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Revision as of 10:20, 28 April 2002 by The Epopt (talk | contribs) (last mass execution in US)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)August 25th is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 124 days remaining.
Events:
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.
- 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