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What happened in history on this day: August 25?
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Births on August 25
- 1915 - Birth of Walter Trampler in Munich, Germany; violist (Beaux Arts Trio).
- 1940 - Birth of José Van Dam in Brussels, Belgium; bass-baritone (François d'Assisif).
- 1948 - Birth of Danny Smythe; drummer (The Box Tops).
- 1949 - Birth of Henry Paul; singer (BlackHawk and Outlaws).
- 1949 - Birth of Gene Simmons in Queens, New York, USA; rocker (KISS - "Beth").
- 1951 - Birth of Rob Halford; heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest - "Got Another Thing Coming").
- 1952 - Birth of Geoff Downes; keyboardist (Asia).
- 1954 - Birth of Elvis Costello AKA Declan Patrick McManus; rocker ("Allison").
- 1954 - Birth of Martin Jourard; keyboardist/vocalist (Motels - "Only the Lonely").
- 1956 - Birth of Matt Aitken; rocker (Stock Aitken and Waterman - "Road Block").
- 1961 - Birth of Billy Ray Cyrus; country singer, actor (Doc, Hannah Montana).
- 1962 - Birth of Vivian Campbell; heavy metal rocker (White Snake - "Here I Go Again", Def Leppard).
- 1967 - Birth of Jeff Tweedy; singer (Wilco).
Deaths on August 25
- 1979 - Stan Kenton, American jazz pianist, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at age 67 (born 1911).
- 2000 - Death of Jack Nitzche at age 73 of a heart attack; arranger/producer (The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, The Walker Brothers), songwriter ("Up Where We Belong", "Needles And Pins).
- 2022 - Death of Mable John at age 91 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (The Raelettes).
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