August 25th Events |
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| August 25th, 2003 (August 25 2003) | Event | The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko). | |
| August 25th, 1997 (August 25 1997) | Event | Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, was convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy. | |
| August 25th, 1991 (August 25 1991) | Event | Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union | |
| August 25th, 1989 (August 25 1989) | Event | Tadeusz Mazowiecki chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe. | |
| August 25th, 1989 (August 25 1989) | Event | Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System. | |
| August 25th, 1989 (August 25 1989) | Event | Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan s first female cabinet secretary. | |
| August 25th, 1981 (August 25 1981) | Event | Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn | |
| August 25th, 1950 (August 25 1950) | Event | President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation s railroads to avert a strike. | |
| August 25th, 1948 (August 25 1948) | Event | House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. | |
| August 25th, 1945 (August 25 1945) | Event | Ten days after World War II ended with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China killed Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by a portion of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War. | |
| August 25th, 1944 (August 25 1944) | Event | World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies. | |
| August 25th, 1942 (August 25 1942) | Event | World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. | |
| August 25th, 1942 (August 25 1942) | Event | World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged. | Solomon Quotes |
| August 25th, 1933 (August 25 1933) | Event | Diexi earthquake shook Mao County, Sichuan, China and killed 9,000 people. | |
| August 25th, 1921 (August 25 1921) | Event | The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur. | |
| August 25th, 1920 (August 25 1920) | Event | Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated. | |
| August 25th, 1916 (August 25 1916) | Event | The United States National Park Service is created. | |
| August 25th, 1912 (August 25 1912) | Event | The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. | |
| August 25th, 1910 (August 25 1910) | Event | Yellow Cab is founded. | |
| August 25th, 1894 (August 25 1894) | Event | Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet. | |
| August 25th, 1835 (August 25 1835) | Event | The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax. | |
| August 25th, 1830 (August 25 1830) | Event | The Belgian Revolution begins. | |
| August 25th, 1825 (August 25 1825) | Event | Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. | |
| August 25th, 1814 (August 25 1814) | Event | Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812. | |
| August 25th, 1768 (August 25 1768) | Event | James Cook begins his first voyage. | |
| August 25th, 1758 (August 25 1758) | Event | Seven Years War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf. | Frederick II of Prussia Quotes |
| August 25th, 1718 (August 25 1718) | Event | New Orleans, Louisiana is founded. | |
| August 25th, 1609 (August 25 1609) | Event | Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. | Galileo Galilei Quotes |
| August 25th, 1580 (August 25 1580) | Event | Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal. | |
| August 25th, 1537 (August 25 1537) | Event | The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed. | |
| August 25th, 1248 (August 25 1248) | Event | The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. | |
