On This Day: 25 September

25 September in Indian history

• 1990The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.India

25 September in world history

• 2018Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
• 1997NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
• 1992NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
• 1983In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners hijacked a meals lorry and broke out of HM Prison Maze in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
• 1963Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
• 1959S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• 1944Second World War: British troops began their withdrawal from the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands, ending the Allies' Operation Market Garden in defeat.
• 1911An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonated the forward ammunition magazines and destroyed the ship.
• 1906Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-
• 1804The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
• 1800French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian island of Curaçao.
• 1789The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
• 1786The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses, killing more than two hundred people. The event was a major setback for mercury production in the Spanish Empire.
• 1775American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia failed to capture the city of Montreal from British forces.
• 1643The House of Commons of England accepts the Solemn League and Covenant, which promises religious reforms in England and Ireland in exchange for support of Scottish troops against king Charles I in the First English Civil War.
• 1396Ottoman wars in Europe: Ottoman forces under Bayezid I defeated a Christian alliance led by Sigismund of Hungary near present-day Nikopol, Bulgaria.
• 844Viking expansion: A Viking fleet arrived near Seville, then part of the Emirate of Córdoba, and began a raid of the city that was eventually repelled by Muslim defenders.

Born on 25 September

• 1946Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023)India
• 1939Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009)India
• 1925Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016)
• 1916Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968)India
• 1916Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (died 2010)
• 1910Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (died 1980)

Died on 25 September

• 2005Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917)
• 1990Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)India
• 1986Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917)India
• 1958John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 25 September in history?

2018: Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault. 1997: NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station. 1992: NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. 1990: The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.

What happened on 25 September in Indian history?

1990: The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Which famous people were born on 25 September?

Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023) (1946); Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009) (1939); Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016) (1925); Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) (1916).

Which day is observed on 25 September?

Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique); Bangladeshi Immigration Day (United States).