September 25 - Boxing

Boxing

This Day In History

1066

The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.

1513

Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.

1690

Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.

1789

The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.

1890

The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

1906

In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.

1929

Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

1956

TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.

1972

In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community.

2002

The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact in Siberia, Russia.

Famous Birthdays

1525

Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584)

1644

Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710)

1725

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (d. 1804)

1758

Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820)

1764

Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793)

1897

William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1962)
1903
Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (d. 1970)

1917

Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)

1925

Paul B. MacCready, Jr., American aeronautical engineer (d. 2007)

1930

Shel Silverstein, American humorist, singer-songwriter and author (d. 1999)

1944

Michael Douglas, American actor and producer

1947

Cheryl Tiegs, American model

1951

Mark Hamill, American actor
1952
Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
1965
Scottie Pippen, American basketball player
1966
Jason Flemyng, English actor
1968
Will Smith, American actor and rapper
1969
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
1977
Clea DuVall, American actress
1991
Emmy Clarke, American actress