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2008-08-25

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Births, Deaths and Events in History - 2008-10-13



Births


1744-08-25 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
1767-08-25 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
1772-08-25 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843)
1786-08-25 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1796-08-25 - James Lick, California land baron (d. 1876)
1802-08-25 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)
1819-08-25 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
1836-08-25 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
1841-08-25 - Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1917)
1845-08-25 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
1867-08-25 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951)
1882-08-25 - Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (d. 1966)
1893-08-25 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
1898-08-25 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematican (d. 1975)
1900-08-25 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981)
1902-08-25 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
1903-08-25 - Árpád Élő, Hungarian physicist (d. 1992)
1905-08-25 - Saint Faustina, Polish religious (d. 1938)
1909-08-25 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
1909-08-25 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
1912-08-25 - Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (d. 1994)
1913-08-25 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
1913-08-25 - Bob Crosby, American bandleader (d. 1993)
1913-08-25 - Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
1915-08-25 - Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997)
1916-08-25 - Van Johnson, American actor
1916-08-25 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2003)
1917-08-25 - Mel Ferrer, American actor
1918-08-25 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, educator and pianist (d. 1990)
1918-08-25 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
1919-08-25 - George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
1921-08-25 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host
1921-08-25 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999)
1921-08-25 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
1927-08-25 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)
1928-08-25 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928-08-25 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1930-08-25 - Sir Sean Connery, British actor
1931-08-25 - Regis Philbin, American television host
1931-08-25 - Hal Fishman, American news anchor
1933-08-25 - Wayne Shorter, American jazz musician
1933-08-25 - Tom Skerritt, American actor
1934-08-25 - Lise Bacon, French Canadian politician
1935-08-25 - Charles Wright, American poet
1938-08-25 - David Canary, American actor
1938-08-25 - Frederick Forsyth, English author
1939-08-25 - John Badham, American film director
1940-08-25 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone
1944-08-25 - Anthony Heald, American actor
1944-08-25 - Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
1944-08-25 - Jacques Demers, National Hockey League coach
1946-08-25 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player
1947-08-25 - Anne Archer, American actress
1949-08-25 - Martin Amis, English novelist
1949-08-25 - John Savage, American actor
1949-08-25 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist and singer (KISS (band))
1951-08-25 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
1952-08-25 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia)
1954-08-25 - Elvis Costello, English musician
1956-08-25 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver
1958-08-25 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
1961-08-25 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor
1962-08-25 - David Packer, American actor
1964-08-25 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
1964-08-25 - Blair Underwood, American actor
1965-08-25 - Mia Zapata, American punk rock singer (The Gits) (d. 1994)
1966-08-25 - Albert Belle, Major League Baseball player
1967-08-25 - Jeff Tweedy, American alt-country singer (Wilco)
1968-08-25 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer
1968-08-25 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)
1968-08-25 - Rachael Ray, American cook and television host
1968-08-25 - Spider One, American singer and musician (Powerman 5000)
1969-08-25 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
1970-08-25 - Robert Horry, American basketball player
1970-08-25 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
1971-08-25 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1972-08-25 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
1974-08-25 - Eric Millegan, American actor
1976-08-25 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
1978-08-25 - Franck Queudrue, French footballer
1978-08-25 - Kel Mitchell, American actor
1981-08-25 - Rachel Bilson, American actress
1987-08-25 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
1987-08-25 - Blake Lively, American actress
1987-08-25 - James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
1988-08-25 - Raymond Quinn, English singer
1992-08-25 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
1530-08-25 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)
1561-08-25 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
1624-08-25 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
1662-08-25 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
1719-08-25 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
1724-08-25 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)

Bizarre


2006-08-25 - Kiss and Make Up Day
2007-08-25 - Kiss and Make Up Day

Deaths


1192-08-25 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1270-08-25 - King Louis IX of France
1282-08-25 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint
1330-08-25 - James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
1482-08-25 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429)
1554-08-25 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473)
1632-08-25 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist
1650-08-25 - Richard Crashaw, English poet
1688-08-25 - Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer
1699-08-25 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
1711-08-25 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1742-08-25 - Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)
1774-08-25 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
1776-08-25 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
1792-08-25 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1822-08-25 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738)
1867-08-25 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
1900-08-25 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
1900-08-25 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
1904-08-25 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
1908-08-25 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
1925-08-25 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
1938-08-25 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870)
1939-08-25 - Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (b. 1904)
1942-08-25 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
1945-08-25 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1950-08-25 - Earl Caddock, Professional wrestler
1956-08-25 - Alfred Kinsey, American research biologist (b. 1894)
1967-08-25 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
1967-08-25 - Paul Muni, Polish actor (b. 1895)
1967-08-25 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
1971-08-25 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
1976-08-25 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1979-08-25 - Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911)
1980-08-25 - Gower Champion, American dancer, actor, and choreographer (b. 1919)
1984-08-25 - Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924)
1984-08-25 - Waite Hoyt, baseball player (b. 1899)
1984-08-25 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921)
1985-08-25 - Samantha Smith, American social activist (b. 1972)
1990-08-25 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
2000-08-25 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
2000-08-25 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937)
2001-08-25 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
2001-08-25 - Carl Brewer, National Hockey League defenseman (b. 1938)
2002-08-25 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
2005-08-25 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)

Declared


2007-08-25 - Encyclopædia Britannica: This Day in History

Events


1537-08-25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
1580-08-25 - Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal.
1609-08-25 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1718-08-25 - New Orleans, Louisiana is founded.
1758-08-25 - Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
1768-08-25 - James Cook begins his first voyage.
1814-08-25 - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812.
1825-08-25 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
1830-08-25 - Belgium revolts from the Netherlands.
1835-08-25 - The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
1894-08-25 - Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1910-08-25 - Yellow Cab is founded.
1912-08-25 - The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
1916-08-25 - The United States National Park Service is created.
1920-08-25 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated.
1942-08-25 - World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
1942-08-25 - World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
1944-08-25 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
1950-08-25 - President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
1981-08-25 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
1988-08-25 - The historical center of Lisbon is destroyed by a fire.
1989-08-25 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
1989-08-25 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System.
1989-08-25 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
1991-08-25 - Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union
1997-08-25 - Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, was convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy.
2003-08-25 - The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
2003-08-25 - Fifty-two people killed in two terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.



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