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September 25
1493 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1513 - Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.
1775 - Ethan Allen was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War after he led an attack on Montreal.
1789 - The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification; the first ten became the Bill of Rights.
1890 - President Benjamin Harrison signed a measure establishing Sequoia National Park.
1890 - Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon Church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after speech in Pueblo, Colorado during a tour to rally support for the Treaty of Versailles.
1956 - The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service with a ceremonial three-way call between New York, Ottawa and London.
1957 - Nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.
1978 - 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collided over San Diego.
1980 - Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, 32, choked to death on his own vomit after a drinking binge.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1992 - NASA’s Mars Observer blasted off on a $980 million mission to the red planet (the probe disappeared just before entering Martian orbit in August 1993).
2001 - Saudi Arabia cut its relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban.
2003 - It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.
2011 - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.
2011 - Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison, returned to the United States.
2015 - House Speaker John Boehner abruptly announced his resignation.
2018 - Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home. (After nearly three years in prison, Cosby went free in June 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction.)
2020 - The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, making history as the first woman so honored in America.
Birthdays
26 - Sofia Reyes (singer)
29 - Rosalia (singer)
30 - Emmy Clarke (actress)
32 - Jordan Gavaris (actor)
37 - Zach Woods (actor)
37 - Annabelle Wallis (actress)
38 - Donald Glover (actor)
40 - Lee Norris (actor)
40 - Van Hansis (actor)
48 - Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (actress)
50 - Jessie Wallace (actress)
52 - Catherine Zeta-Jones (actress)
52 - Hal Sparks (actor/comedian)
53 - Will Smith (actor)
55 - Jason Flemyng (actor)
56 - Scottie Pippen (basketball player)
57 - Maria Doyle Kennedy (actress)
58 - Tate Donovan (actor)
59 - Aida Turturro (actress)
60 - Heather Locklear (actress)
63 - Michael Madsen (actor)
70 - Bob McAdoo (basketball player)
70 - Mark Hamill (actor)
72 - Anson Williams (actor)
73 - Mimi Kennedy (actress)
74 - Cheryl Tiegs (model)
77 - Michael Douglas (actor)
78 - Robert Walden (actor)
78 - Josh Taylor (actor)
92 - Barbara Walters (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - September 25
1911 - Ground was broken for Boston’s Fenway Park.
1926 - The NHL grants franchises to the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings.
1965 - Willie Mays, at the age of 34, became the oldest man to hit 50 home runs in a single season. He had also set the record for the youngest to hit 50 ten years earlier.
1965 - Satchel Paige (Kansas City Athletics), at the age of 59, pitched three shutout innings against the Boston Red Sox.
1978 - Melissa Ludtke, a writer for "Sports Illustrated", filed a suit in U.S. District Court. The result was that Major League Baseball could not bar female writers from the locker room after the game.
1981 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros pitches his fifth career no-hitter.
1997 - NBC sportscaster Marv Albert pled guilty to assault and battery of a lover. He was fired from NBC within hours.
1997 - The WNBA announces new franchises for Detroit and Washington, D.C.
2001 - Michael Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA as a player for the Washington Wizards. Jordan became the president of basketball operations for the team on January 19, 2000.
2016 - Golf legend Arnold Palmer, 87, died in Pittsburgh.
2016 - Jose Fernandez, 24, ace right-hander for the Miami Marlins, was killed in a boating accident with two friends off Miami Beach.
2020 - The Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the pandemic, became the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that would play in the fall.
1493 - Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1513 - Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.
1775 - Ethan Allen was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War after he led an attack on Montreal.
1789 - The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification; the first ten became the Bill of Rights.
1890 - President Benjamin Harrison signed a measure establishing Sequoia National Park.
1890 - Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon Church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after speech in Pueblo, Colorado during a tour to rally support for the Treaty of Versailles.
1956 - The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service with a ceremonial three-way call between New York, Ottawa and London.
1957 - Nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.
1978 - 144 people were killed when a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 and a private plane collided over San Diego.
1980 - Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, 32, choked to death on his own vomit after a drinking binge.
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1992 - NASA’s Mars Observer blasted off on a $980 million mission to the red planet (the probe disappeared just before entering Martian orbit in August 1993).
2001 - Saudi Arabia cut its relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban.
2003 - It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.
2011 - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.
2011 - Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison, returned to the United States.
2015 - House Speaker John Boehner abruptly announced his resignation.
2018 - Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home. (After nearly three years in prison, Cosby went free in June 2021 after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction.)
2020 - The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, making history as the first woman so honored in America.
Birthdays
26 - Sofia Reyes (singer)
29 - Rosalia (singer)
30 - Emmy Clarke (actress)
32 - Jordan Gavaris (actor)
37 - Zach Woods (actor)
37 - Annabelle Wallis (actress)
38 - Donald Glover (actor)
40 - Lee Norris (actor)
40 - Van Hansis (actor)
48 - Bridgette Wilson-Sampras (actress)
50 - Jessie Wallace (actress)
52 - Catherine Zeta-Jones (actress)
52 - Hal Sparks (actor/comedian)
53 - Will Smith (actor)
55 - Jason Flemyng (actor)
56 - Scottie Pippen (basketball player)
57 - Maria Doyle Kennedy (actress)
58 - Tate Donovan (actor)
59 - Aida Turturro (actress)
60 - Heather Locklear (actress)
63 - Michael Madsen (actor)
70 - Bob McAdoo (basketball player)
70 - Mark Hamill (actor)
72 - Anson Williams (actor)
73 - Mimi Kennedy (actress)
74 - Cheryl Tiegs (model)
77 - Michael Douglas (actor)
78 - Robert Walden (actor)
78 - Josh Taylor (actor)
92 - Barbara Walters (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - September 25
1911 - Ground was broken for Boston’s Fenway Park.
1926 - The NHL grants franchises to the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings.
1965 - Willie Mays, at the age of 34, became the oldest man to hit 50 home runs in a single season. He had also set the record for the youngest to hit 50 ten years earlier.
1965 - Satchel Paige (Kansas City Athletics), at the age of 59, pitched three shutout innings against the Boston Red Sox.
1978 - Melissa Ludtke, a writer for "Sports Illustrated", filed a suit in U.S. District Court. The result was that Major League Baseball could not bar female writers from the locker room after the game.
1981 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros pitches his fifth career no-hitter.
1997 - NBC sportscaster Marv Albert pled guilty to assault and battery of a lover. He was fired from NBC within hours.
1997 - The WNBA announces new franchises for Detroit and Washington, D.C.
2001 - Michael Jordan announced that he would return to the NBA as a player for the Washington Wizards. Jordan became the president of basketball operations for the team on January 19, 2000.
2016 - Golf legend Arnold Palmer, 87, died in Pittsburgh.
2016 - Jose Fernandez, 24, ace right-hander for the Miami Marlins, was killed in a boating accident with two friends off Miami Beach.
2020 - The Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the pandemic, became the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that would play in the fall.
