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| Birthday September 25, 1644 Olaus Roemer, 1st to accurately measured speed of light |
| Birthday September 25, 1657 Imre Thokoly, Hungarian patriot, opposed Habsburg rule |
| Birthday September 25, 1683 Jean Phillippe Rameau, French composer (baptized) |
| Birthday September 25, 1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed & built 1st automobile |
| Birthday September 25, 1766 Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM (1815-18, 1820-21) |
| Birthday September 25, 1877 Plutarco El¡as Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28) |
| Birthday September 25, 1897 William Faulkner is born |
| Birthday September 25, 1897 William Faulkner, US author (Sound & the Fury) (Nobel 1949) |
| Birthday September 25, 1903 Mark Rothko, painter |
| Birthday September 25, 1905 Red Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist, reporter |
| Birthday September 25, 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer |
| Birthday September 25, 1918 Phil Rizzuto, NY Yankee |
| Birthday September 25, 1926 Aldo Ray, Actor |
| Birthday September 25, 1931 Barbara Walters, in Boston Mass - 1st Network news anchor woman |
| Birthday September 25, 1936 Juliet Prowse, in Bombay India |
| Birthday September 25, 1943 Robert Walden, Actor |
| Birthday September 25, 1944 Michael Douglas born |
| Birthday September 25, 1944 Michael Douglas, Actor-producer |
| Birthday September 25, 1945 Cathy Burns |
| Birthday September 25, 1949 Mimi Kennedy, in Rochester NY |
| Birthday September 25, 1952 Mark Hamill, (Star Wars) |
| Birthday September 25, 1952 Christopher Reeve, Actor (Superman) |
| Birthday September 25, 1961 Heather Locklear, Jack LaLanne spokesperson |
| History September 25, 1493 Columbus sailed on his second voyage to America |
| History September 25, 1513 Vasco Nu¤ez de Balboa is the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean |
| History September 25, 1639 1st printing press in America |
| History September 25, 1690 Publick Occurrences 1st American newspaper publish 1st & last ed |
| History September 25, 1775 Ethan Allen is captured |
| History September 25, 1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured |
| History September 25, 1789 Congress proposes the Bill of Rights |
| History September 25, 1789 Bill of Rights passes Congress |
| History September 25, 1804 12th amendment to the US constitution regulating judicial power |
| History September 25, 1864 Confederate president visits General Hood in Georgia |
| History September 25, 1867 Cattle pioneer Oliver Loving dies of gangrene |
| History September 25, 1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park |
| History September 25, 1890 Mormon pres Woodruff issued a Manifesto formally renouncing polygamy |
| History September 25, 1894 Grover Cleveland pardons bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants |
| History September 25, 1915 The Battle of Loos begins |
| History September 25, 1919 Pres Wilson became seriously ill & collapsed after a speech |
| History September 25, 1926 Henry Ford announces the five day work week |
| History September 25, 1929 Yankee manager Miller Huggins dies at 50 |
| History September 25, 1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive game |
| History September 25, 1942 Gestapo headquarters targeted in Norway |
| History September 25, 1956 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation |
| History September 25, 1959 Eisenhower and Khrushchev meet for talks |
| History September 25, 1959 Little Augie Pisano is murdered |
| History September 25, 1965 Fifty-nine-year-old Satchel Paige pitches three innings |
| History September 25, 1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd 413 see White Sox win 4-1 |
| History September 25, 1969 Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy renew opposition |
| History September 25, 1970 The Partridge Family premieres on ABC television |
| History September 25, 1973 3-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days |
| History September 25, 1978 Pacific SW Airlines Boeing 727 & a Cessna private plane collide |
| History September 25, 1978 Mid-air collision kills 153 |
| History September 25, 1981 O'Connor takes seat on Supreme Court |
| History September 25, 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice |
| History September 25, 1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) |
| History September 25, 2004 Formula One racetrack in Shanghai prepares for its grand opening |
| History September 25, 2005 IRA officially disarms |