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| Birthday August 25, 1530 Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84) |
| Birthday August 25, 1819 Allan Pinkerton, founder of Chicago detective agency |
| Birthday August 25, 1836 Bret Harte, writer (Outcasts of Poker Flat) |
| Birthday August 25, 1841 Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist (Nobel 1909) |
| Birthday August 25, 1845 Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria (1864-86) |
| Birthday August 25, 1909 Ruby Keeler, dancer, in Halifax NS |
| Birthday August 25, 1909 Michael Rennie, (Klatuu-Day the Earth Stood Still) |
| Birthday August 25, 1913 Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator of "Pogo." |
| Birthday August 25, 1916 Van Johnson, Actor |
| Birthday August 25, 1918 Leonard Bernstein, conductor-composer |
| Birthday August 25, 1919 George C. Wallace, (D-gov-Ala) pres candidate |
| Birthday August 25, 1927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion in a major event |
| Birthday August 25, 1930 Sean Connery, Actor (James Bond, Man Who Would Be King) |
| Birthday August 25, 1949 Novelist Martin Amis is born |
| Birthday August 25, 1971 173rd Airborne Brigade departs Vietnam |
| Birthday August 25, 1979 Hurricane David is born |
| History August 25, 0325 Council of Nicaea concludes |
| History August 25, 1689 Montreal taken by the Iroquois |
| History August 25, 1776 David Hume dies |
| History August 25, 1822 William Herschel discoverer of Uranus dies at age 85 |
| History August 25, 1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) |
| History August 25, 1830 Belgium begins revolt against the Netherlands |
| History August 25, 1835 NY Sun publishes moon hoax story about John Herschel |
| History August 25, 1864 Rebels attack at the Second Battle of Ream's Station |
| History August 25, 1864 Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda |
| History August 25, 1875 Englishman swims the Channel |
| History August 25, 1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim the English Channel |
| History August 25, 1896 Outlaw Bill Doolin is killed |
| History August 25, 1914 Germans burn Belgian town of Louvain |
| History August 25, 1919 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London) |
| History August 25, 1921 Yankee Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying the record |
| History August 25, 1922 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game |
| History August 25, 1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage |
| History August 25, 1939 The Wizard of Oz debuts |
| History August 25, 1944 Liberation of Paris |
| History August 25, 1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation |
| History August 25, 1944 Paris liberated |
| History August 25, 1945 The first casualty of the Cold War |
| History August 25, 1950 Truman orders army to seize control of railroads |
| History August 25, 1952 Tiger's Virgil Trucks no hits the Yankees |
| History August 25, 1962 Little Eva earns a #1 hit with Loco-Motion |
| History August 25, 1967 McNamara concedes that bombing is less than effective |
| History August 25, 1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings |
| History August 25, 1981 Voyager 2 closest approach to Saturn & discovers thousands of rings |
| History August 25, 1984 In Cold Blood author dies |
| History August 25, 1985 Gooden becomes youngest 20-game winner in history |
| History August 25, 1985 Samantha Smith dies in plane crash |
| History August 25, 1987 Dow Jones average of industrial stocks reaches 2722.42 a record |
| History August 25, 1991 Michael Schumacher makes Formula One debut |
| History August 25, 2009 Ted Kennedy, liberal lion of the Senate, dies at 77 |