On this day in History - Aug 25

0383 - Gratian dies. Roman Emperor
0608 - Pope Boniface IV is consecrated
1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy dies (b. 1142)
1270 - King Louis IX of France dies
1482 - Margarida de Anjou, rainha consorte de Henrique VI de Inglaterra
1530 - Ivan IV of Russia ("Ivan the Terrible") was born (d. 1584).
1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed.
1561 - Philippe van Lansberge was born (d. 1632). Dutch astronomer.
1580 - Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal/Batalha de Alcântara, entre D. António Prior do Crato e o Duque de Alba, saindo este vencedor.
1594 - San Luis in Argentina is founded.
1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1624 - François de la Chaise was born (d. 1709). French confessor of Louis XIV of France
1635 - Sir Henry Morgan was born (d. 1688). Privateer
1648 - José de Calasanz, santo y presbítero católico.
1662 - John Leverett the Younger was born (d. 1724). American President of Harvard.
1688 - Henry Morgan dies. Welsh privateer
1691 - Jan Vermeer dies. Dutch painter
1699 - King Christian V of Denmark dies (b. 1646)
1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey dies. English politician
1718 - New Orleans, Louisiana is founded.
1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo was born (d. 1795). French painter.
1724 - George Stubbs was born (d. 1806). British painter
1741 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt was born (d. 1792). German theologian.
1742 - Carlos Seixas dies (b. 1704). Portuguese composer.
1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder was born (d. 1803). German writer.
1758 - Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just was born. French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
1768 - James Cook begins his first voyage.
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands was born (d. 1843)
1774 - Niccolò Jommelli dies. Ccomposer
1776 - David Hume dies (b. 1711). Scottish philosopher.
1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria was born (d. 1868)
1796 - James Lick was born (d. 1876). California land baron
1802 - Niels Henrik Abel was born (d. 1829). Norwegian mathematics
1802 - Nikolaus Lenau was born (d. 1850). Austrian poet.
1803 - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva was born (d. 1880). the Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader / Nasce Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias, oficial e patrono do Exército Brasileiro (m. 1880).
1814 - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812.
1819 - Allan Pinkerton was born (d. 1884). American private detective.
1822 - William Herschel dies (b. 1738). German-born astronomer)
1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Spain.
1830 - Belgium revolts from the Netherlands
1831 - Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna was born. Chilean politician and historian.
1833 - Guerra Civil em Portugal: Concentração das forças miguelistas em torno de Lisboa.
1835 - The New York Sun perpetrates The Great Moon Hoax.
1836 - Bret Harte was born (d. 1902). American writer.
1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher was born (d. 1917). Swiss medical researcher who was in 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate.
1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria was born (d. 1886)
1850 - Charles Robert Richet was born (d. 1935). French scientist who was 1913 Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate.
1867 - James W. Gerard was born (d. 1951). American jurist and diplomat.
1867 - Michael Faraday dies (b. 1791). English scientist
1868 - Nikolaos Levidis was born. Greek shooter
1875 - Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel.
1882 - Sean O'Kelly was born (d. 1966). President of Ireland
1889 - O general Legítimo renuncia à Presidência da República do Haiti.
1893 - Henry Trendley Dean was born (d. 1962). American dental researcher.
1894 - Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1897 - O presidente uruguaio Juan Idiarte Borda é assassinado em frente a Catedral de Montevidéu.
1898 - Helmut Hasse was born (d. 1975). German mathematican
1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs was born (d. 1981). German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche dies. German philosopher 1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
1902 - Stefan Wolpe was born (d. 1972). German-born composer.
1903 - Árpád Élő was born (d. 1992). Hungarian physicist.
1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour dies. Painter
1905 - Faustina Kowalska was born (d. 1938). Polish mystic.
1908 - Henri Becquerel dies (b. 1852). French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1909 - Ruby Keeler was born (d. 1993). Canadian singer and actress.
1909 - Michael Rennie was born (d. 1971).English actor
1910 - Yellow Cab is founded.
1912 - The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party is founded.
1912 - Erich Honecker was born (d. 1994). Head of state of East Germany.
1913 - Walt Kelly was born (d. 1973). American cartoonist.
1913 - Bob Crosby was born (d. 1993). American bandleader.
1913 - Don DeFore was born (d. 1993). American actor.
1915 - Walter Trampler was born (d. 1997). American violist.
1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins was born (d. 2003). American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1916 - Van Johnson was born. American actor
1916 - The United States National Park Service is created.
1917 - Mel Ferrer was born. American actor
1918 - Leonard Bernstein was born (d. 1990). American conductor and composer.
1918 - Richard Greene was born (d. 1998). English actor
1919 - George Wallace was born (d. 1998). American politician, Governor of Alabama.
1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated.
1921 - Monty Hall was born. Canadian-born game show host
1921 - Brian Moore was born (d. 1999). Irish-born Canadian writer.
1921 - Bryce Mackasey was born (d. 1999). Canadian politician.
1923 - Fernando Távora was born. Portuguese architect.
1923 - Álvaro Mutis was born. Colombian writer
1925 - Juanita Reina was born. Spanish actress.
1925 - Thea Astley was born (d. 2004). Australian writer.
1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf dies. Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army
1927 - Althea Gibson was born (d. 2003). American tennis player.
1928 - Herbert Kroemer was born. German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 - Darrell Johnson was born (d. 2004). American baseball player.
1929 - Dominique Fernandez was born. French novelist.
1929 - Gordon Sherwood was born. Composer
1930 - Sir Sean Connery was born. Scottish actor
1930 - Graham Jarvis was born (d. 2003). Canadian actor.
1930 - Maria Alberta Meneres was born in Vila Nova de Gaia. Portuguese writer.
1931 - Hal Fishman was born (d. 2007). Los Angeles based local news anchor.
1933 - Regis Philbin was born. American television host
1933 - Wayne Shorter was born. American jazz musician
1933 - Tom Skerritt was born. American actor
1934 - Lise Bacon was born. French Canadian politician
1935 - Charles Wright was born. American poet
1938 - David Canary was born. American actor
1938 - Frederick Forsyth was born. English author
1939 - John Badham was born. American film director
1940 - José Van Dam was born. Belgian baritone
1941 - Marshall Brickman was born. Screenwriter
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 Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor dies. Duke of Kent
1944 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
1944 - Anthony Heald was born. American actor
1944 - Conrad Black was born. Newspaper magnate
1944 - Jacques Demers was born. Canadian hockey coach
1945 – About ten days after World War II ended with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China killed Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by a portion of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
1945 - John Birch dies. Intelligence officer & missionary, namesake of the John Birch Society
1946 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship.
1946 - Rollie Fingers was born. American baseball player
1946 - Charlie Sanders was born. American football player
1947 - Golpe de Estado no Equador: O presidente Velasco Ibarra renuncia ao cargo em favor do coronel Mancheño.
1947 - Anne Archer was born. Actress
1948 - Tony Ramos was born. Brazilian actor, ator brasileiro.
1949 - Martin Amis was born. English novelist
1949 - John Savage was born. American actor
1949 - Gene Simmons was born. Israeli-born musician (Kiss)
1949 - Fariborz Lachini was born. Canadian-Iranian composer
1950 - President Harry Truman ordered the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
1951 - Robert Joseph Glass was born. Artist
1951 - Rob Halford was born. English singer (Judas Priest)
1951 - Bill Handel was born. American radio personality
1952 - Geoff Downes was born. English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia)
1952 - Peter Wolf was born. Singer and composer
1954 - Elvis Costello was born. English musician.
1956 - Henri Toivonen was born. Finnish rally driver
1956 - Alfred Kinsey dies. Biologist and human sexuality research scientist.
1958 - Tim Burton was born. American film director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 - Games of the XVII Olympiad open in Rome.
1960 - Ashley Crow was born. American actress
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus was born. American singer and actor
1961 - Brasil : O presidente Jânio Quadros renuncia ao cargo sete meses após assumir. João Goulart, seu vice, assume o cargo.
1962 - Viv Campbell was born. Guitarist (Def Leppard)
1962 - David Packer was born. American actor
1964 - Maxim Kontsevich was born. Russian mathematician
1964 - Blair Underwood was born. American actor
1964 - Vassilios Kotronias was born. Greek chess grandmaster
1964 - Marti Noxon was born. American television writer and producer
1965 - Mia Zapata was born (d. 1994). American singer (The Gits)
1966 - Albert Belle was born. American Major League Baseball player
1966 - Derek Sherinian was born. American keyboardist
1967 - Jeff Tweedy was born. American singer (Wilco)
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, is shot dead.
1967 - Stanley Bruce dies. Eighth Prime Minister of Australia
1967 - Paul Muni dies. Academy Award-winning actor
1968 - Rafet El Roman was born. Turkish singer, composer
1968 - Rachael Ray was born. American chef and television personalityt
1968 - Stuart Murdoch was born. Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian) 1968 - Spider One was born. American musician (Powerman 5000)
1969 - Cameron Mathison was born. Canadian actor (All My Children)
1970 - Claudia Schiffer was born. German model
1970 - Robert Horry was born. American basketball player
1970 - Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
1971 - Mike Lockwood was born (d. 2003). Professional wrestler.
1971 - Ted Lewis dies (b. 1890). Jazz musician and entertainer
1972 - Marvin Harrison was born. American football player
1972 - Catarina Furtado was born. Portuguese TV presenter.
1973 - Jennifer Wilbanks was born. American causes celebre, "runaway bride".
1974 - Eric Millegan was born. American actor
1974 - Pablo Ozuna was born. Dominican baseball player
1975 - Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, the classic album that would launch him to superstardom.
1976 - Alexander Skarsgård was born. Swedish actor
1976 - Eyvind Johnson dies (b. 1900). Swedish writer
1977 - Sophie Cadieux was born. Quebec actress
1978 - Kel Mitchell was born. American actor
1979 - Marlon Harewood was born. English footballer
1979 - Stan Kenton dies (b. 1911). American jazz musician and band leader
1979 - Ray Eberle dies. Jazz musician and band leader
1980 - Gower Champion dies (b. 1919). American dancer, actor, and choreographer.
1980 - José Medina dies (b. 1894). Brazilian actor and director.
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.
1981 - Rachel Bilson was born. American actress. 1981 - Bill Colleman dies. American jazz music
1983 - Guatemala: President Efraín Ríos Montt is deposed after a coup.
1983 - James Rossiter was born. British racing driver
1984 - Truman Capote dies (b. 1924). American author
1984 - Waite Hoyt dies (b. 1899). American baseball player.
1984 - Viktor Chukarin dies (b. 1921). Soviet gymnast.
1984 - Waite Hoyt dies (b. 1899). American baseball player.
1985 - Samantha Smith dies. American social activist and actress.
1987 - Stacey Farber was born. Canadian actress
1987 - Blake Lively was born. American actress
1987 - James Wesolowski was born. Australian footballer
1987 - Liu Yifei was born. Chinese actress and singer
1988 - The historical center of Lisbon is destroyed by a fire / Incêndio do Chiado , em Lisboa : Entre as 4h e 30m e as 4h e 45m da manhã, na secção de perfumaria e «lingerie» dos Grandes Armazéns Grandela, começava o incêndio. O alarme só foi dado às 5h e 19m, devido à falha dos telefones e do alarme de incêndio. Só às 15h foi anunciado que o fogo se encontrava dominado, quando já tinham ardido quatro quarteirões.
1988 - Raymond Quinn was born. English singer
1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft flies by Neptune, the last major planet it could visit before leaving the Solar System.
1989 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
1989 - Norberto Lopes dies. Portuguese journalist.
1990 - Morley Callaghan dies (b. 1903). Canadian writer.
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.
1991 - Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union
1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki was born. Japanese singer
1994 - Alexandr Solzhenitsin ganha o Prémio Leon Tolstói pela sua contribuição para a literatura russa.
1997 - Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, was convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy.
1997 - Holly Gibbs was born. English child actor
1998 - China Anne McClain was born. American actress
1999 - Rob Fisher dies (b. 1903). English musician.
2000 - Desaparece, em Belgrado, o ex presidente sérvio Ivan Stambolic.
2000 - Carl Barks dies. American cartoonist (Donald Duck)
2000 - Jack Nitzsche dies (b. 1937). American record producer.
2001 - Aaliyah dies (plane crash) (b. 1979). American singer and actress.
2001 - Carl Brewer dies (b. 1938). Canadian ice hockey player.
2001 - Philippe Léotard dies (b. 1940). French actor and singer.
2001 - Ken Tyrrell dies (b. 3 May 1924). British automobile racing team owner.
2002 - Dorothy Hewett dies (b. 1923). Australian writer.
2003 - the Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories.
2003 - 52 killed in two Islamic terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.
2005 - Peter Glotz dies (b. 1939). German politician.
2007 - Ray Jones dies (b. 1988). English footballer.
2007 - Eduardo Prado Coelho dies (b. 29 Mar 1944). Portuguese writer, professor and essayst
Uruguay - National Day.
Roman Empire - Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops.
Roman Catholic Saints - Genesius of Arles, Saint Louis IX of France, Saint Joseph Calasanz.
Brasil: Dia do soldado (nascimento de Duque de Caxias).