Hurricane Harvey
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..
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Historical Events on August 25
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Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
2017
Voyager 1
Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
2012
2011 Monterrey casino attack
Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.
2011
Filair
A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.
2010
Pavlo Lazarenko
2006
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion..
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
2005
NASA
NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
2003
Aaliyah
American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
2001
Egon Krenz
Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
1997
Belarus
1991
Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union..
Battle of Vukovar
The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
1991
Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
1991
Voyager 2
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.
1989
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
1989
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
1985
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith..
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.
1981
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
1980
Jahrhundertring
The last performance of the Jahrhundertring at the Bayreuth Festival receives ovations of 45 minutes.
1980
George Lincoln Rockwell
George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.
1967
Jânio Quadros
1961
President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964..
1960 Summer Olympics
The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy.
1960
Instant noodles
The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
1958
Frank Pace
To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize control of the nation's railroads.
1950
House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
1948
Victory over Japan Day
1945
Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War..
August Revolution
The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.
1945
Liberation of Paris
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
1944
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
1942
Battle of Milne Bay
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay: Japanese marines assault Allied airfields at Milne Bay, New Guinea, initiating the Battle of Milne Bay.
1942
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
1941
World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran..
World War II
World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
1940
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.
1939
Second Polish Republic
The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
1939
1933 Diexi earthquake
The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
1933
Nazi Germany
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 Palestine..
Polish–Soviet War
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
1920
National Park Service
The United States National Park Service is created.
1916
World War I
World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1914
Sack of Louvain
World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1914
Kuomintang
1912
The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking..
Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
1904
Kitasato Shibasaburō
Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
1894
French Third Republic
France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
1883
Matthew Webb
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.
1875
Great Moon Hoax
1835
The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon..
Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution begins.
1830
Thirty-Three Orientals
The Thirty-Three Orientals declare the independence of Uruguay from Brazil.
1825
Hugh Glass
American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.
1823
War of 1812
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.
1814
Seven Years' War
1758
Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf..
Kingdom of Kandy
Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
1630
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1609
War of the Portuguese Succession
War of the Portuguese Succession: Spanish victory at the Battle of Alcântara brings about the Iberian Union.
1580
António Mota
António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
1543
Honourable Artillery Company
1537
The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed..
Philip III of France
Philip III, although suffering from dysentery, becomes King of France following the death of his father Louis IX, during the Eighth Crusade. His uncle, Charles I of Naples, is forced to begin peace negotiations with Muhammad I al-Mustansir, Hafsid Sultan of Tunis.
1270
George Mouzalon
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.
1258
Ommen
The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
1248
Constantine V
Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.
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