September 25

Events

 * - On a voyage preaching the, of  is  in ,.
 * - The marks the end of the  era.
 * -  defeats a  army at the.
 * -   reached what would be known as the.
 * - The is signed in  by  and the s of the.
 * - "", the first to appear in the, is published for the first and only time.
 * - The passes twelve amendments to the : the, the , and the ten that are known as the . Only the Bill of Rights were ratified at the time, while the other two were proposed by James Madison but not ratified. In 1992, the Congressional Compensation Amendment was ratified as the 27th amendment to the Constitution.
 * - The (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the  as a toll for moving further upriver.
 * - forces led by  captured the  city of.
 * - The Imperial Russian steam frigate shipwrecks off  while carrying.
 * - In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, successfully demonstrates the  of the  in the port of, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the.
 * - Ground is broken for in.
 * - is founded in.
 * - The begins.
 * - performs the first blind flight from  proving that full  from take off to landing is possible.
 * - The is founded.
 * - in, is integrated through the use of  troops.
 * -, of  is mortally wounded by a  , , and dies the next day.
 * - The is formally proclaimed.  is elected.
 * - between  and the  ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on  and.
 * - In the, the people of reject membership.
 * -, a , collides in mid-air with a and crashes in , , resulting in the deaths of 144 people.
 * - The first congress of the held in.
 * - was the 102nd  sworn in as an  of the, the first  to hold the office.
 * - . 38 republican prisoners, armed with 6 handguns, hijacked a prison meals lorry and smashed their way out of . The largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.
 * - The last of the s closes in.
 * - The, a possible impact in ,.
 * - A  strikes just offshore of,.
 * -  racing driver  becomes the youngest.
 * - , the third and final installment of the, is released, netting over US$170,000,000 within 24 hours of launch, a record for most first-day revenue earned in  history.
 * - , the third and final installment of the, is released, netting over US$170,000,000 within 24 hours of launch, a record for most first-day revenue earned in  history.

Births

 * -, Japanese shogun (d. )
 * -, English explorer (d. )
 * -, Italian architect (d. )
 * -, Danish astronomer (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - of China (d. )
 * -, French automobile pioneer (d. )
 * -, American lawyer and (d. )
 * -, English Bounty mutineer (d. )
 * -, French-Russian statesman (d. )
 * -, Italian entomologist (d. )
 * -, American murderer (d. )
 * -, Irish playwright and novelist (d. )
 * -, French sculptor (d. )
 * -, French geologist (d. )
 * -, Texas lawyer and statesman (d. )
 * -, German palaeontologist (d. )
 * -, seventh (d. )
 * -, American geneticist, (d. )
 * -, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. )
 * -, Chinese writer (d. )
 * -, Scottish writer and translator (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American writer, (d. )
 * - American artist (d. )
 * -, French film director (d. )
 * -, Latvian-born painter (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. )
 * 1917  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born actor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, first (d. )
 * -, American aeronautical engineer (d. )
 * 1925  -, Italian actress
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1926  -, Baptist pastor (d. )
 * - Sir, English conductor
 * -, British comedian and actor (d. )
 * 1929  -, American broadcaster
 * -, American humorist and author (d. )
 * -, Iranian poet (d. )
 * -, Canadian pianist and composer (d. )
 * 1932  -,  (1977-1981)
 * -, American basketball coach and broadcaster
 * -, French actor
 * -, British actress and dancer (d. )
 * -, first
 * -, Indian actor
 * -, American Secretary of Defense
 * 1943  -, American musician  (d. )
 * -, American actor and producer
 * 1944  -, American politician
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, British actress
 * 1946  -, American musician, singer and songwriter  (d. )
 * -, American model
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor and activist (d. )
 * 1952  -, American scholar
 * 1952  -, American actor and director
 * -, British musician and composer
 * -, American college football coach
 * -, British musician
 * 1955  -, German footballer
 * 1955  -, Belgian footballer (d. )
 * -, an American expert, best known for his TV show .
 * -, American actor
 * -, Ukrainian footballer
 * 1960  -, Canadian television host
 * -, American actress and model
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1964  -, Japanese singer and voice actress
 * 1964  -, Canadian businessman and sports executive
 * 1964  -, British racing driver
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actor and rapper
 * 1968  -, Australian rules football coach
 * 1968  -
 * -, South African cricketer (d. )
 * 1969  -, Welsh actress
 * 1969  -, American actor
 * 1969  -, British supermodel
 * -, American musician
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actress
 * 1973  - ,American model and girlfriend of Hugh Hefner
 * 1973  -, Nigerian footballer
 * -, American musician
 * -, English television presenter
 * 1975  -, American football player
 * 1975  -, British actor
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American actress
 * 1977  -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * 1977  -, Illustrator
 * -, Cameroonian footballer
 * 1978  -, Jamaican footballer
 * 1978  -, English model
 * 1978  -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1981  -, American baseball player
 * 1981  -, American songwriter/musician
 * -, South Korean actor
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * - Killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
 * 1066  -, Earl of Northumbria
 * 1066  -  (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, Italian soldier and statesman (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Dutch poet (b. )
 * -, German reformer (b. )
 * -, Spanish Jesuit, philosopher/theologian (b. )
 * 1617  -, (b. )
 * -, English scholar and Bishop of the Church of England (b. )
 * -, Spanish general (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Scottish privy councillor (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born soldier (b. )
 * -, German scientist (b. )
 * -, American printer (b. )
 * -, Danish statesman (b. )
 * -, French Huguenot pastor (b. )
 * -, Swiss politician (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, American pioneer rancher (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French politician (b. )
 * -, Russian general (b. )
 * -, the third son of and  (b. )
 * -, American baseball player and manager (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Austrian physician and war criminal (b. )
 * -, American author & etiquette expert (b. )
 * - American actor (b. )
 * -, German eugenicist (b. )
 * -, German author (b. )
 * -, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (b. )
 * -, British drummer (b. )
 * 1980  -, Moldovan film director (b. )
 * 1980  -, Estonian author and poet (b. )
 * 1980  -, religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, Russian chemist, laureate (b. )
 * 1986  -  former president of  the   and politician (b.)
 * 1986  -, Norwegian linguists (b. )
 * 1986  -, Indian communist leader (b. )
 * -, -winning American actress (b. )
 * 1987  -, Welsh actor (b. )
 * -, brother of (b. )
 * -, Nazi war criminal (b. )
 * 1991  -, French actress (b. )
 * -, American physician and author (b. )
 * -, Romanian politician (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * 1997  -, Quebec singer, actor and folklorist (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Welsh poet (b. )
 * -, Iraqi politician (b. )
 * 2003  -, American playwright (b. )
 * 2003  -, Italian-born economist,  laureate (b. )
 * 2003  -, American writer and actor (b. )
 * 2003  -, Palestinian-born literary critic (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * 2005  -, American golfer (b. )
 * 2005  -, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (b. )
 * 2005  -, American psychologist, founder of Head Start program (b. )
 * 2005  -, American psychiatrist and writer (b. )
 * 2005  -, Austrian politician (b. )
 * -, renowned firearms expert (b. )
 * 2006  -, American author and poet (b. )
 * -, Palestinian negotiator and community leader (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Day, fourth day in the.
 * and companions, in the
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 * and companions, in the
 * Also see.