Tukuk-OS📅 August 25
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 25? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.
- 2012 — The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.
Richard III of EnglandExhumation and reburial of Richard III of EnglandLeicester
- 2011 — Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
- 2001 — American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in The Bahamas.
Aaliyah2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crashMarsh Harbour Airport
- 1989 — The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).
- 1975 — Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album, Born to Run.
- 1967 — Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by John Patler, a former member of his group.
- 1942 — World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay during the New Guinea campaign.
- 1914 — World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying hundreds of medieval manuscripts.
World War ISack of LouvainCatholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)
- 1875 — Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.
- 1835 — The New York Sun perpetrated the Great Moon Hoax, publishing articles about the supposed discovery of life on the Moon (lithograph pictured).
- 1758 — Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
- 1609 — Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (pictured) demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- 1537 — The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII.
- 1270 — Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the Eighth Crusade.
- 1258 — George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
Births
- 2006 — Kimi Antonelli, Italian race car driver
- 2004 — Evann Girault, French-Nigerien sabre fencer
- 2003 — Rebeka Jančová, Slovak alpine ski racer
- 2000 — Nicki Nicole, Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter
- 1998 — China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
- 1995 — Ong Seong-wu, South Korean singer and actor
- 1995 — Dowoon, South Korean musician
- 1994 — Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Caris LeVert, American basketball player
- 1992 — Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
- 1992 — Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
- 1990 — Max Muncy, American baseball player
Deaths
- 2026 — Tim Curry, English actor and singer (born 1946)
- 2026 — Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman (born 1946)
- 2024 — Salim Al-Huss, Lebanese statesman, 34th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1929)
- 2022 — Mable John, American blues vocalist (born 1930)
- 2019 — Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)
- 2018 — John McCain, American politician (born 1936)
- 2017 — Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (born 1971)
- 2016 — Marvin Kaplan, American actor (born 1927)
- 2015 — José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)
- 2015 — Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)
- 2014 — William Greaves, American director and producer (born 1926)
- 2014 — Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1936)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Æbbe of Coldingham
- Christian feast day: Aredius
- Christian feast day: Genesius of Arles
- Christian feast day: Genesius of Rome
- Christian feast day: Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)
- Christian feast day: Gregory of Utrecht
- Christian feast day: Joseph Calasanz
- Christian feast day: Louis IX of France
- 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: Emily de Vialar
- Christian feast day: Menas of Constantinople
- Christian feast day: Blessed Miguel de Carvalho
- Christian feast day: Patricia of Naples
- Christian feast day: Blessed Pedro Vásquez
- Christian feast day: Thomas de Cantilupe (or of Hereford)
- Christian feast day: August 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Songun (North Korea)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
- Soldier's Day (Brazil)
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