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August 25th is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 124 days remaining.

Events:

1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft flies by Neptune.

Births:

1841 - Emil Kocher, medical researcher
1850 - Charles Richet, scientist
1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, scientist
1913 - Walt Kelly, cartoonist
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer
1918 - Richard Greene, actor
1919 - George Wallace, governor of Alabama
1919 - Allan Pinkerton, founder of Pinkerton Agency
1923 - Monty Hall, TV host
1930 - Sir Sean Connery, actor
1933 - Regis Philbin, TV host
1933 - Tom Skerritt, actor
1944 - Anthony Heald, actor
1949 - Gene Simmons, bassist
1955 - Elvis Costello, songwriter, musician
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, singer
1964 - Blair Underwood, actor

Deaths:

1867 - Michael Faraday, scientist
1945 - In the last mass execution in the United States, seven German prisoners of war were hanged for the March 12, 1944, death of fellow POW Werner Drechsler of U-118. At another prison camp, Drechsler had supplied his captors with much information and had helped to interrogate other German POWs.
- Helmut Fischer, of U-615
- Fritz Franke, of U-615
- Bernhard Reyak, of U-615
- Guenther Kuelsen, of U-615
- Otto Stengel, of U-352
- Heinrich Ludwig, of U-199
- Rolf Wizuy, of U-615
2000 - Carl Barks, illustrator
2001 - Aaliyah, singer

Holidays:

August 24 - August 26 - July 25 - September 25 - more historical anniversaries

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December