Wikipedia: September 25

September 25
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September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). There are 97 days remaining.

Events

275 - M. Claudius Tacitus appointed Roman emperor by the senate.
1066 - Battle of Stamford Bridge, marking the end of the Viking era.
1513 - Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa reached the Pacific Ocean
1555 - The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
1690 - "Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick", the first newspaper published in the Americas, published for the first and only time. It was considered offensive and its publisher, Benjamin Harris, was ordered not to publish any more.
1789 - The Bill of Rights passes the United States Congress
1846 - American forces led by Zachary Taylor captured the Mexican city of Monterrey.
1890 - Yosemite National Park established in California.
1957 - Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas is integrated through the use of United States Army troops
1978 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, California resulting in the death of 144.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor was the 102nd Justice sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the first woman to hold the office.
1998 - A Pauknair BAE146 crashes into hillside in Morocco killing 38
2003 - Magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaido, Japan.

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries