August 25 Events in History

2010	Acting as a private citizen, former President Jimmy Carter travels to North Korea to negotiate the release of Aijalon Gomes, a U.S. citizen
2010	Mexican Naval Infantry discover 72 corpses near the U.S. Texas border, believed to be migrants from Central America and South America murdered by a drug cartel
1996	96th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1996	Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
1995	Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6
1995	Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves
1992	Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA
1991	"Getting Married" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 70 performances
1991	43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig
1991	91st U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges
1991	Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds
1991	Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
1991	Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
1991	Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament
1991	Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps
1991	Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
1990	Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ")
1990	U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1989	After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
1988	Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
1988	Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
1988	Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
1988	NASA launches space vehicle S-214
1987	Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42
1986	A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run
1985	Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)
1985	Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1985	STS-51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem
1984	French airship capsizes
1984	U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1983	Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark
1983	U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign $10 billion grain pact
1981	Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09)
1981	Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
1981	Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
1980	"42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances
1980	Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City
1980	Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs
1979	"Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances
1979	California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
1979	Somali adopts constitution
1978	Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
1976	Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion
1976	Yankees beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
1974	France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1974	L.A. Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup
1973	Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1973	France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973	Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings
1973	Zambia adopts constitution
1970	Elton John's 1st U.S. appearance, Los Angeles
1969	Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo)
1968	Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win U.S. singles championship
1968	Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies World Series of Golf
1968	New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 i nnings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered
1967	Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1967	Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1
1967	Paraguay accepts its constitution
1967	Train crash at Beesd, 2 die
1964	Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression
1963	Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ogden Ladies' Golf Open
1963	Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and his license is suspended for one year for speeding
1962	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1962	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1961	Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns
1960	17th summer olympics opens in Rome
1960	AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies
1960	Demonstrations against premier Lumumba
1957	Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
1956	To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yankees release Phil Rizzuto
1955	Last Soviet forces leave Austria
1954	Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m)
1952	Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0
1952	Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth
1951	Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
1950	President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
1950	Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
1948	Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
1947	Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speed record, 1,047 kph
1946	28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland Golf Club Portland, Oregon
1945	Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
1944	France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame
1944	General De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysees Paris
1944	Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday
1944	U.S. 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes
1943	10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471)
1943	German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
1943	Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1943	Red Army under General Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka
1943	U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
1942	SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht, Netherlands
1941	English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
1941	German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
1940	1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940	1st parachute wedding
1940	Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1937	Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast
1936	3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
1932	Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
1929	Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage
1928	Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg
1926	Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece
1925	Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York)
1925	Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
1924	International maritime treaty drawn
1924	Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter  beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings
1922	Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
1921	U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany
1921	Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an  inning tying record
1920	1st U.S. woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
1919	1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
1917	37th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63)
1916	Department of Interior forms National Park Service
1915	Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage
1914	Belgian offensive at Antwerp
1914	Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
1914	German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
1914	German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
1912	1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin
1912	Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
1910	30th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61)
1908	Allen Winter wins U.S. 1st $50,000 trotting race
1908	National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
1904	James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1894	Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed
1890	Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1888	8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)
1886	1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England
1875	Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m
1864	Combination rail and ferry service available from San Francisco to Alameda
1864	Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
1862	Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
1835	N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
1830	Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1829	President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1825	Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
1814	British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1804	Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1802	Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France
1795	Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher
1768	Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with  Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
1758	Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed
1718	Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found
1704	Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet
1698	Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
1689	Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French
1689	Montreal taken by Iroquois
1628	Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia
1609	Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
1580	Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
1566	Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province  Utrecht
1540	Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River
1499	Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
1485	Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III
1425	Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
1330	AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself
1212	Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa
357	Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen,  Chonodomarius caught
325	Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity