What Happened On August 25 - On This Day
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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

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.
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
- 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)

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

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

David Hume
1711 - 1776
James Watt
1736 - 1819
William Herschel
1738 - 1822
Michael Faraday
1791 - 1867
Friedrich Nietzsche
1844 - 1900
Neil Armstrong
1930 - 2012

Instant Ramen
The packaging of the first chicken instant ramen in 1958 August 25, 1958
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Neil, The Rebel Vanderbilt
August 24, 1918
First Faltering Steps of Jane Eyre
August 24, 1847
Lady With Twin Passions: Art And Men
August 26, 1898
Krakatoa: The World’s Mightiest Explosion
August 27, 1883
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