Today in History
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2012 First Spacecraft to Enter Interstellar Space
NASA’s Voyager 1, which was launched on September 5, 1977, left the heliosphere — the part of space
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1991 Michael Schumacher Makes His Formula One Debut
The German race car champion competed in his first Formula One race in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa
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1944 Liberation of Paris
The battle to liberate Paris, which had been under Nazi control since 1940, began on August 19, 1944
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1835 First Installment of the Great Moon Hoax is Published
The New York-based newspaper The Sun published a series of articles, starting on this day, that deta
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1825 Uruguay Declares Independence from the Brazilian Empire
The Empire consisted of present-day Brazil and Uruguay and had declared its independence from Portug
Births On This Day,
August, 25
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1958 Tim Burton
American director, producer, screenwriter
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1954 Elvis Costello
English singer-songwriter, producer
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1949 Gene Simmons
Israeli/American singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, actor,
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1930 Sean Connery
Scottish actor, producer
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1530 Ivan the Terrible
Russian Tsar
Deaths On This Day,
August, 25
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2012 Neil Armstrong
American pilot, engineer, astronaut, first person to walk on the moon
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1900 Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher
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1867 Michael Faraday
English scientist
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1776 David Hume
Scottish economist, historian, philosopher
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1227 Genghis Khan
Mongolian Emperor
