Historical Events In August - 25

2007  On this day in history 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.  

2012  On August - 25 330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war  

2013  On this day in history 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq  

2014  On August - 25 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC  

2017  President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling on this day in history.  

2017  Category 4 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas northeast of Corpus Christi with 130 m.p.h. winds on this day in history.  

2017  Indian spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is convicted of raping two of his followers in Panchkula on this day in history.  

2017  Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong jailed for 5 years for corruption in South Korea on this day in history.  

2017  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 on this day in history.  

2017  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 on August - 25.  

2018  Afghan Islamic State leader Abu Saad Erhabi and 10 others killed in an air strike in province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan on August - 25.  

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  On August - 25 wHO announces that Africa has eradicated polio (defined as four years since last case) Learn More  

2020  Africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously on this day in history.  

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1530  On this day in history birth of ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)  

1561  Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

1624  François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709) was born on August - 25.  

1662  John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.  

1664  On this day in history birth of johan van de Bergh, Leids regent  

1718  Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer was born on August - 25.  

1724  George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) was born on August - 25.  

1741  On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792)  

0079  On August - 25 gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies  

0383  Death of Flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25 on this day in history.  

0882  On August - 25 louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19  

1192  Death of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) on August - 25.  

1227  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on August - 25.  

1270  On this day in history louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56  

1282  On this day in history death of thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)  

1330  Death of Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) on August - 25.