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This day in history: 25 August

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437 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 25 August.
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2017: Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Æbbe of Coldingham

Christian feast day: Aredius

Christian feast day: August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Baba

Christian feast day: Blessed Ludovicus Sasada

Christian feast day: Blessed Luis Sotelo

Christian feast day: Blessed María del Tránsito Cabanillas

Christian feast day: Blessed Miguel de Carvalho

Christian feast day: Blessed Pedro Vásquez

Christian feast day: Emily de Vialar

Christian feast day: Genesius of Arles

Christian feast day: Genesius of Rome

Events

2017Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a

2017Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.

2012Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.

2011Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.

2010A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.

2006Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

2005Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.

2003NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.

2001American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.

1997Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.

1991Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.

1991Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.

1991The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).

1989Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.

1989Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.

1985Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.

1981Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.

1980The last performance of the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.

1980Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.

1967George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.

1961President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.

1960The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy.

1958The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.

1950To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.

1948The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.

1945Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.

1945The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.

1944World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.

1942World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay, New Guinea, initiating the Battle of Milne Bay.

1942World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.

1941World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran.

1940World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.

1939As part of its S-Plan, the Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.

1939The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.

1933Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine

1933The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.

1920Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.

1916The United States National Park Service is created.

1914World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.

1914World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.

Born on this day

2006Kimi Antonelli, Italian race car driver

2004Evann Girault, French-Nigerien sabre fencer

2003Rebeka Jančová, Slovak alpine ski racer

2000Nicki Nicole, Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter

1998China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

1995Dowoon, South Korean musician

1995Ong Seong-wu, South Korean singer and actor

1994Caris LeVert, American basketball player

1994Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player

1992Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress

1992Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer

1990Max Muncy, American baseball player

1989Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer

1989Jaakko Ohtonen, Finnish actor

1988Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer

1988Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer

1987Adam Warren, American baseball player

1987Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1987Blake Lively, American model and actress

1987James Wesolowski, Australian footballer

1987Justin Upton, American baseball player

1987Stacey Farber, Canadian actress

1987Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer

1986Rodney Ferguson, American footballer

1984Anya Monzikova, Russian-American model and actress

1984Florian Mohr, German footballer

1983James Rossiter, English race car driver

1982Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer (died 2011)

1982Nick Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player

1981Camille Pin, French tennis player

1981Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer

1981Rachel Bilson, American actress

1979Deanna Nolan, American basketball player

1979Marlon Harewood, English footballer

1979Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (died 2015)

1978Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1978Robert Mohr, German rugby player

1977Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player

1977Jonathan Togo, American actor

1977Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer

Died on this day

2026Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman (born 1946)

2026Tim Curry, English actor and singer (born 1946)

2024Salim Al-Huss, Lebanese statesman, 34th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1929)

2022Mable John, American blues vocalist (born 1930)

2019Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)

2018John McCain, American politician (born 1936)

2017Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (born 1971)

2016Marvin Kaplan, American actor (born 1927)

2015Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)

2015José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)

2014Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (born 1931)

2014Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1936)

2014Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (born 1938)

2014Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (born 1936)

2014William Greaves, American director and producer (born 1926)

2013António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (born 1949)

2013Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (born 1934)

2013Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (born 1930)

2013Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (born 1917)

2013Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1932)

2013William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)

2012Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (born 1933)

2012Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)

2012Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

2012Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)

2011Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politician (born 1920)

2009Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1940)

2009Ted Kennedy, American politician (born 1932)

2008Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (born 1931)

2008Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (born 1964)

Quote of the day

“Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what is left and live it properly.”

Marcus Aurelius

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