August 25
Thursday 25, 2005:
2005 - Tom Boonen wins the World Championship cycling in Madrid, Spain.
Monday 25, 2003:
Fifty-two are killed in two Islamic terrorist bomb blasts in Mumbai, India.
Sunday 25, 1991:
Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union
Friday 25, 1989:
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
Thursday 25, 1988:
The historical center of Lisbon is destroyed by a fire.
Monday 25, 1980:
The Broadway musical 42nd Street opens; the show's director, Gower Champion, had died earlier that day.
Monday 25, 1975:
Bruce Springsteen releases Born to Run, the album that would launch him to superstardom.
Thursday 25, 1960:
Games of the XVII Olympiad open in Rome.
Friday 25, 1950:
President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
Sunday 25, 1946:
Ben Hogan wins the PGA Championship.
Friday 25, 1944:
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
Tuesday 25, 1942:
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Wednesday 25, 1920:
Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, started on August 13, now ends. The Red Army is defeated.
Friday 25, 1916:
The United States National Park Service is created.
Sunday 25, 1912:
The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
Thursday 25, 1910:
Yellow Cab is founded.
Saturday 25, 1894:
Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
Wednesday 25, 1875:
Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel.
Tuesday 25, 1835:
The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
Wednesday 25, 1830:
Belgium revolts from the Netherlands
Thursday 25, 1825:
Uruguay declares its independence from Spain.
Thursday 25, 1768:
James Cook begins his first voyage.
Friday 25, 1758:
Seven Years War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
Thursday 25, 1718:
New Orleans, Louisiana is founded.
Tuesday 25, 1609:
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
Monday 25, 1580:
Battle of Alcantara. Spain defeats Portugal.
Wednesday 25, 1537:
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
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