September 25
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September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births [change]
- 1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408)
- 1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect (d. 1667)
- 1613 – Claude Perrault, French architect, physician and naturalist (d. 1688)
- 1644 – Ole Romer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710)
- 1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (d. 1764)
- 1694 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
- 1711 – Qianlong, Chinese Emperor (d. 1799)
- 1725 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)
- 1729 – Christian Gottlob Heyne, German classical scholar (d. 1812)
- 1734 – Cardinal de Rohan, French cardinal and Bishop of Strasbourg (d. 1803)
- 1738 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician (d. 1789)
- 1741 – Wenzel Pichl, Czech composer, violinist, music director and writer (d. 1805)
- 1744 – Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
- 1749 – Abraham Gottlob Werner, German mineralogist (d. 1817)
- 1764 – Fletcher Christian, English mutineer (d. 1793)
- 1766 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1822)
- 1829 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (d. 1904)
- 1860 – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 1st Governor-General of Australia (d. 1908)
- 1862 – Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
- 1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist (d. 1945)
- 1877 – Plutarco Elias Calles, President of Mexico (d. 1945)
- 1879 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and labor leader (d. 1963)
- 1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1936)
- 1896 – Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (d. 1990)
- 1897 – William Faulkner, American writer (d. 1962)
- 1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter (d. 1970)
- 1906 – Jose Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rican politician (d. 1990)
- 1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975)
- 1911 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
- 1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Robert Muldoon, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
- 1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, 1st President of Nauru (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Sam Rivers, American musician (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Colin Davis, British conductor (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Ronnie Barker, British comedian and actor (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Barbara Walters, American broadcaster
- 1930 – Shel Silverstein, American humorist, singer-songwriter and author (d. 1999)
- 1932 – Jerry Medwin, Welsh footballer
- 1932 – Adolfo Suarez, former Prime Minister of Spain
- 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (d. 1982)
- 1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor
- 1935 – Maj Sjowall, Swedish writer
- 1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African actress and dancer (d. 1996)
- 1936 – Moussa Traore, former President of Mali
- 1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (d. 2010)
- 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
- 1939 – Harald Ringstorff, German politician
- 1939 – Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer
- 1943 – Robert Walden, American actor
- 1943 – Robert Gates, American politician
- 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor
- 1945 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1946 – Felicity Kendal, British actress
- 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
- 1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor
- 1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish football manager
- 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer
- 1956 – Salvatore Bagni, Italian footballer
- 1960 – Ihor Belanov, Soviet-Ukrainian footballer
- 1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress
- 1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor
- 1963 – Mikael Persbrandt, Swedish actor
- 1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player
- 1966 – Jason Flemyng, British actor
- 1968 – Will Smith, American actor and rapper
- 1968 – Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau, Prince of the Netherlands
- 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
- 1971 – Jessie Wallace, English actress
- 1974 – Victor Pacheco, Colombian footballer
- 1975 – Declan Donnelly, English actor, television presenter and musician (Ant and Dec)
- 1976 – Petit, Portuguese footballer
- 1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
- 1978 – Jodie Kidd, British model
- 1978 – Ryan Leslie, American music producer and singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
- 1980 – Nikola Zigic, Serbian footballer
- 1984 – Siphiwe Tshabalala, South African footballer
- 1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
- 1994 – Jansen Panettiere, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 303 – Saint Fermin of Pamplona
- 1066 – Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (b. 1020)
- 1066 – King Harald III of Norway (b. 1015)
- 1506 – Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
- 1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
- 1617 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1572)
- 1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (b. 1710)
- 1794 – Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1718)
- 1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
- 1918 – Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
- 1931 – Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, German classical philologist (b. 1848)
- 1933 – Ring Lardner, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (b. 1898)
- 1971 – Hugo Black, American politician and jurist (b. 1886)
- 1980 – John Bonham, British musician (Led Zeppelin) (b. 1948)
- 1983 – King Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
- 1983 – Gunnar Thoroddsen, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1910)
- 1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (b. 1897)
- 1986 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist (b. 1896)
- 1991 – Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (b. 1913)
- 1992 – Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Ghanaian politician (b. 1947)
- 1996 – Nicu Ceausescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
- 2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian economist (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Don Adams, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician (b. 1931)
- 2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
- 2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmental and political activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Andy Williams, American singer and entertainer (b. 1927)
Events [change]
- 275 – In Rome, the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Roman Emperor.
- 303 – On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, northern France.
- 1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.
- 1396 – Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
- 1493 – From Cadiz, Spain, Christopher Columbus sets sail on his second voyage.
- 1513 – Spanish explorers become the first Europeans to sight the Pacific Ocean.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.
- 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments (changes) to the United States Constitution.
- 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
- 1846 – Mexican-American War: US forces under Zachary Taylor capture Monterrey, Mexico.
- 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
- 1890 – Sequoia National Park in California is founded.
- 1906 – In presence of the King of Spain and a big crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of 'Telekino' in the Basque port city of Bilbao, guiding a boat from shore, in what is now considered the birth of the remote control.
- 1911 – Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
- 1926 – The International Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
- 1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field, proving that full instrument flying from take-off to landing is possible.
- 1937 – Sino-Japanese War: Minor but morale-boosting victory for Chinese forces.
- 1942 – Holocaust: Switzerland denies entry to Jewish refugees.
- 1944 – World War II: The British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem, Netherlands, ending Operation Market Garden.
- 1950 – Korean War: UN forces enter Seoul.
- 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
- 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas is integrated with help from United States Army troops.
- 1959 – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike is shot by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
- 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is proclaimed.
- 1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins.
- 1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
- 1972 – In a referendum, voters in Norway reject membership of the European Community.
- 1977 – The first Chicago Marathon takes place, with around 4,200 runners taking part.
- 1978 – A mid-air collision between two planes over San Diego, California results in 144 deaths.
- 1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1981 – Belize joins the UN.
- 1983 – The UK's biggest prison break-out since World War II occurs when 38 Republican prisoners at Maze Prison, armed with 6 handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out.
- 1983 – The TGV high-speed train track from Paris to Lyon, is opened along its entire length.
- 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer to the planet Mars. It would fail 11 months later.
- 1996 – The last of the Magdalene Asylums closes in Ireland.
- 1998 – Mikulas Dzurinda becomes Prime Minister of Slovakia.
- 2000 – With the Islamic King Fahd Cultural Centre, the biggest Mosque in Latin America is opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2003 – A magnitude 8 earthquake hits Hokkaido, Japan.
- 2003 – It is announced that 14,802 people died in France during the previous month's heatwave.
- 2005 – Fernando Alonso wins the Formula One world championship, becoming the youngest Formula One world champion in history at the time, though the record has since been beaten by Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
- 2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as President of South Africa.
- 2008 – The Shenzhou spacecraft is launched by China.
