Historical Events In August - 25

2007  On August - 25 greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis declares a national state of emergency after a series of devastating wildfires ravage western Peloponese and southern Euboea, killing 68 people.   

2012  330 people are killed as a result of conflict in the Syrian civil war on August - 25.   

2013  On August - 25 41 people are killed in a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq   

2014  66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC on this day in history.   

2017  President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling on this day in history.   

2017  Category 4 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas northeast of Corpus Christi with 130 m.p.h. winds on August - 25.   

2017  Indian spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is convicted of raping two of his followers in Panchkula on August - 25.   

2017  Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong jailed for 5 years for corruption in South Korea on this day in history.   

2017  ongoing - A military operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on this day in history.   

2017  Hurricane Harvey strikes the United States as a Category 4 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage to the Houston metropolitan area, mostly due to record-breaking floods. At least 90 deaths are recorded, and total damage reaches $198.6 billion (2017 USD), making Harvey the costliest natural disaster in United States history on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history afghan Islamic State leader Abu Saad Erhabi and 10 others killed in an air strike in province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan   

2019  On this day in history 2019 Beirut drone crash: According to Lebanese officials, two Israeli drones attack Beirut, Lebanon. One crashed into the roof of the Hezbollah Media Center, about 45 minutes before the second exploded in the air and damaged the building. It was the first such incident between Israel and Lebanon since the 2006 Lebanon War.   

2020  WHO announces that Africa has eradicated polio (defined as four years since last case) Learn More on this day in history.   

2020  Africa is declared free of wild polio, the second virus to be eradicated from the continent since smallpox 40 years previously on this day in history.   

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1530  On August - 25 birth of ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia (1533-84)   

1561  On this day in history birth of philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632)   

1624  On this day in history birth of françois de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709)   

1662  John Leverett the Younger, American educator (d. 1724) was born on this day in history.   

1664  Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent was born on this day in history.   

1718  On August - 25 birth of johann Jacob Rowalt, composer   

1724  George Stubbs, England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion) was born on this day in history.   

1741  Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

0079  On August - 25 gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies   

0383  On this day in history death of flavius Gratianus, Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25   

0882  On this day in history louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19   

1192  On this day in history death of hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)   

1227  Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies on this day in history.   

1270  On August - 25 louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56   

1282  Death of Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218) on August - 25.   

1330  On this day in history death of sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)