August, 25th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 25, 2005:
2005 - Tom Boonen wins the World Championship cycling in Madrid, Spain.

Monday 25, 2003:
Fifty-two are killed in two Islamic terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.

Sunday 25, 1991:
Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union

Friday 25, 1989:
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.

Thursday 25, 1988:
The historical center of Lisbon is destroyed by a fire.

Monday 25, 1980:
The Broadway musical 42nd Street opens; the show's director, Gower Champion, had died earlier that day.

Monday 25, 1975:
Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, the album that would launch him to superstardom.

Thursday 25, 1960:
Games of the XVII Olympiad open in Rome.

Friday 25, 1950:
President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.

Sunday 25, 1946:
Ben Hogan wins the PGA Championship.

Friday 25, 1944:
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.

Tuesday 25, 1942:
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

Wednesday 25, 1920:
Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated.

Friday 25, 1916:
The United States National Park Service is created.

Sunday 25, 1912:
The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.

Thursday 25, 1910:
Yellow Cab is founded.

Saturday 25, 1894:
Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

Wednesday 25, 1875:
Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel.

Tuesday 25, 1835:
The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.

Wednesday 25, 1830:
Belgium revolts from the Netherlands

Thursday 25, 1825:
Uruguay declares its independence from Spain.

Thursday 25, 1768:
James Cook begins his first voyage.

Friday 25, 1758:
Seven Years War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.

Thursday 25, 1718:
New Orleans, Louisiana is founded.

Tuesday 25, 1609:
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

Monday 25, 1580:
Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal.

Wednesday 25, 1537:
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-august/on-this-day.html


People born on August 25

1987:
Stacey Farber, Canadian actress (b: August 25, 1987) (Biography of Stacey Farber)

1981:
Rachel Bilson, American actress (b: August 25, 1981) (Biography of Rachel Bilson)

1973:
Jennifer Wilbanks, Runaway bride, American cause célèbre (b: August 25, 1973) (Biography of Jennifer Wilbanks)

1972:
Marvin Harrison, American football player (b: August 25, 1972) (Biography of Marvin Harrison)

1970:
Claudia Schiffer, German model (b: August 25, 1970) (Biography of Claudia Schiffer)

1969:
Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor (b: August 25, 1969) (Biography of Cameron Mathison)

1968:
Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer (b: August 25, 1968) (Biography of Rafet El Roman)
Rachael Ray, American cook and television host (b: August 25, 1968) (Biography of Rachael Ray)
Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian) (b: August 25, 1968) (Biography of Stuart Murdoch (musician))

1964:
Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician (b: August 25, 1964) (Biography of Maxim Kontsevich)
Blair Underwood, American actor (b: August 25, 1964) (Biography of Blair Underwood)

1962:
David Packer, American actor (b: August 25, 1962) (Biography of David Packer)

1961:
Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer (b: August 25, 1961) (Biography of Billy Ray Cyrus)

1958:
Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b: August 25, 1958) (Biography of Tim Burton)

1954:
Elvis Costello, English musician (b: August 25, 1954) (Biography of Elvis Costello)

1952:
Peter Wolf, American singer and composer (b: August 25, 1952) (Biography of Peter Wolf)

1951:
Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest) (b: August 25, 1951) (Biography of Rob Halford)

1949:
Martin Amis, English novelist (b: August 25, 1949) (Biography of Martin Amis)
John Savage, American actor (b: August 25, 1949) (Biography of John Savage (actor))
Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist (b: August 25, 1949) (Biography of Gene Simmons)

1947:
Anne Archer, American actress (b: August 25, 1947) (Biography of Anne Archer)

1946:
Rollie Fingers, baseball player (b: August 25, 1946) (Biography of Rollie Fingers)

1944:
Anthony Heald, American actor (b: August 25, 1944) (Biography of Anthony Heald)

1940:
José Van Dam, Belgian baritone (b: August 25, 1940) (Biography of José Van Dam)

1939:
John Badham, American film director (b: August 25, 1939) (Biography of John Badham)

1938:
David Canary, American actor (b: August 25, 1938) (Biography of David Canary)
Frederick Forsyth, English author (b: August 25, 1938) (Biography of Frederick Forsyth)

1935:
Charles Wright, American poet (b: August 25, 1935) (Biography of Charles Wright (poet))

1931:
Regis Philbin, American television host (b: August 25, 1931) (Biography of Regis Philbin)
Wayne Shorter, American musician (b: August 25, 1931) (Biography of Wayne Shorter)
Tom Skerritt, American actor (b: August 25, 1931) (Biography of Tom Skerritt)

1930:
Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b: August 25, 1930) (Biography of Sean Connery)

1928:
Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 25, 1928) (Biography of Herbert Kroemer)

1927:
Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b: August 25, 1927 ; d: September 28, 2003) (Biography of Althea Gibson)

1921:
Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host (b: August 25, 1921) (Biography of Monty Hall)
Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b: August 25, 1921) (Biography of Brian Moore (novelist))

1919:
George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (b: August 25, 1919 ; d: September 13, 1998) (Biography of George Wallace)

1918:
Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (b: August 25, 1918 ; d: October 14, 1990) (Biography of Leonard Bernstein)
Richard Greene, English actor (b: August 25, 1918) (Biography of Richard Greene)

1917:
Mel Ferrer, American actor (b: August 25, 1917) (Biography of Mel Ferrer)

1916:
Van Johnson, American actor (b: August 25, 1916) (Biography of Van Johnson)

1913:
Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (b: August 25, 1913 ; d: October 19, 1973) (Biography of Walt Kelly)

1912:
Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (b: August 25, 1912 ; d: May 29, 1994) (Biography of Erich Honecker)

1909:
Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (b: August 25, 1909 ; d: February 28, 1993) (Biography of Ruby Keeler)
Michael Rennie, English actor (b: August 25, 1909 ; d: June 10, 1971) (Biography of Michael Rennie)

1902:
Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (b: August 25, 1902 ; d: April 4, 1972) (Biography of Stefan Wolpe)

1900:
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German scientist (b: August 25, 1900 ; d: November 22, 1981) (Biography of Hans Adolf Krebs)

1898:
Helmut Hasse, German mathematican (b: August 25, 1898) (Biography of Helmut Hasse)

1882:
Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b: August 25, 1882 ; d: November 23, 1966) (Biography of Sean T. O'Kelly)

1850:
Charles Richet, French scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: August 25, 1850) (Biography of Charles Richet)

1845:
King Ludwig II of Bavaria (b: August 25, 1845 ; d: June 13, 1886) (Biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria)

1841:
Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 25, 1841 ; d: July 27, 1917) (Biography of Emil Theodor Kocher)

1836:
Bret Harte, American writer (b: August 25, 1836 ; d: May 6, 1902) (Biography of Bret Harte)

1819:
Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b: August 25, 1819 ; d: July 1, 1894) (Biography of Allan Pinkerton)

1796:
James Lick, California land baron (b: August 25, 1796 ; d: October 1, 1876) (Biography of James Lick)

1786:
King Ludwig I of Bavaria (b: August 25, 1786 ; d: February 29, 1868) (Biography of Ludwig I of Bavaria)

1772:
King William I of the Netherlands (b: August 25, 1772 ; d: December 12, 1843) (Biography of William I of the Netherlands)

1767:
Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (b: August 25, 1767) (Biography of Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just)

1744:
Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (b: August 25, 1744 ; d: December 18, 1803) (Biography of Johann Gottfried Herder)

1724:
George Stubbs, British painter (b: August 25, 1724 ; d: July 10, 1806) (Biography of George Stubbs)

1662:
John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b: August 25, 1662 ; d: May 3, 1724) (Biography of John Leverett the Younger)

1635:
Sir Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer (b: August 25, 1635 ; d: August 25, 1688) (Biography of Henry Morgan)

1624:
François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b: August 25, 1624 ; d: January 20, 1709) (Biography of François de la Chaise)

1561:
Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (b: August 25, 1561 ; d: December 8, 1632) (Biography of Philippe van Lansberge)

1530:
Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (b: August 25, 1530 ; d: March 18, 1584) (Biography of Ivan IV of Russia)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-august/births.html