August 25
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[edit] Events
- 1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
- 1718 - New Orleans, Louisiana is founded.
- 1825 - Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
- 1912 - The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
- 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader is assassinated.
- 1991 - Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union
[edit] Births
- 1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884)
- 1919 - George Wallace, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1930 - Sean Connery, Scottish actor
- 1944 - Conrad Black, newspaper magnate
[edit] Deaths
- 1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer
- 1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711)
- 1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791)
- 1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844)
- 1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
- 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
- 1968 - Harry Elmer Barnes, American historian (b. 1889)
