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25 Aug 0325
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Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
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25 Aug 0357
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Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught
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25 Aug 1330
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AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself
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25 Aug 1425
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Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
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25 Aug 1485
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Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats King Richard III
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25 Aug 1499
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Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
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25 Aug 1540
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Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River
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25 Aug 1566
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Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht
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25 Aug 1580
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Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal
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25 Aug 1609
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Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
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25 Aug 1628
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Assault on Sultan of Mantarams of Batavia
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25 Aug 1689
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Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French
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25 Aug 1689
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Montr
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25 Aug 1698
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Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
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25 Aug 1718
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Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded
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25 Aug 1758
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Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed
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25 Aug 1768
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Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
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25 Aug 1795
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Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher
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25 Aug 1804
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Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
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25 Aug 1814
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British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
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25 Aug 1814
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British capture Washington DC
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25 Aug 1825
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Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)
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25 Aug 1829
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President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
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25 Aug 1830
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Belgium revolts against Netherlands
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25 Aug 1835
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New York Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
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25 Aug 1862
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Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves
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25 Aug 1864
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Combination rail & ferry service available from SF to Alameda
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25 Aug 1864
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Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
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25 Aug 1875
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Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m)
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25 Aug 1886
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1st International polo meet (US vs. England)
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25 Aug 1888
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8th US Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum Jr beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60)
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25 Aug 1888
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Henry Slocum wins US Lawn Tennis Assn singles title
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25 Aug 1904
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James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 Aug 1904
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Jim Jefferies KOsJack Munroe & retains boxing heavyweight title
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25 Aug 1908
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National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
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25 Aug 1908
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Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race
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25 Aug 1910
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30th US Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61)
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25 Aug 1912
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Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
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25 Aug 1912
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1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin
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25 Aug 1914
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Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium
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25 Aug 1914
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German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan
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25 Aug 1914
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German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die
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25 Aug 1915
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Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage
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25 Aug 1916
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Department of Interior forms National Park Service
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25 Aug 1916
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National Park Service established in the Dept of the Interior
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25 Aug 1917
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37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63)
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25 Aug 1919
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1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
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25 Aug 1920
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1st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
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25 Aug 1921
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US signs peace treaty with Germany
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25 Aug 1921
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Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
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25 Aug 1922
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Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
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25 Aug 1924
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International maritime treaty drawn
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25 Aug 1924
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Washingston Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn
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25 Aug 1925
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Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
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25 Aug 1925
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY)
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25 Aug 1925
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Helen Willis wins her 3rd straight US Lawn Tennis Open
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25 Aug 1926
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Pavlos Koundouris becomes President of Greece
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25 Aug 1928
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Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina andWinnipeg
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25 Aug 1929
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Graf Zeppelin passes over SF for LA after trans-Pacific voyage
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25 Aug 1932
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Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
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25 Aug 1936
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3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
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25 Aug 1937
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Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast
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25 Aug 1940
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1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
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25 Aug 1940
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Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
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25 Aug 1940
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1st parachute wedding
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25 Aug 1941
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English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran
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25 Aug 1941
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German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad
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25 Aug 1942
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SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth
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25 Aug 1943
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10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471)
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25 Aug 1943
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German occupiers impose 72-hour work week
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25 Aug 1943
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Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
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25 Aug 1943
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Red Army under General Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka
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25 Aug 1943
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US forces overran New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II
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25 Aug 1944
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France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame
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25 Aug 1944
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Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (Freedom Tuesday)
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25 Aug 1944
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US 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes
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25 Aug 1944
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Paris liberated from Nazi occupation
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25 Aug 1945
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Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine
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25 Aug 1946
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28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland Golf Club - Portland, Oregon
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25 Aug 1946
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Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship
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25 Aug 1947
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Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph
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25 Aug 1950
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President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
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25 Aug 1950
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Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
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25 Aug 1951
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Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game
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25 Aug 1952
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Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0
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25 Aug 1952
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Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
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25 Aug 1954
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Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m)
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25 Aug 1955
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Last Soviet forces leave Austria
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25 Aug 1956
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To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto
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25 Aug 1957
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Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
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25 Aug 1960
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Demonstrations against Premier Lumumba
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25 Aug 1960
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17th summer olympics opens in Rome
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25 Aug 1960
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AFL begins placing players names on back of their jerseys
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25 Aug 1961
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Brazilian President Janio Quadros, resigns
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25 Aug 1963
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Paul McCartney is fined
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25 Aug 1964
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Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression
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25 Aug 1967
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Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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25 Aug 1967
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Train crash at Beesd, 2 die
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25 Aug 1967
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Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1
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25 Aug 1967
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Paraguay accepts its constitution
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25 Aug 1968
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Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship
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25 Aug 1968
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies World Series of Golf
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25 Aug 1968
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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
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25 Aug 1969
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Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montr
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25 Aug 1973
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Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
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25 Aug 1973
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Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings
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25 Aug 1973
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Zambia adopts constitution
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25 Aug 1974
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LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup
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25 Aug 1976
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Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion
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25 Aug 1976
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Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
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25 Aug 1978
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Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike
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25 Aug 1979
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"Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps NYC after 86 performances
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25 Aug 1979
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Somali adopts constitution
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25 Aug 1979
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California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2
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25 Aug 1980
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"42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances
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25 Aug 1980
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Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs
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25 Aug 1981
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Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09)
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25 Aug 1981
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Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
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25 Aug 1981
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Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km)
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25 Aug 1983
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US and the USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
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25 Aug 1983
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Triple A baseball's Louisville breaks 1 million fan mark
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25 Aug 1984
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French airship capsizes
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25 Aug 1985
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Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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25 Aug 1985
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Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)
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25 Aug 1985
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STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem
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25 Aug 1987
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Dow Jones Industrial Stock Average reaches record 2722.42
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25 Aug 1987
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Madonna sings in Rotterdam
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25 Aug 1988
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Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon
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25 Aug 1988
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Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war
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25 Aug 1988
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Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
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25 Aug 1988
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NASA launches space vehicle S-214
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25 Aug 1989
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After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
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25 Aug 1989
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Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT)
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25 Aug 1990
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Li Hui Rong of China sets the triple jump women's record (47'8
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25 Aug 1990
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UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
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25 Aug 1991
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"Getting Married" closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 70 performances
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25 Aug 1991
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43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig
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25 Aug 1991
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91st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges
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25 Aug 1991
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Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
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25 Aug 1991
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Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
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25 Aug 1991
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Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament
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25 Aug 1991
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Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former USSR Baltic reps
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25 Aug 1991
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Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
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25 Aug 1991
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Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds
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25 Aug 1992
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Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA
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25 Aug 1995
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Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6
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25 Aug 1996
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96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
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25 Aug 1996
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Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
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