On This Day: 25 August

25 August in world history

• 2017Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
• 2017Conflict 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 organisat
• 2012The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.
• 2011Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
• 2005Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
• 2003NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
• 1991The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
• 1989The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings.
• 1967Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by John Patler, a former member of his group.
• 1958The world's first publicly marketed instant noodles, Chikin Ramen, are introduced by Taiwanese-Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando.
• 1945Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
• 1942World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay during the New Guinea campaign.
• 1941World War II: Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union jointly stage an invasion of the Imperial State of Iran.
• 1940World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.
• 1933Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine.
• 1914World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying hundreds of medieval manuscripts.
• 1758Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
• 1537The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII.

Born on 25 August

• 1969Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscasterIndia
• 1965Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coachIndia
• 1964Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician
• 1944Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
• 1936Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman (died 2009)India
• 1900Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)

Died on 25 August

• 2013Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1932)India
• 1956Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (born 1894)
• 1900Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (born 1844)
• 1867Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (born 1791)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 25 August in history?

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. 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 organisat. 2012: The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. 2011: Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.

Which famous people were born on 25 August?

Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (1969); Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach (1965); Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician (1964); Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (1944).

Which day is observed on 25 August?

Day of Songun (North Korea); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.; Soldier's Day (Brazil).