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September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 97 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1906 – Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.
  • 1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
  • 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
  • 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
  • 1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
  • 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
  • 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
  • 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
  • 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
  • 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
  • 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
  • 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
  • 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
  • 1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
  • 1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
  • 1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
  • 1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
  • 1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
  • 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
  • 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.
  • 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
  • 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
  • 1987 – Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
  • 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
  • 2003 – The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 – Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
  • 1901 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
  • 1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (d. 1970)
  • 1906 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (d. 1962)
  • 1906 – Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (d. 1996)
  • 1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975)
  • 1908 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
  • 1910 – Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (d. 1980)
  • 1911 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
  • 1914 – John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (d. 2020)
  • 1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
  • 1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968)
  • 1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
  • 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
  • 1920 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (d. 2002)
  • 1921 – Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
  • 1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (d. 1992)
  • 1923 – Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (d. 2001)
  • 1923 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011)
  • 1924 – Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (d. 2017)
  • 1924 – Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996)
  • 1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (d. 2016)
  • 1926 – Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (d. 2001)
  • 1926 – Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
  • 1927 – Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
  • 1927 – Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
  • 1929 – Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004)
  • 1929 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (d. 2022)
  • 1930 – Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (d. 2022)
  • 1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
  • 1931 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
  • 1931 – Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
  • 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
  • 1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager
  • 1932 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (d. 2014)
  • 1933 – Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1933 – Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2022)
  • 1936 – Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014)
  • 1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
  • 1936 – Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (d. 2020)
  • 1937 – Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
  • 1938 – Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (d. 2021)
  • 1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (d. 2010)
  • 1938 – Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (d. 2021)
  • 1939 – Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2015)
  • 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
  • 1939 – David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
  • 1940 – Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (d. 2020)
  • 1941 – Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
  • 1942 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976)
  • 1942 – Robert Miano, American actor and producer
  • 1942 – Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
  • 1942 – John Taylor, English pianist and educator (d. 2015)
  • 1942 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008)
  • 1943 – Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
  • 1943 – John Locke, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
  • 1943 – Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
  • 1943 – Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
  • 1944 – Doris Matsui, American politician
  • 1944 – Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (d. 2009)
  • 1945 – Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
  • 1945 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1946 – Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 1946 – Felicity Kendal, English actress
  • 1946 – Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1998)
  • 1946 – Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
  • 1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer
  • 1946 – Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
  • 1946 – Jerry Penrod, American bass player
  • 1947 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (d. 1999)
  • 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
  • 1947 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
  • 1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer
  • 1948 – Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
  • 1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1949 – Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
  • 1949 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2015)
  • 1949 – Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director
  • 1950 – E. C. Coleman, American basketball player
  • 1950 – Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (d. 2013)
  • 1951 – Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
  • 1951 – Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1951 – Graeme Knowles, English bishop
  • 1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
  • 1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
  • 1952 – Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor
  • 1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
  • 1952 – bell hooks, American author and activist (d. 2021)
  • 1952 – Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
  • 1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor
  • 1952 – Chris Pond, English politician
  • 1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004)
  • 1953 – Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
  • 1953 – Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
  • 1954 – Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
  • 1954 – Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 1955 – Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
  • 1955 – Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1955 – Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
  • 1955 – Luanne Rice, American author and activist
  • 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
  • 1955 – Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1956 – W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
  • 1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
  • 1956 – Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
  • 1957 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (d. 2014)
  • 1958 – Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
  • 1958 – Michael Madsen, American actor and producer
  • 1959 – Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
  • 1961 – Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress
  • 1961 – Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
  • 1961 – Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
  • 1962 – Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (d. 2010)
  • 1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress
  • 1962 – Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
  • 1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor
  • 1963 – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author
  • 1964 – Gary Ayles, English race car driver
  • 1964 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
  • 1964 – Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
  • 1964 – Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
  • 1964 – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
  • 1964 – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
  • 1965 – Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
  • 1965 – Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
  • 1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1965 – Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
  • 1965 – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
  • 1965 – Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
  • 1965 – Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
  • 1965 – Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
  • 1966 – Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
  • 1966 – Jason Flemyng, English actor
  • 1966 – Todd Philcox, American football player
  • 1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1967 – Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
  • 1968 – John A. List, American economist and academic
  • 1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
  • 1968 – John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
  • 1969 – Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
  • 1969 – Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator
  • 1969 – Tony Womack, American baseball player
  • 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
  • 1970 – Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
  • 1971 – Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
  • 1971 – John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1971 – Seb Sanders, English jockey
  • 1972 – Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
  • 1973 – Jenny Chapman, English politician
  • 1973 – Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen
  • 1974 – Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1974 – Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
  • 1974 – John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (d. 2008)
  • 1974 – Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
  • 1974 – Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
  • 1974 – Frank Leder, German fashion designer
  • 1974 – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
  • 1974 – Eric Moss, American football player (d. 2019)
  • 1974 – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1974 – Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
  • 1974 – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
  • 1975 – Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier
  • 1975 – Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
  • 1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
  • 1975 – Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
  • 1976 – Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1976 – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1976 – Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress
  • 1977 – Clea DuVall, American actress
  • 1977 – Robbie Jones, American actor
  • 1977 – Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
  • 1977 – Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Joel David Moore, American actor
  • 1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
  • 1978 – Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
  • 1978 – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
  • 1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
  • 1978 – Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
  • 1978 – Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1978 – Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1979 – Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (d. 2012)
  • 1979 – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
  • 1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
  • 1979 – Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
  • 1980 – Chris Owen, American actor
  • 1980 – T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 1981 – Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager
  • 1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Lee Norris, American actor
  • 1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
  • 1983 – Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1983 – Terrance Pennington, American football player
  • 1984 – Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1984 – Matt Carle, American ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Ivory Latta, American basketball player
  • 1984 – Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
  • 1984 – Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
  • 1985 – Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer
  • 1985 – Marvin Matip, German footballer
  • 1986 – Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
  • 1986 – Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
  • 1986 – Marten Strauch, German rugby player
  • 1986 – Steve Forrest, American drummer
  • 1986 – Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
  • 1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
  • 1987 – Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
  • 1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
  • 1989 – Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
  • 1989 – Aldon Smith, American football player
  • 1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
  • 1990 – Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
  • 1991 – Emmy Clarke, American actress
  • 1991 – Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
  • 1991 – Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1992 – Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
  • 1992 – Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
  • 1992 – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
  • 1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
  • 1992 – Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter
  • 1992 – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
  • 1993 – Brandin Cooks, American football player
  • 1993 – Toby Greene, Australian footballer
  • 1993 – Abdel Nader, Egyptian-American basketball player
  • 1995 – Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver
  • 1996 – Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
  • 1996 – Yue Yuan, Chinese tennis player
  • 2001 – Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
  • 2009 – Leah Jeffries, American actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

  • Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Abadir and Iraja and Companions (Coptic Church)
    • Aunarius (Aunacharius)
    • Anathalon (Archdiocese of Milan)
    • Cadoc
    • Ceolfrith
    • Cleopas
    • Euphrosyne of Alexandria
    • Finbarr
    • Fermin of Amiens
    • Lancelot Andrewes (Church of England)
    • Sergius of Radonezh (repose)
    • Vincent Strambi
    • September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
  • National Research Administrators Day (United States)
  • National Youth Day (Nauru)

See also

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