August 25 in history
Events on August 25
Notable events that happened on August 25 in past years.
- 2017
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
Wikipedia article: Hurricane Harvey - 2010
A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.
Wikipedia article: Filair - 1997
Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
Wikipedia article: Egon Krenz - 1989
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.
Wikipedia article: Voyager 2 - 1980
The last performance of the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.
Wikipedia article: Jahrhundertring - 1958
The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
Wikipedia article: Instant noodles - 1944
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
Wikipedia article: Liberation of Paris - 1940
World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1933
Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine.
Wikipedia article: Nazi Germany - 1912
The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking.
Wikipedia article: Kuomintang - 1875
Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 21 hours and 45 minutes.
Wikipedia article: Matthew Webb - 1814
War of 1812: On the second day of the burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.
Wikipedia article: War of 1812 - 1609
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
Wikipedia article: Galileo Galilei - 1258
Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under Michael VIII Palaiologos, paving the way for its leader to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
- 383
Roman Emperor Gratian is murdered at a banquet after having surrendered to the forces of rival emperor Magnus Maximus.
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