August 25

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2022

US President Biden approved student debt loan forgiveness of up to $20,000 for those who are qualified.

2012

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space, becoming the first artificial object to do so.

2006

Naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor discovered the world's tallest tree in Redwood National Park, California.

1997

Nintendo released the first-person shooter, GoldenEye 007, for the Nintendo 64.

1991

Belarus declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

1958

Businessman Momofuku Ando marketed the first-ever pre-cooked instant noodles.

1919

The first daily passenger air service began, going from London to Paris.

1910

Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz founded the Shaw Livery Company and introduced the yellow cabs to attract passengers.

1894

A Japanese scientist, Shibasaburo Kitasato, isolated the bacterium of the Bubonic Plague.

1825

Uruguay gained independence from Brazil, which is now celebrated as a National Holiday for Uruguayans.

1804

Alicia Thornton became the first British female jockey after taking part in a horse race at York Racecourse in Knavesmire, England.

1768

Captain James Cook set sail on his first voyage from Plymouth, heading for the Pacific Ocean.

1609

Astronomer Galileo demonstrated one of his earlier telescopes to Venetian lawmakers.

1515

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, the conquistador, founded Havana on the southern part of the island.

325 AD

The doctrine of the Holy Trinity was established after the end of the Council of Nicaea.