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  • 1609 Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers, including the Doge (ruler) of Venice, Leonardo Donato
  • 1619 Slavery begins in mainland British colonies of North America when the first known African captives (approximately 20) land at Point Comfort, Virginia, before being sold or traded into servitude [1]
  • 1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana and found New Orleans
  • 1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, bound for the Pacific Ocean on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour
  • 1894 Japanese scientist Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet
  • Crowds line the Champs Elysees to view the Free French forces of General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division pass through the Arc de Triomphe

    Liberation of Paris

    1944 German commander Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Free French forces of Philippe Leclerc, disobeying Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city. President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle gives a famous speech at the Hôtel de Ville.
  • US troops in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield

    Operation Desert Shield

    1990 UN Security Council authorizes military action against Iraq for invading Kuwait
  • 1991 Linux is born when Linus Torvalds sends an email announcing his project to create a new computer operating system
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  • 1955 16th Venice Film Festival: "Ordet" directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer wins Golden Lion
  • 1998 "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" debut album by Lauryn Hill is released (5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Billboard Album of the Year 1998)
  • An artist from the Illustrated London News drew this scene depicting Captain Webb’s arrival at Calais

    Captain Webb Conquers the English Channel

    1875 Captain Matthew Webb makes the first recorded unassisted swim across the English Channel in 21 hours and 45 minutes
  • 1960 AFL begins placing players' names on the backs of their jerseys

Alicia Thornton becomes the first female jockey in England, riding at Knavesmire in Yorkshire

August 25, 1804

  • Ivan the Terrible

    1530 - 1584

  • Võ Nguyên Giáp

    1911 - 2013

  • Erich Honecker

    1912 - 1994

  • George Wallace

    1919 - 1998

  • Michael Cohen

    59 Years Old
More Birthdays on August 25

  • Sean Connery

    1930 - 2020

  • Tim Burton

    67 Years Old

  • Claudia Schiffer

    55 Years Old

  • Leonard Bernstein

    1918 - 1990

  • Elvis Costello

    71 Years Old

  • Billy Ray Cyrus

    64 Years Old

  • Althea Gibson

    1927 - 2003

  • Catriona Matthew

    56 Years Old

Momofuku Ando markets the first package of precooked instant noodles, Chikin Ramen

August 25, 1958

  • 1749 British admiral Samuel Hood (24) weds Susannah Linzee in Portsmouth, England
  • 1870 German composer Richard Wagner (57) weds Franz Liszt's daughter Cosima Liszt (32) at a Protestant church in Lucerne, Switzerland, until his death in 1883
  • 1885 American "Little House On The Prairie" author Laura Ingalls (18) weds Almonzo James Wilder (28) in De Smet, South Dakota, until his death in 1949
  • 1987 British actress Joan Collins (54) divorces Swedish former pop singer Peter Holm (40) due to irreconcilable differences after 20 months of marriage
  • 1994 American 'Piano Man' Billy Joel (45) and American supermodel Christie Brinkley (40) divorce after 9 years of marriage
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  • David Hume

    1711 - 1776

  • James Watt

    1736 - 1819

  • William Herschel

    1738 - 1822

  • Michael Faraday

    1791 - 1867

  • Friedrich Nietzsche

    1844 - 1900

  • Neil Armstrong

    1930 - 2012
More August 25 Deaths
  • The packaging of the first chicken instant ramen in 1958

    Instant Ramen

    The packaging of the first chicken instant ramen in 1958 August 25, 1958
  • Illustration of Priestley's discovery of oxygen, by Henry Granger

    Weekly Quiz for August 19 - 25

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  • The Breakers, a Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, where Neil spent some of his childhood

    Neil, The Rebel Vanderbilt

    August 24, 1918
  • Charlotte Brontë by George Richmond. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, London

    First Faltering Steps of Jane Eyre

    August 24, 1847
  • Peggy Guggenheim in 1968 standing in front of a Picasso painting, On the Beach, at the Venice museum. Photo: Tony Vaccaro

    Lady With Twin Passions: Art And Men

    August 26, 1898
  • Anak Krakatau – the “Child of Krakatoa” – erupts in December, 2018, causing more than 400 deaths

    Krakatoa: The World’s Mightiest Explosion

    August 27, 1883
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