Monday, August 25, 2014

History for August 25

History for August 25 - On-This-Day.com:
Leonard Bernstein 1918, George C. Wallace 1919, Sean Connery 1930 


Regis Philbin 1931, Tom Skerritt 1933, Gene Simmons 1949 - Musician 


1825 - Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.


1875 - Captain Matthew Webb swam from Dover, England, to Calais, France making him the first person to swim the English Channel. The feat took about 22 hours. 


1939 - The movie "Wizard of Oz" opened around the United States. 


1944 - Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation. 


1949 - NBC Radio debuted "Father Knows Best." The show went to TV in 1954. 


1950 - U.S. President Truman ordered the seizure of U.S. railroads to avert a strike. 


1998 - A survey released said that 1/3 of Americans use the Internet. 

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