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August 25: Day of the Week
August 25, 2024 is the 238th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
August 25 Historical Event(s)
1609
Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1758
Seven Years’ War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
1835
The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
1875
Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
1898
700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
1914
World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
1933
The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
1961
President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power.
1980
Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
1991
The Airbus A340 aircraft makes it’s first flight.
Who were born on August 25?
1786
King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
1796
James Lick, American land baron (d. 1876)
1905
Saint Faustina, Polish mystic (d. 1938)
1928
Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1949
Fariborz Lachini, Canadian-Iranian composer
1955
Gerd Müller, German politician
1958
Christian LeBlanc, American actor
1965
Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
1974
Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
1979
Marlon Harewood, English footballer
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