Events for September 25
762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1987 – Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
1775 – American Revolution: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off.
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
1790 – Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
1775 – American Revolution: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe.
1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
Notable Births & Deaths for September 25
1990 – Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)
2012 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (b. 1962)
2013 – Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1940)
1993 – Brandin Cooks, American football player
1992 – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
2017 – Jan Tříska, Czech actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (b. 1931)
2015 – John Galvin, American general (b. 1929)
2014 – Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
2012 – Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
2012 – Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927)
1993 – Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
1992 – Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
1993 – Toby Greene, Australian footballer
1992 – Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter
2013 – Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (b. 1945)
1987 – Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
2012 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
1996 – Yue Yuan, Chinese tennis player
1992 – Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
1989 – Aldon Smith, American football player
2016 – José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992)
1991 – Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
2015 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (b. 1939)
1991 – Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
2013 – Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (b. 1930)
2013 – José Montoya, American poet and academic (b. 1932)
2001 – Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
2013 – Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (b. 1915)
1991 – Emmy Clarke, American actress
2014 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951)
1989 – Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
1996 – Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
1992 – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
2009 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2014 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920)
1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
1995 – Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver
2016 – Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (b. 1960)
2015 – Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
2015 – Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944)
1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
2013 – Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
1986 – Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
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{ "info":"OnThisDay API", "date":"April_20", "updated":"1615972324",
"data":{
"Events":[
{
"text":"1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1303\" title=\"1303\">1303</a> – The <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapienza_University_of_Rome\" title=\"Sapienza University of Rome\">Sapienza University of Rome</a> is instituted by a <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull\" title=\"Papal bull\">bull</a> of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII\" title=\"Pope Boniface VIII\">Pope Boniface VIII</a>."
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Births":[
{
"text":"1494 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1494\" title=\"1494\">1494</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Agricola\" title=\"Johannes Agricola\">Johannes Agricola</a>, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)"
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Deaths":[
{
"text":"689 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)[21]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/689\" title=\"689\">689</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_of_Wessex\" title=\"Cædwalla of Wessex\">Cædwalla</a>, king of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex\" title=\"Wessex\">Wessex</a> (b. 659)" },
//.. MORE DATA ..//
}
]
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