Category: This Day In History August 25

Categories: This Day In History August

This Day in History for August 25th

Historic Events:

• 1870 - John Connor, an Irish emigrant, receives a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of the Little Wichita River during the Category: Texas-Indian Wars. Thirteen other people were also awarded a Medal of Honor for their actions during the Battle of the Little Wichita River

• 1877 - Adam Payne (aka Adam Paine) an Afro-Seminole Medal of Honor recipient was killed by another Medal of Honor recipient, Gus Windus.
• 1939 - The first technicolor film, The Wizard of Oz, was released in the United States forever changing how we see movies.

Famous Birthdays:
Coming...

Famous Deaths:

• 1530 - Ivan the Terrible

• 1877 - Adam Payne (aka Adam Paine) an Afro-Seminole Medal of Honor recipient was killed by another Medal of Honor recipient, Gus Windus.

• 2001 - Aaliyah, "Princess of R&B, Queen of Urban Pop".

Althea Gibson 1927-2003

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Caleb Allen 30 Mar 1737 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts - 26 Nov 1807

Eunice Allen 06 Jun 1733 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Bay - 16 Oct 1818

Samuel Allen 21 Apr 1738 Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay - 11 Feb 1833

Samuel Allen 06 Apr 1702 Deerfield, Franklin, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 25 Aug 1746

Oliver Amsden 13 Aug 1728 Deerfield, Franklin, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 26 Aug 1746

Simeon Amsden 24 Jul 1737 Deerfield, Franklin, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 25 Aug 1746

Neil Armstrong 05 Aug 1930 Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States - 25 Aug 2012

B

Jean Louis Fermin Barthou 25 Aug 1862 Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Basses-Pyrénées, France - 09 Oct 1934

Blake (Brown) Reynolds 1980s

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Louis (Capet) de France 24 Apr 1214 Poissy, France - 25 Aug 1270

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Valentine Davies 25 Aug 1905 Manhattan, New York, New York, USA - 23 Jul 1961

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Michael Faraday 22 Sep 1791 Newington Butts, Southwark, London, England - 25 Aug 1867

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Althea Gibson 25 Aug 1927 Silver, Clarendon County, South Carolina, United States - 28 Sep 2003

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Aaliyah Haughton 16 Jan 1979 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 25 Aug 2001

Eleazer Hawks 13 Nov 1717 Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts - 25 Aug 1746

Hannah (Hawks) Allen 07 Jul 1703 Deerfield, Franklin, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 08 Mar 1771

Henry Hunter 25 Aug 1741 Culross, Perthshire, Scotland - 27 Oct 1802

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Roselea (Maddox) Brogdon 15 Aug 1925 Boaz, Marshall, Alabama, United States - 15 Apr 1998

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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 15 Oct 1844 Röcken, Merseburg, Sachsen, Preußen, Deutscher Bund - 25 Aug 1900

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Jabir (Poole) Muhammad 16 Apr 1929 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 25 Aug 2008

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Ivan Vasilyevich 25 Aug 1530 Kolomenskoye, Grand Duchy of Moscow - 28 Mar 1584

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Frederich (Weisenfreund) Muni 22 Sep 1895 Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire - 25 Aug 1967

Claron Windus 10 Jan 1850 Janesville, Wisconsin, United States - 18 Oct 1927

Joseph Wright 03 Aug 1767 Finsbury,London, England - 29 Aug 1811

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