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What happened in history on this day: August 25?
On August 25 in ...
- 1949 - RCA announced the development of a color TV system compatible with existing black and white.
- 1958 - NBC debuts the TV game show Concentration, with host Hugh Downs.
Births on August 25
- 1905 - Birth of Clara Bow; silent movie actress (Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships).
- 1909 - Birth of Michael Rennie; actor (The Robe, Klatuu - Day the Earth Stood Still).
- 1916 - Birth of Van Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Brigadoon).
- 1917 - Birth of Don Defore in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA; actor (George - Hazel, Ozzie and Harriet).
- 1917 - Birth of Mel Ferrer in Elberon, New Jersey, USA; actor (The Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor).
- 1918 - Birth of Richard Greene in Plymouth, England; actor (Adventures of Robin Hood).
- 1921 - Birth of Monty Hall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; game show host (Let's Make a Deal).
- 1923 - Birth of Monty Hall in Winnipeg, Canada; TV game show host (Let's Make a Deal).
- 1930 - Birth of Graham Javis in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Charlie - Mary Hartman).
- 1930 - Birth of Page Johnson in West Virginia, USA; actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake).
- 1930 - Birth of Sean Connery; actor (James Bond films, Man Who Would Be King, AFI Presentations, Kennedy Center Honors).
- 1931 - Birth of Regis Philbin; American television personality (Live With Regis And Kelly, Joey Bishop Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire).
- 1933 - Birth of Tom Skerritt in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Ryan's Four, Alien, Big Bad Mama, Picket Fences, Brothers and Sisters).
- 1935 - Birth of David Canary in Elwood, Indiana, USA; actor (Peyton Place, Candy - Bonanza).
- 1938 - Birth of David Canary; actor (All My Children, Bonanza).
- 1944 - Birth of Anthony Heald; actor (Boston Public).
- 1949 - Birth of John Savage in Long Island, New York, USA; actor (The Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers, Carnivale, Dark Angel).
- 1954 - Birth of John Savage in Old Bethpage, New York, USA; actor (Jim Malloy - Gibbsville).
- 1961 - Birth of Joanne Whalley; actress (Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onnassis, Scarlett).
- 1961 - Birth of Ally Walker; actress (Profiler, Santa Barbara).
- 1961 - Birth of Billy Ray Cyrus; country singer, actor (Doc, Hannah Montana).
- 1964 - Birth of Blair Underwood in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actor (Jonathan - L.A. Law, Dirty Sexy Money).
- 1966 - Birth of Robert Maschio; actor (Scrubs).
- 1970 - Birth of Claudia Schiffer in Rheinbach, Germany; super model (Elle, Rolling Stone), actress (Dharma and Greg, MADtv).
- 1974 - Birth of Eric Millegan; actor (Bones).
- 1978 - Birth of Kel Mitchell; American actor (Kenan and Kel).
- 1981 - Birth of Rachel Bilson; actress (The O.C.).
- 1987 - Birth of Blake Lively; actress (Gossip Girl).
Deaths on August 25
- 1968 - John George, actor (Kolb - Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at age 70.
- 1985 - Samantha Smith, American activist/actress (Elizabeth - Lime Street), dies at age 13 (born 1972).
- 1986 - Allen Case, actor (Deputy, Legend of Jesse James), dies at age 51.
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