Page 8: Historical Events In August - 25
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2007 Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares a national state of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage western Peloponese and southern Euboea, killing 68 people on August - 25.
2012 On August - 25 330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war
2013 On August - 25 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq
2014 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC on August - 25.
2017 On August - 25 president Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling
2017 On this day in history category 4 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas northeast of Corpus Christi with 130 m.p.h. winds
2017 On August - 25 indian spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is convicted of raping two of his followers in Panchkula
2017 Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong jailed for 5 years for corruption in South Korea on August - 25.
2017 On August - 25 ongoing - A military operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
2017 On this day in history hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 90 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $198.6 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history.
2018 On August - 25 afghan Islamic State leader Abu Saad Erhabi and 10 others killed in an air strike in province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan
2019 On August - 25 2019 Beirut drone crash: According to Lebanese officials, two Israeli drones attack Beirut, Lebanon. One crashed into the roof of the Hezbollah Media Center, about 45 minutes before the second exploded in the air and damaged the building. It was the first such incident between Israel and Lebanon since the 2006 Lebanon War.
2020 WHO announces that Africa has eradicated polio (defined as four years since last case) Learn More on August - 25.
2020 Africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously on August - 25.
2024 On August - 25 the Israel Defense Forces begin a series of preemptive strikes against targets in the south of Lebanon.
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