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August 25th


- Earliest date on which La Tomatina can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in August. (Buñol)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
- Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops. (Roman Empire)

August 25th


- 2003 - The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
- 1997 - Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
- 1991 - The Battle of Vukovar has begun. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August-November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence.
- 1991 - Belarus declares its independence from the Soviet Union
- 1989 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the outermost planet in the Solar System.
- 1989 - Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary.
- 1981 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
- 1980 - Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
- 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, founder and leader of the American Nazi party, is murdered by John Patler, who was born Yanacki Christos Patsalos
- 1950 - President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
- 1948 - The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
- 1945 - Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
- 1944 - World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
- 1942 - World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
- 1933 - The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
- 1921 - The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
- 1920 - Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends. The Red Army is defeated.
- 1916 - The United States National Park Service is created.
- 1912 - The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
- 1898 - 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
- 1894 - Kitasato Shibasabur? discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
- 1835 - The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
- 1830 - The Belgian Revolution begins.
- 1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
- 1814 - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812.
- 1768 - James Cook begins his first voyage.
- 1758 - Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
- 1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- 1580 - Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
- 1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
- 1258 - Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
- 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.

August 25th


- 1998 - China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
- 1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
- 1988 - Alexandra Burke, English singer
- 1988 - Angela Park, Brazilian/American golfer
- 1988 - Ray Quinn, English singer
- 1987 - Blake Lively, American actress
- 1987 - Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
- 1987 - Justin Upton, American baseball player
- 1987 - James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
- 1987 - Whitney Stevens, Panamanian/American pornographic actress
- 1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
- 1987 - Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer
- 1983 - James Rossiter, British racing driver
- 1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress
- 1981 - Clare Oliver, Australian cancer activist (d. 2007)
- 1980 - Neal Musser, American baseball player
- 1979 - Marlon Harewood, English footballer
- 1979 - Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
- 1978 - Kel Mitchell, American actor
- 1978 - Robert Mohr, German rugby player
- 1977 - Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress
- 1977 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
- 1977 - Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 - Jonathan Togo, American actor
- 1976 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor
- 1976 - Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer
- 1976 - Damon Jones, American basketball player
- 1975 - Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer
- 1974 - Eric Millegan, American actor
- 1974 - Dave Luza, Dutch comedian
- 1974 - Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 - Fatih Akin, Turkish/German film director
- 1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
- 1971 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1970 - Robert Horry, American basketball player
- 1970 - Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer
- 1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model
- 1969 - John Witt, author, sportswriter, actor and Ballhawk
- 1969 - Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer
- 1969 - Steve Staley, American voice actor
- 1969 - Rachel Shelley, English actress
- 1969 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
- 1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer
- 1968 - Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model and racing driver
- 1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian)
- 1968 - Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer
- 1968 - Rachael Ray, American chef and television personality
- 1968 - Spider One, American musician (Powerman 5000)
- 1967 - Tom Hollander, English actor
- 1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American singer (Wilco)
- 1966 - Albert Belle, American baseball player
- 1966 - Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
- 1966 - Robert Maschio, American actor
- 1965 - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
- 1965 - Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 1965 - Cornelius Bennett, American football player
- 1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
- 1964 - Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess grandmaster
- 1964 - Marti Noxon, American television writer and producer
- 1964 - Dan Parent, American comic book artist and writer
- 1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor
- 1964 - Joanne Whalley, British actress
- 1963 - Christine McGlade, Canadian actress (You Can't Do That on Television)
- 1962 - David Packer, American actor
- 1962 - Vivian Campbell, Irish musician (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio)
- 1962 - Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer
- 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor
- 1960 - Ashley Crow, American actress
- 1960 - Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer
- 1959 - Ruth Ann Swenson, American operatic soprano
- 1958 - Tim Burton, American film director
- 1958 - Christian LeBlanc, American actor
- 1958 - Sterling Harwood, American academic
- 1957 - Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer
- 1957 - Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director
- 1956 - Takeshi Okada, Japanese football manager
- 1956 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver (d. 1986)
- 1955 - Gerd Müller, German politician
- 1955 - Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician
- 1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician
- 1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (The Buggles, Yes, Asia)
- 1952 - Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest)
- 1951 - Bill Handel, American radio personality
- 1950 - Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
- 1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist
- 1949 - John Savage, American actor
- 1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born musician (Kiss)
- 1949 - Fariborz Lachini, Canadian-Iranian composer
- 1948 - Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer
- 1946 - Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
- 1946 - Charles Ghigna (Father Goose), American poet and children's author
- 1946 - Charlie Sanders, American football player
- 1944 - Anthony Heald, American actor
- 1944 - Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
- 1944 - Jacques Demers, Canadian hockey coach
- 1942 - Nathan Deal, American politician
- 1941 - Marshall Brickman, American film writer
- 1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone
- 1939 - John Badham, American film director
- 1938 - David Canary, American actor
- 1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author
- 1935 - Charles Wright, American poet
- 1934 - Lise Bacon, French Canadian politician
- 1934 - Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host, and Senator
- 1933 - Wayne Shorter, American jazz musician
- 1933 - Tom Skerritt, American actor
- 1931 - Hal Fishman, Los Angeles based local news anchor. (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Regis Philbin, American television host
- 1930 - Sean Connery, Scottish actor
- 1930 - Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
- 1930 - Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
- 1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1928 - John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player
- 1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Thea Astley, Australian writer, (d. 2004)
- 1921 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host
- 1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999)
- 1919 - George Wallace, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (d. 1990)
- 1918 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
- 1917 - Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer (d. 2008)
- 1917 - Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress
- 1916 - Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
- 1913 - Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Erich Honecker, East German politician (d. 1994)
- 1911 - Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp), Vietnamese general and statesman
- 1910 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993)
- 1910 - Dorothea Tanning, American painter
- 1910 - George Cisar (baseball), American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1909 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971)
- 1906 - Jim Smith, England cricketer (d. 1979)
- 1905 - Faustina Kowalska, Polish mystic (d. 1938)
- 1903 - Arpad Elo, American chess writer (d. 1992)
- 1902 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- 1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975)
- 1898 - Arthur Wood, England cricketer (d. 1973)
- 1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962)
- 1891 - David Shimoni, Russian-born Israeli poet and writer (d. 1956)
- 1882 - Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician (d. 1966)
- 1868 - Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter (d. unknown)
- 1867 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951)
- 1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
- 1841 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss medical researcher; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
- 1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1829 - Carlo Acton, Italian composer and concert pianist (d. 1909)
- 1803 - Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, the Duque de Caxias, Brazilian military leader (d. 1880)
- 1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850)
- 1796 - James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
- 1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
- 1776 - Thomas Bladen Capel Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1853)
- 1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794)
- 1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803)
- 1741 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)
- 1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806)
- 1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
- 1707 - King Louis I of Spain, (d. 1724)
- 1662 - John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724)
- 1624 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)
- 1561 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)
- 1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584)