August 25 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 25
In the headlines today:

1999	Oasis bass player Paul McGuigan announces he is leaving the band.
1994	Led Zeppelin bandmates Jimmy Page and Robert Plant record an acoustic set at London's television centre. The performance would later be aired on MTV's Unplugged series.
1980	Zimbabwe is admitted to the United Nations.
1970		Progressive rockers Emerson, Lake and Palmer make their stage debut at The Guildhall in Plymouth, England. (photo credit: Rhino / WEA )
1964	The Beatles receive a gold record -- their third -- for A Hard Day's Night.
1950		US president Harry Truman orders the Army to take over the railroads to stop a possible labor strike. (photo credit: SoundWorks)
1944	After four years of Nazi occupation, a jubilant Paris is liberated by the Allies during WWII.
1919	Commercial air passenger service begins between England and Paris.
1916	The US National Park Service is established.
1902	The first Arabic language US daily newspaper begins publication in New York City.
1900	Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche dies in Weimar, Germany.
1875	Matthew Webb becomes the first to swim across the English Channel (Dover, England, to Cap Gris-nez, France); the effort took 22 hours, 45 minutes.
1867	Scientist Michael Faraday dies.
1825	Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
1814	The US Library of Congress -- and its 3,000 books -- is destroyed by British troops.
1558	King Francis II of France marries Mary, Queen of Scots.

Born today:

1966 Terminator X - rap DJ (Public Enemy)

1965 Cornelius Bennett - football player

1964 Morgan Englund - actor, son of Cloris Leachman

1964 Blair Underwood - actor

1964 Joanne Whalley - actress

1964 Vivian Campbell - guitarist (Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Dio)

1961 Billy Ray Cyrus - singer

1958 Tim Burton - movie director

1955 Elvis Costello - singer, guitarist

1951 Rob Halford - rock singer (Judas Priest)

1949 Gene Simmons - rock bassist (KISS)

1947 Anne Archer - actress

1946 Rollie Fingers - baseball Hall of Famer pitcher

1942 Willis Reed - basketball player

1942 Walter Williams - singer (The O'Jays)

1936 Gordon Johncock - auto racer (Indy 500 winner 1973, 1982)

1934 Regis Philbin - TV host

1933 Tom Skerritt - actor

1930 Sean Connery - actor

1927 Althea Gibson - tennis champ

1923 Monty Hall - TV game show host

1919 George Wallace - Alabama governor

1918 Leonard Bernstein - conductor, composer

1917 Mel Ferrer - actor

1916 Van Johnson - actor

1913 Walt Kelly - cartoonist (Pogo)

1909 Ruby Keeler - dancer, actress

1841 Emil Kocher - surgeon (won Nobel Prize, 1909)

1836 Bret Harte - author

1819 Allan Pinkerton - founded private detective firm

1530 Ivan the Terrible - Czar of Russia

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Virgo

(The Virgin)