August 25

August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 128 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 1270 – King Louis IX of France dies of dysentery in Tunis during the Eighth Crusade.
• 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Milne Bay begins, marking the first defeat of Japanese land forces by Allied troops in the Pacific theater.
• 1944 – World War II: The Liberation of Paris is completed as the French 2nd Armored Division enters the city, leading to the surrender of the German garrison.
• 1991 – The Declaration of Independence of Belarus is adopted, effectively seceding from the Soviet Union.
• 1991 – Linus Torvalds publishes a message on the comp.os.minix newsgroup, announcing the creation of a free operating system kernel, which later becomes Linux.
• 2012 – Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, dies at the age of 82.

Births

• 1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian Grand Prince and first Tsar of Russia (d. 1584)
• 1912 – Erich Honecker, East German politician and General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and Nobel laureate (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (d. 2020)
• 1958 – Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and artist
• 1978 – Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Blake Lively, American actress

Deaths

• 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1776 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
• 1822 – William Herschel, German-born British astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and philologist (b. 1844)
• 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
• 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut and aeronautical engineer (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France)
• Declaration of Independence Day (Uruguay)
• Miner's Day (Russia and some post-Soviet states)
• National Banana Split Day (United States)