Notable Events, Birthdays & Anniversaries
25 August 2025Events
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1609Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
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1768Captain James Cook sets sail on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
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1825Uruguay declares independence from Brazil.
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1944Paris is liberated by Allied forces from German occupation in WWII.
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2012Voyager 1 becomes the first human-made object to enter interstellar space.
Birthdays
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1530Ivan the Terrible — First Tsar of Russia.
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1819Allan Pinkerton — Scottish-American detective, founder of Pinkerton Agency.
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1918Leonard Bernstein — American composer & conductor.
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1930Sean Connery — Scottish actor, first James Bond.
Death Anniversaries
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1270Louis IX of France — French king, later canonized as Saint Louis.
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1900Friedrich Nietzsche — German philosopher.
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2012Neil Armstrong — First man on the Moon (1969 Apollo 11).
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