What are the important events that happened on August 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 25 is the 237th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 12, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,756,080,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontaheptagon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 176 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,630 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 25 Historical Events
- 1758 –Seven Years’ War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
- 1768 –James Cook begins his first voyage.
- 1875 –Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
- 1912 –The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
- 1916 –The United States National Park Service is created.
- 1921 –The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
- 1945 –Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
- 1948 –The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: “Confrontation Day” between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
- 1989 –Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System.
- 1991 –Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
Who were born on August 25?
- 1868 –Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter (d. unknown)
- 1891 –David Shimoni, Russian-born Israeli poet and writer (d. 1956)
- 1917 –Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
- 1936 –Giridharilal Kedia, Indian entrepreneur (d. 2009)
- 1940 –José Van Dam, Belgian baritone
- 1948 –Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer
- 1963 –Shock G, American singer and rapper (Digital Underground)
- 1965 –Cornelius Bennett, American football player
- 1977 –Jonathan Togo, American actor
- 1978 –Kel Mitchell, American actor
Who died on August 25?
- 1699 –Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
- 1742 –Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704)
- 1930 –Frankie Campbell, American Boxer (b. 1904)
- 1950 –Earl Caddock, professional wrestler (b. 1888)
- 1970 –Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect (b. 1886)
- 1971 –Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
- 1976 –Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
- 1979 –Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911)
- 1980 –Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
- 2007 –Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
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