1665 – “Ye Bare and Ye Cubb” is the first play performed in North America in Accomac, Virginia
1944 – 200 RAF Halifax bombers attack oil installations in Hamburg
1958 – The US performs a nuclear test over the South Atlantic Ocean as part of Operation Argus to study the Christofilos effect, a theoretical defensive shield to cloud Soviet radar
1983 – US performs a nuclear test
2004 – Australia wins its first-ever Olympic men’s field hockey gold medal with a 2-1 win after extra time against the Netherlands in Athens
2004 – Osleidys Menéndez of Cuba throws an Olympic record of 71.53 m to easily beat German Steffi Nerius for the women’s javelin gold medal at the Athens Games
2014 – 71st Venice Film Festival: “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” directed by Roy Andersson, wins the Golden Lion
2017 – Former five-weight world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats MMA fighter Conor McGregor in his debut match in the 10th round in Las Vegas
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Today in History for 27th August 2025
Historical Events
1828 – Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks
1917 – Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game
1942 – Soviet woman sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko arrives in Washington D.C., the first Soviet citizen welcomed at the White House by Eleanor Roosevelt
1979 – Warrenpoint ambush: 18 British Army soldiers are killed when the Provisional IRA explodes two roadside bombs as a British convoy passes Narrow Water Castle
2012 – First interplanetary human voice recording broadcast from Mars Rover Curiosity
Famous Birthdays
1630 – Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter, born in Nootdorp, Netherlands (d. 1693)
1669 – Anne Marie of Orléans, Queen of Italy, born in Château de Saint-Cloud, France (d. 1728)
1896 – Leon Theremin, Russian-Soviet electronic musical instruments inventor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1993)
1941 – Harrison Page, American character actor (Sledge Hammer!; C.P.O. Sharkey), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1971 – Julian Cheung Chi-Lam, singer (A Modern Love Story) and actor (Return Of The Cuckoo), born in North Point, British Hong Kong
Famous Deaths
1910 – Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
1965 – Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss French architect, city planner and artist (Urbanisme), dies at 77
2009 – Virgilio Savona, Italian jazz singer and composer (Quartetto Cetra – “Un bacio a mezzanotte”; “Crapa pelada”), dies of complications from Parkinson’s disease at 89
2020 – Dick Ritger, American ten-pin bowler (Tournament of Champions 1970, 79 runner-up; 20 career PBA Tour titles), dies at 81
2020 – Lute Olson, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Uni of Iowa 1974-83; NCAA Division I Tournament 1997, Uni of Arizona 1983-2008), dies from stroke complications at 85
Famous Deaths for 26th August 2025
1346 – John the Blind, King of Bohemia (1310-46), Count of Luxemburg, dies at the Battle of Crécy at 50
1595 – Antonio, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)
1723 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist, microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa and naturalist (Philosophical Transactions), dies at 90
1813 – Daniel Gottlob Turk, German composer, dies at 63
1849 – Jacques- Féréol Mazas, French composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 66
1865 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
1943 – Ted Ray, British golfer (British Open 1912, US Open 1920), dies at 66
2000 – Lynden Pindling, Bahamas ‘Father of the Nation’ Prime Minister of Bahamas (1967-92), dies at 70
2007 – Edward Brandt Jr., American physician and public health official, dies at 74
2023 – Bob Barker, American TV game show host (The Price is Right, 1972-2007; Truth or Consequences, 1956-75), actor (Happy Gilmore), and animal rights activist, dies at 99
Historical Events for 26th August 2025
1303 – Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khilji captures Chittorgarh, capital of the Guhila Kingdom
1629 – Cambridge Agreement: Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate
1909 – Australian cricket all-rounder Frank Tarrant scores 145 and takes 13-67 in a county game for Middlesex as they beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 31 runs in a single day
1914 – Battle of Tannenberg begins (WWI): 8th German army defeats Russian Second army
1922 – Japanese cruiser Niitaka is driven onto rocks in a storm at Kamchatka, resulting in 284 deaths
1971 – Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia, the first Dutch royal visit since Indonesia gained independence from the Netherlands
1978 – Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
2020 – The Milwaukee Bucks forfeit their NBA playoff game after the shooting of Jacob Blake, leading to the NBA postponing more games
Today in History for 26th August 2025
Historical Events
1987 – Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4, ending his hitting streak at 39 consecutive games
1991 – Royal Brett Saberhagen no-hits White Sox 7-0
2011 – The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA
2014 – Israel and Hamas accept another ceasefire
2021 – Two bomb blasts from suicide bombers at Kabul Airport, Afghanistan, kill at least 60 civilians and 13 US soldiers amid international efforts to evacuate citizens from the country
Famous Birthdays
1596 – Frederick V, Elector Palentine (1610-23), King of Bohemia (1619-20), defeated at Battle of White Mountain, born in Deinschwang, Palatinate (d. 1632)
1885 – Gene Gauntier [Liggett], American silent film screenwriter and actress, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1966)
1925 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist, educator, and author, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2005)
1946 – Chantal Renaud, Québécoise yé-yé singer, songwriter, actress and writer, born in Quebec, Canada
1951 – Robert Torricelli, American politician (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983-97, Senator-New Jersey 1997-2003), born in Paterson, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1956 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American Marxist activist who helped establish the American Communist Party, dies at 75
2000 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and professor (electronics and VLSI technology), dies at 61
2003 – Wayne Andre, American jazz and session trombonist, dies at 72
2015 – P J Kavanagh [Patrick Joeseph], British poet, actor and journalist (The Perfect Stranger), dies at 84
2023 – Tony Roberts, American College Football HOF broadcaster (play-by-play announcer Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 1980-2006), dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 25th August 2025
471 – Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
1482 – Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of England by marriage to King Henry VI, major figure during the War of the Roses, dies at 52
1925 – Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal, dies at 72
1939 – (Charles) “Babe” Siebert, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1925-39, 3X All-Star (Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins, and 2 other teams), drowns in Lake Huron at 35
1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, @ 48.21, 6 x 100, HS 232; NSWCA), dies of a fractured skull at 58
1985 – Samantha Smith, American peace activist and actress (invited to the Soviet Union during Cold War), dies in plane at 13
1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer and radio personality, dies at 87
1997 – Robert Pinget, French novelist (The Interrogation) and playwright, dies at 78
1998 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American Supreme Court justice (1972-87), dies at 90
2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
Historical Events for 25th August 2025
1898 – 700 Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion, Crete
1914 – German troops march into France and push the French army to Sedan
1924 – MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches his second no-hitter, beating the Browns 2-0 in 7 innings
1944 – US Army XII Corps reaches Troyes, France
1988 – Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
1989 – After a 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over the cloud tops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
2001 – Singer Aaliyah and eight others are killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas
2014 – 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Seth Meyers, are broadcast on NBC
Today in History for 25th August 2025
Historical Events
1908 – National Association of Colored Nurses forms in New York City, and Martha Minerva Franklin of Connecticut is elected president
1914 – German troops in occupied Belgium begin the six-week “Sack of Louvain,” destroying historical buildings and killing hundreds of civilians
1917 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Robert Lindley Murray beats Nathaniel W. Niles 5-7, 8-6, 6-3, 6-3 for first of 2 straight US singles titles
1921 – Yankees pitcher Harry Harper hits three batters in an inning, tying the record
1967 – Paraguay adopts its constitution
Famous Birthdays
1934 – Valery Bykovsky, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok V; Soyuz 22; Soyuz 31), born in Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union (d. 2019)
1941 – Mario Corso, Italian soccer winger (23 caps; Inter Milan 413 games) and coach (Lecce, Inter), born in Verona, Italy (d. 2020)
1956 – Matt Aitken, English songwriter and rocker (Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block), born in Coventry, England
1962 – Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer (batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1994 – Josh Flitter, American actor (Air Buddies movies), born in Ridgewood, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American far-right political activist. founder and leader of the American Nazi Party, assassinated by former party member John Patler at 49
1979 – Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Mexican archaeologist who excavated Palenque, dies at 73
1996 – Sylvia Fisher, Australian operatic soprano (Albert Herring Opera), dies at 86
2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing, dies at 77
2006 – Vijay Mehra, Indian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 2 x 50; Delhi, Eastern Punjab, Railways), dies at 68
Famous Deaths for 24th August 2025
1313 – Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King (1308-1313) and Holy Roman Emperor (1312-13), dies of fever
1516 – Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, fought the Portuguese and the Ottomans, dies at the Battle of Marj Dabiq at 75 or 76
1712 – Thomas Bullis, Jr. English organist and composer, dies at 54 (burial date)
1982 – Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer (Solar physics), dies at 99
1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer, dies at 48
1997 – (Vincente) “Tete” Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist, dies at 64
1998 – E. G. Marshall [Everett Eugene Grunz], American actor (12 Angry Men, The Defenders), dies of lung cancer at 84
2018 – Robin Leach, English TV host (Life Styles of Rich and Famous), dies at 76
2024 – Don Wert, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star and World Series 1968 Detroit Tigers), dies at 86
2024 – William Reynolds, American actor (The Gallant Men; All That Heaven Allows), dies at 90
Historical Events for 24th August 2025
79 – Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands, latest evidence suggests the eruption occurred after 17 October
1787 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history
1893 – Tornado destroys the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; about 1,000 people die
1938 – Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, the highest season total in organized baseball, for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
1972 – Dennis Amiss scores the first one-day international century, 103 against Australia
1984 – Pat Bradley sets an LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 during the second round of the Columbia Savings National at Green Gables Country Club, Denver, CO
2004 – Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May team up to win the women’s beach volleyball gold at the Athens Olympics beating Brazilian pair Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar 21–17, 21–11