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What happened in history on this day: August 25?
On August 25 in ...
- 1835 - The New York Sun publishes the first of six articles about life discovered on the Moon, attributed to astronomer John Herschel.
- 1862 - US Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves.
- 1864 - Petersburg Campaign - Battle of Ream's Station.
- 1916 - US Congress establishes the National Park Service as part of the Department of the Interior.
- 1921 - US signs peace treaty with Germany.
- 1925 - Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem, New York).
- 1943 - US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands.
- 1950 - US President Harry Truman orders army to seize control of railroad to avert a strike.
- 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, is assassinated.
- 1983 - US and USSR sign US$10 billion grain pact.
- 1985 - Disneyland in Anaheim, California, USA welcomes three-year old Brooks Arthur Charles Burr as the park's 250-millionth visitor.
- 1991 - Student Linus Torvalds posts messages to a Usenet newsgroup comp.os.minix about the new operating system kernel he has been developing (Linux).
- 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama nominates Ben Bernanke to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman.
- 2017 - (to August 30) Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 108 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $125 billion, making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history, tied with Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Births on August 25
- 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).
- 1930 - Birth of Page Johnson in West Virginia, USA; actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake).
- 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).
- 1949 - Birth of Gene Simmons in Queens, New York, USA; rocker (KISS - "Beth").
- 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).
- 1964 - Birth of Blair Underwood in Tacoma, Washington, USA; actor (Jonathan - L.A. Law, Dirty Sexy Money).
Deaths on August 25
- 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, is assassinated.
- 1979 - Stan Kenton, American jazz pianist, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at age 67 (born 1911).
- 1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies (born 1924).
- 1985 - Samantha Smith, American activist/actress (Elizabeth - Lime Street), dies at age 13 (born 1972).
- 1988 - Price Daniel, American politician (Governor/Senator-Democrat-Texas), dies at age 77.
- 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.
- 2012 - Death of Neil Armstrong at age 82 following cardiovascular surgery; American astronaut (Apollo 11 moon landing 1969).
- 2016 - Death of James Cronin, American Nobel physicist (born 1931).
- 2016 - Death of Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (born 1924).
- 2022 - Death of Mable John at age 91 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (The Raelettes).
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