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Today In History - August 25 |
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On This Date in History |
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1580 Battle of Alcantara 1609 Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1689 Montreal is taken by Iroquois Indians 1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana and New Orleans is founded 1804 Alice Meynell becomes the first woman jockey 1814 The British capture Washington, DC 1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil 1830 Belgium revolts against the Netherlands 1835 The New York Sun publishes a 'life on the Moon' hoax story about John Herschel's 'findings.' 1862 The Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves 1864 Combination rail and ferry service is now available from San Francisco to Alameda 1864 Petersburg Campaign: Battle of Ream's Station 1875 Matthew Webb becomes the first to swim the English Channel: 21-hours and 45-minutes 1886 The first international polo meet 1888 Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Association singles title 1900 Friedrich Nietzsche, the renowned philosopher, dies in Weimar, Germany 1904 Jim Jefferies KOs Jack Munroe and retains his boxing heavyweight title 1912 The first time an aircraft recovers from a spin 1915 A hurricane kills 275 people in Galveston, Texas and causes $50 million in damage 1916 The National Park Service is established in the Department of the Interior 1919 The first scheduled passenger service by airplane from Paris to London 1920 The first airplane to fly from New York to Alaska landed in Nome, AK 1921 The US signs a peace treaty with Germany 1925 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes in Harlem, NY 1925 Helen Willis wins her 3rd straight US Lawn Tennis Open 1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco headed for LA after its trans-Pacific voyage 1932 Amelia Earhart completes her transcontinental flight 1940 The first parachute wedding 1943 The US forces overran New Georgia in the Solomon Islands 1944 Paris is liberated from Nazi occupation 1945 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine 1946 Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship 1950 President Truman orders the Army to seize control of the railroads to avert a strike 1950 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora and wins the middleweight boxing title 1960 The 17th Summer Olympics opens in Rome 1960 The AFL begins placing players' names on the backs of their jerseys 1963 Paul McCartney is fined and his license suspended for speeding 1967 Paraguay accepts its constitution 1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years 1983 The US and the USSR sign a $10 billion grain pact 1984 Truman Capote, the author of "In Cold Blood", dies 1987 The Dow Jones industrial stock average reaches a record 2722.42 1990 The UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1991 Carl Lewis runs 100-meters in 9.86 seconds! |
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Featured event for the day: In 1835, the New York Sun, leading the way for accuracy in journalism, and well-researched news stories that is still adhered to today, published an article over a period of six days. The article cited the findings of one Sir John Herschel, considered by many to one of the leading astronomers of the day. According to the article, Herschel had constructed a telescope of such power that he could actually see life on the moon. Needless to say, the wholly inaccurate information caused quite a furor. And sold a great many newspapers… |
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Famous Persons Born on This Date in History |
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1076 Philippe Comtois 1530 Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) 1664 Johan van de Bergh 1718 Johann Jacob Rowalt 1724 George Stubbs 1744 Johann G. von Herder 1758 Franz Teyber 1811 Joseph Dana Webster 1812 Percival Drayton 1819 Allan Pinkerton 1823 John Newton 1825 Henry Warner Birge 1836 Bret Harte 1841 Theodor Kocher 1845 Ludwig II 1846 Louise J. Gautier 1860 George Fawcett 1880 Robert E. Stolz 1887 Friedrich Lubke 1887 Olav Fartein Valen 1891 Alberto Savinio 1891 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre 1891 Samuel Gardner 1896 Dick Ryan 1897 Jaroslav Ridky 1900 Mary Bruce 1901 Kjeld Abell 1902 Stefan Wolpe 1903 Bruno Bettelheim 1905 Clara Bow 1905 Undine Smith Moore 1909 Michael Rennie 1909 Ruby Keeler 1913 Walt Kelly 1914 Alexei Haieff 1915 Walter Trampler 1916 Erich Von Stroheim, Jr. 1916 Van Johnson 1917 Don Defore 1917 Mel Ferrer 1918 Leonard Bernstein 1918 Richard Greene 1919 George C. Wallace 1920 Jef Diederen 1921 Brian Moore 1922 Ronnie Potsdammer 1923 Monty Hall 1927 Althea Gibson 1930 Graham Javis 1930 Page Johnson 1930 Sean Connery 1931 Regis Philbin 1932 Anatoli Yakovlevich Kartashov 1933 Regis Philbin 1933 Tom Skerritt 1933 Wayne Shorter 1934 John Stears 1935 David Canary 1935 Lones Wigger 1938 Frederick Forsyth 1939 John Badham 1942 Walter Williams 1944 Anthony Heald 1944 Conrad Black 1944 Sherley Anne Williams 1946 Larry LaRocco 1946 Rollie Fingers 1947 Anne Archer 1949 Anson Williams 1949 Gene Simmons 1949 John Savage 1949 Martin Amis 1950 Willy Deville 1952 Duleep Mendis 1954 Elvis Costello 1954 Martin Jourard 1958 Christian LeBlanc 1958 Tim Burton 1961 Billy Ray Cyrus 1961 Joanne Whalley-Kilmer 1962 Dan Turk 1962 Mazzi Rawd 1962 Ron Heller 1962 Shahid Mahboob 1962 Vivian Campbell 1964 Blair Underwood 1964 Morgan Englund 1964 Timothy Nicholson 1965 Cornelius Bennett 1965 Kathleen Horvath 1965 Nate Odomes 1969 Elly Hakami 1969 Mike Gisler 1969 Mike Jones 1969 Vivek Razdan 1970 Claudia Schiffer 1970 Debbie Graham 1970 Doug Glanville 1970 Katherine "Katie" Scanlon 1970 Robert Horry, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets 1972 Bryan Stoltenberg 1972 Marlo Perry 1972 Marvin Harrison 1972 Tony Dumas 1974 Chris Mantilla 1974 Darren Benson 1974 Mike Jenkins 1975 Molly Tuter 1975 Petria Thomas 1976 Sam Mackinnon 1976 Sarah Nadeau |
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