Today in History
25 August
238 births · 127 deaths · 60 events recorded
Notable Births
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Rebeka Jančová
b. 2003
Slovak alpine skier (born 2003)
Nicki Nicole
b. 2000
Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter (born 2000)
China Anne McClain
b. 1998
American actress and singer (born 1998)
Ong Seong-wu
b. 1995
South Korean singer and actor (born 1995)
Dowoon
b. 1995
South Korean musician (born 1995)
Willy DeVille
b. 1950
American singer-songwriter (1950–2009)
John Savage (actor)
b. 1949
American actor (born 1949)
George Wallace
b. 1919
American politician and lawyer (1919–1998)
Notable Deaths
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Salim Al-Huss
d. 2024
Lebanese statesman (1929–2024)
Ferdinand Piëch
d. 2019
Austrian industrialist (1937–2019), head of Volkswagen
John McCain
d. 2018
American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)
Rich Piana
d. 2017
American bodybuilder and internet personality (1970–2017)
Marvin Kaplan
d. 2016
American actor (1927–2016)
José María Benegas
d. 2015
Spanish politician (1948–2015)
Francis Sejersted
d. 2015
Norwegian history professor
Dietrich of Haldensleben, Margrave of the Nordmark
d. 985
On This Day in History
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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.
Hurricane Harvey
2017
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.
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
2012
Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
Voyager 1
2011
Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.
2011 Monterrey casino attack
2010
A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.
Filair
2006
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
Pavlo Lazarenko
2005
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
Hurricane Katrina
2003
NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
NASA