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Ephemeris of August 25:

In the Gregorian Calendar, August 25 is the 237th
(Two-hundredth thirtieth seventh) day of the year.

Quote of the Day…

Without music, life would be a mistake.

— Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (died August 25, 1900)

Events that Happened “A Day as Today”

August 25 – A Day as Today – Events

• 79: near Pompeii (Italy), second day of the deadly eruption of the volcano Vesuvius.
• 1258: Miguel VIII Palaiologos carries out a coup d’état with which he begins his rise to power of the Nicene Empire, future restorer of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine).
• 1270: end of the Eighth Crusade with the death of Louis IX of France.
• 1580: in the Battle of Alcántara, the troops of Felipe II defeat those of the prior of Crato, in the fight for the crown of Portugal.
• 1594: the city of San Luis is founded in the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata.
• 1609: in the Republic of Venice, Galileo Galilei presents and demonstrates his first telescope before the Senate.
• 1635: in southeastern New England (United States) a violent hurricane devastates several towns and kills 46 people.
• 1758: Russian troops withdraw after the indecisive battle against the Prussians in Zorndorf, Poland.
• 1825: the Eastern Province declares its independence from Brazil and its union with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
• 1830: the Belgian Revolution begins.
• 1883: in Indonesia the violent eruption of the Krakatoa volcano continues, which will explode on August 27 and will leave a balance of 36,417 fatalities.
• 1898: in the Philippines, during the Siege of Baler, the first soldier died from beriberi.
• 1908: in the province of San Juan (Argentina) the Sarmiento department is created by law.
• 1931 – In eastern China, water from the Grand Canal of China drags several levees near Lake Gaoyou overnight. Some 200,000 sleeping people drown. Between July and November 1931, some 4 million people were killed by floods and related diseases, such as cholera and typhus.
• 1933: in the Chinese town of Dieshi (Sichuan), an earthquake kills 9,000 people.
• 1939: in Germany, under the command of Friedrich Dollmann, the 7th Army of the Wehrmacht is activated, part of Army Group C (formed a day later) under the command of Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. This Army Group will position itself on the French border, to avoid an alleged attack by France, while the Invasion of Poland (Fall Weiss) is underway.
• 1944: in Paris, in the framework of the Second World War, the celebration march for the liberation of the German Nazis takes place.
• 1951: creation of the Colombian Petroleum Company (ECOPETROL), in Colombia.
• 1962: the Soviet Union launches its Sputnik 19 probe towards Venus, failing due to a failure in the rocket that was supposed to propel it out of Earth orbit.
• 1971: in Nicaragua, the National Congress promulgates Legislative Decree No. 1908, Law on the Characteristics and Use of National Symbols, which regulates the use of the National Flag, Shield and Anthem.
• 1989: the American probe Voyager 2 passes near Neptune.
• 1989: Kentaro Miura and Young Animal publish the first chapter of the historic Berserk manga.
• 1991: Belarus becomes independent from the Soviet Union.
• 1993: Spain The first child with the head of an ant is born, his appearance has nothing to do with other newborns, he is analyzed by science and released to civilization to study his behavior with other humans
• 2008: in Honduras, President Manuel Zelaya signs the adhesion to ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for Latin America and the Caribbean), which will be ratified by the National Congress on October 10.
• 2010: The US company Time Warner announces the purchase of the Chilean television channel Chilevisión, owned by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, for about 140 million US dollars.
• 2010: In Pasto, Colombia, the Galeras volcano erupts at 4:00 a.m. (local time).
• 2011: in Monterrey, hitmen attack the Royale Casino, causing 52 deaths.
• 2012: in Falcón state (Venezuela), the Amuay Refining Complex, one of the largest oil refineries in the world, suffers an explosion and subsequent fire that causes at least 55 deaths and more than 100 injuries. Explosion at the Amuay refinery.
• 2012: The American spacecraft Voyager 1 moves away at the distance of 121 astronomical units and leaves the solar system, becoming the first man-made object to reach interstellar space.

Who was Born “A Day as Today”?

August 25 – A Day as Today – Births

• 1530: Ivan the Terrible, Russian Tsar (d. 1584).
• 1707: Luis I, Spanish king (d. 1724).
• 1752: Karl Mack von Leiberich, Austrian military man (d. 1828).
• 1780: Agustín Agualongo, pro-Spanish Colombian leader (d. 1824).
• 1786: Louis I of Bavaria, Bavarian King (d. 1868).
• 1789: John Miers, British botanist (d. 1879).
• 1830: Ignacio Luis Vallarta, Mexican politician (d. 1893).
• 1841: Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician, Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine in 1909 (d. 1917).
• 1845: Louis II, Bavarian King (d. 1886).
• 1849: Manuel Acuña, Mexican poet (d. 1873).
• 1850: Charles Robert Richet, French physician, 1913 Nobel Prize Winner for Physiology or Medicine (d. 1935).
• 1865: Martín Malharro, Argentine painter (d. 1911).
• 1885: Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian filmmaker
• 1888: Manuel L. Barragán, Mexican businessman, journalist and philanthropist (d. 1980).
• 1894: Leopoldo Magenti Chelvi, Spanish composer, pianist, teacher and music critic (d. 1969).
• 1898: Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1979).
• 1899: Irene Caba Alba, Spanish actress (d. 1957).
• 1900: Hans Adolf Krebs, British scientist of German origin, 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981).
• 1900: José María de la Vega Samper, Spanish architect (d. 1980).
• 1902: Stefan Wolpe, American composer of German origin (d. 1972).
• 1903: Árpád Élő, American chess player of Hungarian origin (d. 1992).
• 1905: Maria Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun (d. 1938).
• 1909: Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer and dancer (d. 1993).
• 1909: Michael Rennie, British actor (d. 1971).
• 1910: Dorothea Tanning, American painter and writer (d. 2012).
• 1911: André Leroi-Gourhan, French prehistorian (d. 1986).
• 1911: Vo Nguyen Giap, politician and general of the Vietnam People’s Army (d. 2013).
• 1912: Erich Honecker, President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1994).
• 1912: Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Argentine actor (d. 2004).
• 1916: Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician, 1954 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2003).
• 1916: Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008).
• 1917: Mel Ferrer, American actor (d. 2008).
• 1918: Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990).
• 1918: Richard Greene, British actor (d. 1985).
• 1919: Ernst Barkmann, German military man (d. 2009).
• 1919: George Wallace, American politician (d. 1998).
• 1922: Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist (d. 2020).
• 1923: Álvaro Mutis, Colombian writer (d. 2013).
• 1924: José María Muñoz, Argentine announcer, reporter and sports journalist (f. 1992).
• 1925: Maurice Pialat, French filmmaker (d. 2003).
• 1925: Juanita Reina, Spanish songwriter and actress (d. 1999).
• 1927: Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003).
• 1927: Ferruccio Musitelli, Uruguayan photographer and filmmaker (d. 2013).
• 1928: Herbert Kroemer, American physicist, 2000 Nobel laureate in physics.
• 1930: Sean Connery, Scottish film actor and producer (d. 2020).
• 1931: Regis Philbin, American television host (d. 2020).
• 1931: Jorge Sobral, Argentine actor and singer (f. 2005).
• 1932: Luis Félix López, Ecuadorian doctor, writer and politician (f. 2008).
• 1933 – Wayne Shorter, American jazz composer and saxophonist.
• 1933: Tom Skerritt, American actor.
• 1934: Luis Bates, Chilean lawyer.
• 1936: Hugh Hudson, British filmmaker.
• 1938: Frederick Forsyth, British writer.
• 1939: John Badham, British-American filmmaker.
• 1940: José van Dam, Belgian baritone.
• 1943: Tonono, Spanish footballer (d. 1975).
• 1944: Frei Betto, theologian, Catholic Dominican priest and Brazilian essayist, exponent of liberation theology.
• 1944: Anthony Heald, American actor.
• 1944: Eduardo Naranjo, Spanish painter.
• 1944: Hugo Giménez Agüero, Argentine singer-songwriter (d. 2011).
• 1948: Henk Tjon, Suriname playwright (d. 2009).
• 1949: Martin Amis, British novelist.
• 1949: Gene Simmons, Israeli-American musician, bassist and vocalist of the band Kiss.
• 1949: Salif Keïta, Malian musician, singer and composer, activist in defense of albino children.
• 1949: Eloy Cavazos, Mexican bullfighter.
• 1950: Willy DeVille, American singer (d. 2009).
• 1951: Rob Halford, British singer, of the band Judas Priest.
• 1952: Geoff Downes, British rock keyboardist, of the bands Yes and Asia.
• 1954: Elvis Costello, British musician, singer and songwriter.
• 1956: Daniel Urresti, Peruvian military and politician.
• 1958: Tim Burton, American filmmaker.
• 1961: Billy Ray Cyrus, American actor and singer.
• 1962: Vivian Campbell, Irish musician of the band Def Leppard.
• 1963: Avi Ran, Israeli soccer player (d. 1987).
• 1964: Eduard Fernández, Spanish actor.
• 1964: Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician.
• 1964: Blair Underwood, American actor.
• 1965: Mia Zapata, American singer (f. 1993).
• 1966: Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist of the bands Dream Theater, Planet X, Platypus.
• 1966: Ricardo Henao, Colombian sports journalist.
• 1967: Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter of the band Wilco.
• 1968: Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer of the band Belle & Sebastian.
• 1969: Aaron Jeffrey, New Zealand actor.
• 1970: Robert Horry, American basketball player.
• 1970: Claudia Schiffer, German model.
• 1971: René Bertrand, Argentine theater director and actor.
• 1972: Andrea Noli, Mexican actress of television and theater.
• 1972: Joe Wright, British filmmaker.
• 1973: Fatih Akin, Turkish-German filmmaker.
• 1973: Felipe Ibáñez, Argentine designer.
• 1973: Gianluca Rocchi, Italian referee.
• 1973: Rafael Henzel, Brazilian radio host, survivor of LaMia Flight 2933 (f. 2019).
• 1974: Eric Millegan, American actor.
• 1976: Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor, filmmaker and screenwriter.
• 1977: Diego Corrales, American boxer (f. 2007).
• 1978: Eduardo Bertrán, Chilean filmmaker.
• 1978: Kel Mitchell, American actor.
• 1979: Marlon Harewood, British footballer.
• 1981: Rachel Bilson, American actress.
• 1983: James Rossiter, British Formula 1 driver.
• 1983: Jairo Arrieta, Costa Rican soccer player.
• 1983: Juan Coronado, Dominican basketball player.
• 1986: María Fernanda Quiroz, Mexican actress.
• 1987: Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter.
• 1987: Blake Lively, American actress and model.
• 1987: Justin Upton, American baseball player.
• 1987: Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer.
• 1988: Alexandra Burke, British singer.
• 1988: Ouwo Moussa Maazou, Nigerian footballer.
• 1989: Facundo Conte, Argentine volleyball player.
• 1989: Anaís Vivas, Venezuelan singer.
• 1990: David Bustos, Spanish athlete.
• 1991: Michelle Álvarez, Mexican actress and singer.
• 1997: Diego Alende, Spanish footballer.
• 1998: China Anne McClain, American actress and singer.
• 1998: Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer, actor, dancer and composer.
• 2000: Nicki Nicole, Argentine singer.

Who Left Us “A Day as Today”?

August 25 – A Day as Today – Deaths

• 79 ?: Pliny the Elder, writer and Roman commander (n. 23).
• 306: Magín de Tarragona, hermit and martyr of Tarragona.
• 386: Gratian the Younger, Roman Emperor (b. 359).
• 968: Edgiva of Kent, English noblewoman.
• 1091: Sisnando Davídiz, Mozarabic Jewish politician.
• 1270: Louis IX of France, French king and saint (b. 1214).
• 1482: Margaret of Anjou, English queen consort (b.1430).
• 1648: José de Calasanz, Spanish Catholic saint and priest, founder of the Pious Schools (Piarist Fathers) (b. 1557).
• 1685: Francisco Herrera el Mozo, Spanish painter (b.1622).
• 1688: Henry Morgan, prominent English privateer who had actions in America (b. 1635).
• 1774: Niccolo Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714).
• 1776: David Hume, Scottish philosopher, economist and historian (b. 1711).
• 1822: William Herschel, German astronomer (b. 1738).
• 1840: Karl Leberecht Immermann, German writer (b. 1796).
• 1867: Michael Faraday, British chemist and physicist (b. 1791).
• 1883: Heinrich Ludwig Hermann Müller, German botanist and zoologist (b. 1829).
• 1887: Pedro Pablo Atusparia, Peruvian indigenous peasant leader (b. 1840).
• 1890: Irene Morales, Chilean military (b. 1865).
• 1891: Paul Amédée Ludovic Savatier, French doctor and explorer (b.1830).
• 1894: Auguste Cain, French sculptor (b. 1821).
• 1900: Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b.1844).
• 1906 – Charles Baron Clarke, British botanist (b.1832).
• 1908: Henri Becquerel, French physicist (b.1852).
• 1919: Víktor Knorre, Russian astronomer (b. 1840).
• 1936: Grigori Zinoviev, Soviet Communist politician (b. 1883).
• 1947: Rafael Cepeda, Mexican physician, military and politician (b. 1872).
• 1947: Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (b. 1870).
• 1957: Umberto Saba, Italian poet (b. 1883).
• 1960: Agustín Sancho, Spanish soccer player (b. 1896).
• 1972: Juan Planelles Ripoll, Spanish physician (b.1900).
• 1976: Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist, 1974 Nobel Prize winner for literature (b.1900).
• 1978: Juan de Ajuriaguerra, leader of the PNV during the Civil War and the Franco regime (b. 1903).
• 1979: Stan Kenton, American musician (b.1911).
• 1984: Truman Capote, American writer (b.1924).
• 1985: Samantha Smith, American pacifist (b.1972).
• 1985: Nicolás Alfredo Alessio, Argentine musician, composer and teacher (b.1919).
• 1987: Héctor Abad Gómez, Colombian writer, journalist, politician, doctor and activist.
• 1988: Art Rooney, American businessman, founder of the NFL team Pittsburgh Steelers (b.1901).
• 1988: Françoise Dolto, French pediatrician and psychoanalyst (b.1908)
• 1997: Clodomiro Almeyda, Chilean politician (b.1923).
• 2000: Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (b.1901).
• 2001: Aaliyah, American singer (born 1979).
• 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, driver and owner of British motorsport team (b.1924).
• 2004: Marcelo González Martín, Spanish cardinal (b.1918).
• 2004: Carl Szokoll, Austrian resistance in World War II (b.1915).
• 2005: Rafael Termes, Spanish banker (b.1918).
• 2005: Olga Ramos, Spanish singer (b.1918).
• 2007: Raymond Barre, French Prime Minister (b.1924).
• 2007: José Pedro Damiani, Uruguayan politician, president of Club Atlético Peñarol (b. 1921).
• 2007: Benjamín Rubio, Spanish trade unionist (b.1925).
• 2008: Elvira Dávila Ortiz, Colombian nurse, pioneer of nursing and blood banks in Latin America (b. 1917).
• 2008: Joseph Tal, Israeli composer (b.1910).
• 2009: Ted Kennedy, American politician (b.1932).
• 2010: Guillermo Blanco, Chilean writer, journalist and teacher (b. 1926).
• 2011: Eugene Nida, American biblical scholar (b.1914).
• 2011: Laurie McAllister, bassist of American rock (b.1958).
• 2012: Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (b.1930).
• 2012: León Benaros, Argentine poet and historian (b.1915).
• 2012: Roberto González Barrera, businessman and Mexican philanthropist (b.1930).
• 2013: Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian soccer player (b.1930).
• 2018: John McCain, American politician (b.1937).
• 2018: Lindsay Kemp, British actor, choreographer and mime (b.1938).
• 2019: Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian engineer, magnate and businessman (b.1937).
• 2019: Julio del Mar, Colombian actor (b.1943).
• 2020: Arnold Spielberg, American electrical engineer and father of Steven Spielberg (b.1917)

What is Celebrated “A Day as Today”?

August 25 – A Day as Today – Celebration

• Argentina: Hairdresser’s Day.
• Spain:
  • Cartagena: Pilgrimage to the monastery of San Ginés de la Jara.
  • Adahuesca: Santas Santa Nunilo and Santa Alodia.
  • Campo de Mirra: Theatrical representation of the Almizra treaty.
  • Lupiñén: Festivities in honor of San Ginés.
  • Sangenjo: Festivities in honor of San Ginés.
  • Arrecife: Festivities in honos a San Ginés.
  • Cerrazo: Festivities in honor of San Ginés.
  • Colindres: Festivities in honor of San Ginés.
  • Albondón: Party in honor of San Luis.
  • Alar del Rey: Festival in honor of Saint Louis, King of France.
  • Gascueña (Cuenca): Festivities in honor of San Ginés.
• Paraguay: Guarani Language Day
• Uruguay: Declaration of Independence.

Catholic Santoral “A Day as Today”

August 25 – A Day as Today – Catholic Santoral

• Saint Aredius of Limoges
• Holy ebba
• Saint Eusebius of Rome
• Saint Genesius of Arles
• Saint Genesius of Brescellus
• Saint Genesius of Rome
• Saint Genadius of Constantinople
• Saint Gerund
• Saint Gregory of Utrecth
• Saint Ginés de la Jara
• Saint Hermes of Eretum
• Saint Hunegunda
• Saint Julian of Syria
• Saint Julius of Eretum
• Saint Magino
• Saint Martian of Saignon
• Saint Menas of Constantinople
• Saint Nemesio
• Saint Patricia of Naples
• Saint Peregrine
• Saint Ponciano of Rome
• Saint Severo
• Saint Thomas of Hereford
• Saint Vincent of Rome
• Saint Urlo
• Blessed Alexander Dordi
• Blessed Andrés Bordino
• Blessed Andrew Gim Gwang-Ok
• Blessed Maria del Tránsito
• Blessed Maria Troncatti
• Blessed Paul John Charles
• Blessed Peter of Calidis
• Blessed Peter Gim Jeong-Duk

What Sign of the Zodiac Rules those Born “A Day as Today”?

August 25 – A Day as Today – Zodiac Sign

♍ Virgo:

Famous & Celebrities People Born “A Day as Today”

August 25 – A Day as Today – Today’s Famous Birthdays

• 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor.
• 1944 – Eduardo Naranjo, Spanish painter.
• 1944 – Hugo Giménez Agüero, Argentine singer-songwriter (d. 2011).
• 1948 – Henk Tjon, Suriname playwright (d. 2009).
• 1949 – Martin Amis, British novelist.
• 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American musician, bassist, and vocalist for the band Kiss.
• 1951 – Rob Halford, British singer in the band Judas Priest.
• 1952 – Geoff Downes, British rock keyboardist for the bands The Buggles, Yes, Asia.
• 1953 – Enrique Deibe, Argentine politician.
• 1954 – Elvis Costello, British musician, singer and songwriter.
• 1958 – Tim Burton, American director.
• 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American actor and singer.
• 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Irish musician with the band Def Leppard.
• 1963 – Avi Ran, Israeli footballer.
• 1964 – Eduard Fernández, Spanish actor.
• 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician.
• 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor.
• 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer.
• 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist for the bands Dream Theater, Planet X, Platypus.
• 1967 – Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter of the band Wilco.
• 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer of the band Belle & Sebastian.
• 1968 – Spider One, American musician of the band Powerman 5000.
• 1969 – Aaron Jeffrey, New Zealand actor.
• 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player.
• 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model.
• 1971 – René Bertrand, Argentine theater director and actor.
• 1973 – Fatih Akin, Turkish-German filmmaker.
• 1973 – Felipe Ibáñez, Argentine designer.
• 1973 – Gianluca Rocchi, Italian referee.
• 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor.
• 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor, director and screenwriter.
• 1977 – Diego Corrales, American boxer.
• 1978 – Eduardo Bertrán, Chilean director.
• 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American actor.
• 1979 – Marlon Harewood, British footballer.
• 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress.
• 1983 – James Rossiter, British Formula 1 driver.
• 1983 – Jairo Arrieta, Costa Rican soccer player for Deportivo Saprissa.
• 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter.
• 1991 – Michelle Álvarez, Mexican actress and singer.
• 1992 – Angelica Mandy, British actress.
• 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer.
• 1998 – Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer.

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