Historical Events and Current Affairs on August 25

-BC- Poison gas was 1st used in war in China
Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught
Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
1212: Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa
1330: AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself
1425: Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
1485: Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III
1499: Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
1540: Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River
1566: Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht
1580: Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
1609: Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
1628: Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia
1689: Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English armies chase French
1689: Montr‚al taken by Iroquois
1698: Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
1704: Battle at M laga: French vs English & Dutch fleet
1718: Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
1758: Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed
1768: Capt James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
1795: Cura‡ao slaves opponents returns to St Christopher
1802: Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France
1804: Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1814: British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1825: Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
1829: Pres Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican govt refuses
1830: Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1835: NY Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
1862: Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
1864: Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda
1864: Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
1865: R Luther discovers asteroid #84 Klio
1875: Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m)
1886: 1st intl polo meet (US vs England)
1889: C H F Peters discovers asteroid #287 Nephthys
1894: -26] Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed
1897: A Charlois discovers asteroid #426 Hippo
1904: James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1908: Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race
1908: National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
1909: J Palisa discovers asteroid #688 Melanie
1912: 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin
1912: Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
1914: -26] Belgian offensive at Antwerp
1914: Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
1914: German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
1914: German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
1915: Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage
1916: Dept of Interior forms National Park Service
1916: G Neujmin discovers asteroid #829 Academia & #830 Petropolitana
1919: 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
1920: 1st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
1921: US signs peace treaty with Germany
1921: Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
1922: Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
1924: International maritime treaty drawn
1924: Wash Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn
1925: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY)
1925: Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
1926: Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece
1927: S Belyavskij & N Ivanov discover asteroid #1086 Nata
1928: & Winnipeg
1929: Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage
1930: E Delporte discovers asteroid #1168 Brandia
1932: Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1933: Arend discovers asteroid 1281 Jeanne, 1286 Banachiewicza & 1287 Lorcia
1933: G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1331 Solvejg
1933: K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2676 Aarhus & #2943
1936: 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
1937: Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast
1940: 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940: 1st parachute wedding
1940: Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1941: English & Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1941: German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
1942: SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth
1943: 10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471)
1943: German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
1943: Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1943: Red Army under Gen Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka
1943: US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1944: France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame
1944: Gen De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elys‚es Paris
1944: Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (Freedom Tuesday)
1944: US 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes
1945: Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
1947: Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph
1948: Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
1950: Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
1950: Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
1951: Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
1952: Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0
1952: Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
1954: Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m)
1955: Last Soviet forces leave Austria
1956: To make room for Enos Slaughter, NY Yanks release Phil Rizzuto
1957: Prince Suvanna Phuma forms govt in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
1960: 17th summer olympics opens in Rome
1960: AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies
1960: Demonstrations against premier Lumumba
1961: Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns
1962: USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1962: USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1963: Paul McCartney is fined œ31 & 1 yr suspended license for speeding
1964: Singapore limits imports from Neth due to Indonesian aggression
1966: Z Pereyra discovers asteroid #1769 Carlostorres
1967: Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1967: Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1
1967: Paraguay accepts its constitution
1967: Train crash at Beesd, 2 die
1968: Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship
1968: Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game & homered
1969: Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montr‚al (NFL expo)
1970: Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
1973: Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1973: France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973: Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings
1973: Zambia adopts constitution
1974: France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1974: LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup
1976: Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion
1976: Harvard College discovers asteroid #2221 Chilton
1976: Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
1979: California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
1979: Madwoman of Central Park West closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 perfs
1979: Somali adopts constitution
1980: 42nd Street opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances
1980: Gower Champion's musical 42nd Street, premieres in NYC
1980: Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs
1981: Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09)
1981: Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
1981: Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1983: US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
1984: French airship capsizes
1984: USSR performs underground nuclear test
1985: Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)
1985: STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem
1986: A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league HR
1986: H Debehogne discovers asteroid #4206
1987: Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42
1987: Madonna sings in Rotterdam
1988: Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
1988: Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
1988: Iran & Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
1988: NASA launches space vehicle S-214
1989: After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops
1989: K Endate & K Watanabe finds asteroid #4712 Iwaizumi & 4839 Daisetsuzan
1989: of Neptune & its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
1990: Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8«)
1990: UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1991: 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley & Patricia Wettig
1991: Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds
1991: Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
1991: Getting Married closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 70 perfs
1991: Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
1991: Norway & Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic reps
1991: Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
1991: White-Russia declares it's independence
1992: Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA
1992: S Otomo discovers asteroid #6975
1995: Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs v Glam, world record 16 x 6
1995: Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves
2002: Veerappan kidnaps former Minister Mr. H Nagappa

News Updates

Birthdays

Death Days

Events