September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year. [edit] Events - 275 – In Rome, (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
- 303 – On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France.
- 1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking Age in England.
- 1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
- 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
- 1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
- 1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
- 1789 – The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
- 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
- 1846 – U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
- 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
- 1906 – In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.
- 1911 – Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York, New York.
- 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
- 1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
- 1942 – World War II: Swiss Police Instruction of September 25, 1942 – this instruction denied entry into Switzerland to Jewish refugees.
- 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
- 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
- 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
- 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
- 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
- 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
- 1970 – Cease-fire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.
- 1972 – In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community.
- 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, California, resulting in the deaths of 144 people.
- 1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the 102nd person sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and the first woman to hold the office.
- 1983 – Maze Prison escape: 38 republican prisoners, armed with 6 handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.
- 1996 – The last of the Magdalene Asylums closes in Ireland.
- 2002 – The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact in Siberia, Russia.
- 2003 – A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
- 2008 – China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.
[edit] Births - 1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408)
- 1525 – Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584)
- 1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss Italian architect (d. 1667)
- 1644 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710)
- 1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (d. 1764)
- 1694 – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
- 1711 – Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
- 1725 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)
- 1738 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (d. 1789)
- 1764 – Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793)
- 1766 – Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (d. 1822)
- 1773 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (d. 1856)
- 1780 – Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (d. 1801)
- 1782 – Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824)
- 1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875)
- 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (d. 1874)
- 1825 – William Pitt Ballinger, Texas lawyer and statesman (d. 1888)
- 1839 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (d. 1904)
- 1862 – Léon Boëllmann, French composer (d. 1897)
- 1862 – Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
- 1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1945)
- 1867 – Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1938)
- 1879 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and labor leader, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar (d. 1963)
- 1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1936)
- 1889 – C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930)
- 1896 – Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic (d. 1990)
- 1897 – William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
- 1898 – Robert Brackman American artist (d. 1980)
- 1901 – Gordon Coventry, Australian rules footballer (d. 1968)
- 1901 – Robert Bresson, French film director (d. 1999)
- 1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (d. 1970)
- 1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975)
- 1911 – Eric Williams, first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
- 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, American Communist (d. 1953)
- 1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author
- 1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Sir Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
- 1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (d. 1992)
- 1925 – Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress
- 1926 – Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1926 – Jack Hyles, Baptist pastor (d. 2001)
- 1927 – Sir Colin Davis, English conductor
- 1929 – Ronnie Barker, British comedian and actor (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Barbara Walters, American broadcaster
- 1930 – Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author (d. 1999)
- 1931 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (d. 2005)
- 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
- 1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh retired footballer
- 1932 – Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1977-1981)
- 1933 – Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster
- 1933 – Erik Darling, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 2008)
- 1933 – Brian Murphy, British actor
- 1933 – Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and rancher
- 1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor
- 1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African actress and dancer (d. 1996)
- 1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, first Prime Minister of Greenland
- 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
- 1943 – Robert Gates, American Secretary of Defense
- 1943 – John Locke, American musician (d. 2006)
- 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
- 1944 – Doris Matsui, American politician
- 1945 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1946 – Felicity Kendal, British actress
- 1946 – Bryan MacLean, American musician and songwriter (Love) (d. 1998)
- 1946 – Jerry Penrod, American bass player
- 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model
- 1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor
- 1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player
- 1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American professional wrestler
- 1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1952 – Gloria Jean Watkins, American scholar
- 1952 – Anson Williams, American actor and director
- 1953 – Richard Harvey, British musician and composer (Gryphon)
- 1954 – Sylvester Croom, American college football coach
- 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish Football Manager
- 1955 – Steven Severin, British musician (Siouxsie & the Banshees)
- 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer
- 1955 – Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
- 1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American visual effects technician
- 1957 – Ian Reddington, English actor
- 1958 – Michael Madsen, American actor
- 1958 – Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist
- 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer
- 1960 – Sonia Benezra, Canadian television host
- 1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress and model
- 1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress
- 1963 – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist; wife of Pierce Brosnan
- 1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor
- 1963 – Mikael Persbrandt, Swedish actor
- 1964 – Anita Barone, American actress
- 1964 – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer and voice actress (seiyū)
- 1964 – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman and sports executive
- 1964 – Gary Ayles, British racing driver
- 1964 – Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
- 1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player
- 1965 – Dave Rundle, former South African cricketer
- 1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 – Will Smith, American actor and rapper
- 1968 – John Worsfold, Australian rules football coach
- 1968 – Prince Johan-Friso of Orange-Nassau
- 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
- 1969 – Hal Sparks, American actor
- 1969 – Heather Stewart-Whyte, British supermodel
- 1969 – Bill Simmons, ESPN columnist and author
- 1970 – Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1970 – Kerri Kendall, American model
- 1970 – Dean Ween, American musician (Ween)
- 1971 – John Lynch, American football player
- 1971 – Brian Dunkleman, American actor
- 1973 – Bridgette Wilson, American actress
- 1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
- 1973 – Bridget Marquardt, American model
- 1974 – Igor Bogdanović, Serbian footballer
- 1974 – Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Olivier Nicolás André Dacourt, French professional footballer
- 1974 – Richie Edwards (known locally as Wamma), British bassist
- 1974 – John M. Granville, American diplomat
- 1974 – Tye Harvey, American pole vaulter
- 1974 – Paul Hurst, English footballer
- 1974 – Chris Impellitteri, American guitarist
- 1974 – Daniel Kessler, American musician
- 1974 – Frank Leder, German fashion designer
- 1974 – Bente Elin Lilleøkseth, Norwegian politician
- 1974 – Robert "Robbie" Mears, Australian rugby league player
- 1974 – Victor Medina-San Andrés, American filmmaker
- 1974 – Eric Moss, American football player
- 1974 – Víctor Danilo Pacheco, Colombian footballer
- 1974 – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Javier Rosas Sierra, Mexican athlete
- 1974 – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican athlete
- 1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
- 1975 – Daniel Hyde, British actor
- 1975 – Declan Donnelly, British actor, television presenter and musician
- 1976 – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
- 1976 – Santigold , American singer
- 1976 – Chiara Siracusa, Maltese singer
- 1977 – Clea DuVall, American actress
- 1977 – Mike Krahulik, Illustrator
- 1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1977 – Kiyoshi Ijichi, Japanese drummer (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
- 1978 – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
- 1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
- 1978 – Jodie Kidd, English model
- 1978 – Ryan Leslie, American music producer and singer
- 1978 – Joel Pineiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1979 – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist
- 1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
- 1979 – Chris Owen, American actor
- 1980 – T.I., American rapper
- 1981 – Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
- 1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
- 1981 – Lee Norris, American actor
- 1982 – Kany García, Puerto Rican singer-songwritter
- 1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
- 1983 – Terrance Pennington, American football player
- 1984 – Rashad McCants, American basketball player
- 1985 – Calvin Johnson, American football player
- 1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
[edit] Deaths -
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- 1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and statesman (b. 1447)
- 1506 – King Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
- 1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
- 1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (b. 1511)
- 1602 – Caspar Peucer, German reformer (b. 1525)
- 1617 – Francisco Suarez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1548)
- 1617 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1572)
- 1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English scholar and Bishop of the Church of England (b. 1555)
- 1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases, Italian general (b. 1569)
- 1665 – Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1610)
- 1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (b. 1658)
- 1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (b. 1714)
- 1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, German scientist (b. 1728)
- 1791 – William Bradford, American printer (b. 1719)
- 1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (b. 1710)
- 1794 – Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1718)
- 1825 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1879)
- 1849 – Johann Strauss, Senior, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
- 1867 – Oliver Loving, American pioneer rancher (b. 1812)
- 1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, premier of Québec (b. 1832)
- 1901 – Arthur Fremantle, British general and American Civil War observer (b. 1835)
- 1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (b. 1853)
- 1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary (b. 1885)
- 1918 – Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (b. 1857)
- 1926 – Herbert Booth, son of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1862)
- 1929 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
- 1933 – Ring Lardner, American writer (b. 1885)
- 1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and war criminal (b. 1879)
- 1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist (b. 1878)
- 1960 – Emily Post, American etiquette expert (b. 1873)
- 1961 – Frank Fay American actor (b. 1897)
- 1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist (b. 1891)
- 1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German author (b. 1898)
- 1971 – Hugo Lafayette Black, American jurist (b. 1886)
- 1979 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete and actor (b. 1915)
- 1980 – John Bonham, British drummer (Led Zeppelin) (b. 1948)
- 1980 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan film director (b. 1895)
- 1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
- 1983 – King Léopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
- 1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (b. 1897)
- 1986 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
- 1986 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician (b. 1909)
- 1986 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist (b. 1909)
- 1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian communist leader (b. 1917)
- 1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
- 1987 – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor (b. 1905)
- 1988 – Billy Carter, brother of Jimmy Carter (b. 1937)
- 1991 – Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (b. 1913)
- 1991 – Viviane Romance, French actress (b. 1912)
- 1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh football manager (b. 1928)
- 1995 – Bessie Delany, American physician and author (b. 1891)
- 1996 – Nicu Ceauşescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
- 1997 – Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912)
- 1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (b. 1916)
- 1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American writer (b. 1930)
- 2000 – R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913)
- 2003 – Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)
- 2003 – Herb Gardner, American playwright (b. 1934)
- 2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2003 – George Plimpton, American writer and actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 – Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935)
- 2005 – Don Adams, American actor and comedian (b. 1923)
- 2005 – George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
- 2005 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani critic and linguist (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Urie Bronfenbrenner, American psychologist (b. 1917)
- 2005 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and writer (b. 1936)
- 2005 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Jeff Cooper, American firearms expert (b. 1920)
- 2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
- 2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian negotiator (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan pianist (b. 1923)
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