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September 25 is the 268th day of the year ... 1918 – World War I: ... On This Day "Historical Events on September 25". OnThisDay.com.
Feast day of Sergius of Radonezh (Eastern Orthodox Church) refimprove 1513 – Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa, upon a peak in present-day Darién, Panama, became the first European known to have seen the Pacific Ocean from the New World, naming it Mar del Sur, or South Sea, a few days later. needs more footnotes
September 14 is the first of the 366 days of the year selected, meaning that anyone born on September 14 in the years from 1944 to 1951 would be the first to be summoned. On January 4, 1970, The New York Times will run a long article, "Statisticians Charge Draft Lottery Was Not Random".
January 25 – Hjalmar Branting resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden because of ill health, and is replaced by the minister of trade, Rickard Sandler. January 27 – February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. 1995 January February March April May June July August September October November December From top left, clockwise: The aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, a domestic terrorist attack carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, resulting in the deaths of 168 people and ...
The Japanese hell ship Jun'yō Maru was sunk off Sumatra by the British submarine Tradewind with the loss of 5,620 lives, the worst maritime disaster in history up to that time. American B-17 bombers dropped 1,284 containers of supplies to the Home Army in Warsaw, but only 228 fell on Polish-controlled territory. This was the only major supply ...
September 21 – István Széchenyi, Hungarian politician, writer (d. 1860) September 22 – Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867) September 23. Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865) Theodor Körner, German author, soldier (d. 1813) September 26 – Théodore Géricault, French painter (d. 1824) October 29 – John Elliotson ...
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously rules that the September 2019 prorogation of Parliament was unlawful and void. Climate strikes take place in 150 countries (protesters in Sydney pictured) as part of the Fridays for Future protests. The FIBA Basketball World Cup concludes, with Spain defeating Argentina in the final.