux , Quebec actress1977 - Diego Corrales , American boxer (d. 2007 )
1977 - Jonathan Togo , American actor
1978 - Kel Mitchell , American actor1979 - Marlon Harewood , English footballer1980 - Neal Musser , American baseball player1981 - Rachel Bilson , American actress1981 - Clare Oliver , Australian cancer activist (d. 2007 )
1983 - James Righton , English musician (Klaxons )1983 - James Rossiter , British racing driver
1983 - Janet Chow , Canadian/Chinese beauty pageant contestant
1987 - Stacey Farber , Canadian actress1987 - Blake Lively , American actress
1987 - Justin Upton , American baseball player
1987 - James Wesolowski , Australian footballer
1987 - Liu Yifei , Chinese actress and singer
1988 - Angela Park , Brazilian/American golfer1988 - Raymond Quinn , English singer
1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki , Japanese singer1994 - Josh Flitter , American actor1997 - Holly Gibbs , English actress
Deaths
383 - Gratian , Roman Emperor (b. 359 )471 - Gennadius I , Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458 )1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142 )1270 - King Louis IX of France (b. 1214 )1282 - Thomas Cantilupe , English saint (b. ca 1218 )1330 - Sir James Douglas , Scottish soldier (b. 1286 )1482 - Margaret of Anjou , queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429 )1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk , English politician (b. 1473 )1632 - Thomas Dekker , English dramatist (b. ca. 1572 )1650 - Richard Crashaw , English poet (b. ca. 1613 )1688 - Henry Morgan , Welsh privateer (b. ca. 1635 )1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646 )1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey , English politician1742 - Carlos Seixas , Portuguese composer (b. 1704 )1774 - Niccolò Jommelli , Italian composer (b. 1714 )1776 - David Hume , Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711 )1792 - Jacques Cazotte , French writer (b. 1719 )1794 - Comte de Mercy-Argenteau , Belgian-born Austrian diplomat (b. 1727 )1822 - William Herschel , German-born astronomer (b. 1738 )1867 - Michael Faraday , English scientist (b. 1791 )1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche , German philosopher (b. 1844 )1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka , Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840 )
1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour , French painter (b. 1836 )1904 - William Hall , Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827 )
1908 - Henri Becquerel , French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1852 )1924 - Mariano Álvarez , Filipino general (b. 1818 )1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf , Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852 )1930 - Frankie Campbell , American Boxer (b. 1904 )1938 - Aleksandr Kuprin , Russian writer (b. 1870 )1939 - Babe Siebert , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904 )1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor , Duke of Kent (b. 1902 )1945 - John Birch , American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918 )1950 - Earl Caddock , professional wrestler (b. 1888 )1956 - Alfred Kinsey , American research biologist (b. 1894 )1965 - Moonlight Graham , American baseball player1967 - Stanley Bruce , eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883 )1967 - Paul Muni , Polish actor (b. 1895 )
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell , American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918 )
1968 - Stan McCabe , Australian cricketer (b. 1910 )1971 - Ted Lewis , American musician and entertainer (b. 1890 )1976 - Eyvind Johnson , Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1900 )1979 - Stan Kenton , American musician and bandleader (b. 1911 )1980 - Gower Champion , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919 )1984 - Truman Capote , American author (b. 1924 )1984 - Waite Hoyt , American baseball player (b. 1899 )
1984 - Viktor Chukarin , Soviet gymnast (b. 1921 )
1985 - Samantha Smith , American social activist (b. 1972 )1990 - Morley Callaghan , Canadian writer (b. 1903 )1999 - Rob Fisher , English musician (b. 1956 )2000 - Carl Barks , American cartoonist (b. 1901 )2000 - Jack Nitzsche , American record producer (b. 1937 )
2001 - Aaliyah , American singer and actress (b. 1979 )2001 - Carl Brewer , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938 )
2001 - Ken Tyrrell , British race driver (b. 1924 )
2001 - Philippe Léotard , French actor and singer (b. 1940 )
2002 - Dorothy Hewett , Australian writer (b. 1923 )2005 - Peter Glotz , German politician (b. 1939 )2007 - Ray Jones , English footballer (b. 1988 )2008 - Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (b. 1964 )2008 - Pavle Kozjek , Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959 )
Holidays and observances
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