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August 25, 1996 96th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods August 25, 1996 Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic August 25, 1995 Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6 August 25, 1995 Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves August 25, 1992 Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA August 25, 1991 "Getting Married" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 70 performances August 25, 1991 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig August 25, 1991 91st U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges August 25, 1991 Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds August 25, 1991 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games August 25, 1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62) August 25, 1991 Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament August 25, 1991 Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps August 25, 1991 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53) August 25, 1990 Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ") August 25, 1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq August 25, 1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps August 25, 1988 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston August 25, 1988 Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon August 25, 1988 Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war August 25, 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-214 August 25, 1987 Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42 August 25, 1986 A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league HR August 25, 1985 Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d) August 25, 1985 Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament August 25, 1985 STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem August 25, 1984 French airship capsizes August 25, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 25, 1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark August 25, 1983 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign $10 billion grain pact August 25, 1981 Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09) August 25, 1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years August 25, 1981 Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km) August 25, 1980 "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances August 25, 1980 Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City August 25, 1980 Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs August 25, 1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances August 25, 1979 California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2 August 25, 1979 Somali adopts constitution August 25, 1978 Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike August 25, 1976 Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion August 25, 1976 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings August 25, 1974 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island August 25, 1974 L.A. Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup August 25, 1973 Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash August 25, 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island August 25, 1973 Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings August 25, 1973 Zambia adopts constitution August 25, 1970 Elton John's 1st U.S. appearance, Los Angeles August 25, 1969 Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo) August 25, 1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win U.S. singles championship August 25, 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies World Series of Golf August 25, 1968 New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered August 25, 1967 Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi August 25, 1967 Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1 August 25, 1967 Paraguay accepts its constitution August 25, 1967 Train crash at Beesd, 2 die August 25, 1964 Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression August 25, 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ogden Ladies' Golf Open August 25, 1963 Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and his license is suspended for one year for speeding August 25, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 25, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 25, 1961 Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns August 25, 1960 17th summer olympics opens in Rome August 25, 1960 AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies August 25, 1960 Demonstrations against premier Lumumba August 25, 1957 Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao August 25, 1956 To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto August 25, 1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria August 25, 1954 Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m) August 25, 1952 Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0 August 25, 1952 Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth August 25, 1951 Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game August 25, 1950 President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike August 25, 1950 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title August 25, 1948 Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's August 25, 1947 Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph August 25, 1946 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland GC Portland Ore August 25, 1945 Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine August 25, 1944 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame August 25, 1944 Gen De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysees Paris August 25, 1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday August 25, 1944 U.S. 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes August 25, 1943 10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471) August 25, 1943 German occupiers impose 72-hour work week August 25, 1943 Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia August 25, 1943 Red Army under Gen Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka August 25, 1943 U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II August 25, 1942 SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth August 25, 1941 English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran August 25, 1941 German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad August 25, 1940 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin) August 25, 1940 1st parachute wedding August 25, 1940 Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union August 25, 1937 Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast August 25, 1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each August 25, 1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight August 25, 1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage August 25, 1928 Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg August 25, 1926 Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece August 25, 1925 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York) August 25, 1925 Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg August 25, 1924 International maritime treaty drawn August 25, 1924 Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn August 25, 1922 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game August 25, 1921 U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany August 25, 1921 Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record August 25, 1920 1st U.S. woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey) August 25, 1919 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London) August 25, 1917 37th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) August 25, 1916 Department of Interior forms National Park Service August 25, 1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage August 25, 1914 Belgian offensive at Antwerp August 25, 1914 Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium August 25, 1914 German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die August 25, 1914 German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan August 25, 1912 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin August 25, 1912 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia August 25, 1910 30th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61) August 25, 1908 Allen Winter wins U.S. 1st $50,000 trotting race August 25, 1908 National Association of Colored Nurses, forms August 25, 1904 James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title August 25, 1894 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed August 25, 1890 Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout August 25, 1888 8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60) August 25, 1886 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England August 25, 1875 Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m August 25, 1864 Combination rail and ferry service available from San Francisco to Alameda August 25, 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station August 25, 1862 Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves August 25, 1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel August 25, 1830 Belgium revolts against Netherlands August 25, 1829 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses August 25, 1825 Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) August 25, 1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books August 25, 1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England) August 25, 1802 Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France August 25, 1795 Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher August 25, 1768 Capt James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean August 25, 1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed August 25, 1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found August 25, 1704 Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet August 25, 1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe August 25, 1689 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French August 25, 1689 Montreal taken by Iroquois August 25, 1628 Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia August 25, 1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers August 25, 1580 Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal August 25, 1566 Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht August 25, 1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River August 25, 1499 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians August 25, 1485 Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III August 25, 1425 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail August 25, 1330 AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself August 25, 1212 Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa August 25, 357 Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught August 25, 325 Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity |