September 25 in history
Events on September 25
Notable events that happened on September 25 in past years.
- 2018
Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
Wikipedia article: Bill Cosby - 1997
NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
Wikipedia article: Space Shuttle Atlantis - 1983
Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
Wikipedia article: Maze Prison escape - 1977
About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
Wikipedia article: Chicago Marathon - 1964
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
Wikipedia article: Mozambican War of Independence - 1959
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
Wikipedia article: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike - 1955
The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
Wikipedia article: Royal Jordanian Air Force - 1918
World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Megiddo (1918) - 1911
An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Wikipedia article: French battleship Liberté - 1868
The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
Wikipedia article: Russian frigate Alexander Nevsky - 1786
The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses, killing more than two hundred people. The event was a major setback for mercury production in the Spanish Empire.
Wikipedia article: Huancavelica - 1768
Unification of Nepal
Wikipedia article: Unification of Nepal - 1555
The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
Wikipedia article: Peace of Augsburg - 1066
In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.
- 275
For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; Marcus Claudius Tacitus is elected.
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