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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 25
- 300th: 1724 - Birth of George Stubbs England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion).
- 100th: 1924 - Washington Senators' Walter Johnson second no-hitter beats Saint Louis Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Valery F Bykovsky in USSR; cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22 31/39).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Anthony Heald; actor (Boston Public).
- 80th: 1944 - French General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque leads the 2nd Division into Paris, France.
- 80th: 1944 - (1530 hours) German commander of Paris, France, Von Choltitz surrenders the city to Allied armies.
- 80th: 1944 - Finland requests an armistice with the Soviet Union.
- 80th: 1944 - French General Charles de Gaulle enters liberated Paris.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Elvis Costello AKA Declan Patrick McManus; rocker ("Allison").
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of John Savage in Old Bethpage, New York, USA; actor (Jim Malloy - Gibbsville).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Martin Jourard; keyboardist/vocalist (Motels - "Only the Lonely").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Blair Underwood in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actor (Jonathan - L.A. Law, Dirty Sexy Money).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Eric Millegan; actor (Bones).
- 50th: 1974 - Los Angeles Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup.
- 40th: 1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies (born 1924).
- 40th: 1984 - Reinhard "Teddy" Suhren dies of stomach cancer at age 68. Suhren was a German WWII submarine commander, one of five to receive the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Crossed Swords.
- 15th: 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman.
- 15th: 2009 - South Korea launches its first space rocket, though a scientific satellite it was carrying failed to enter into its proper orbit.
- 15th: 2009 - Afghanistan bomb kills 43 in Kandahar.
- 15th: 2009 - U.S. Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy, brother of assassinated president John Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy, dies at age 77 of brain cancer in Massachusetts, USA.
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