August 25th
Today in America's Present Past
1718 | French settlers founded New Orleans, Louisiana.
1793 | Novelist John Neal was born.
1814 | War of 1812: British forces destroy the Library of Congress.
1819 | Allan Pinkerton was born.
1874 | Civil Rights: Klan members violently attack a Republican gathering in Coushatta, Louisiana.
1886 | The first international polo meet (US vs England), held in Newport, Rhode Island.
1893 | Dentist H. Trendley Dean was born.
1916 | The Department of the Interior formed the National Park Service.
1916 | Bacteriologist Frederick Robbins was born.
1916 | Actor Van Johnson was born.
1918 | Composer Leonard Bernstein was born.
1920 | Ethelda Bleibtrey becomes the first American female gold medalist at the Olympics.
1921 | Civil Rights: Battle of Blair Mountain, Logan County, West Virginia.
1921 | WWI: The U.S. signed a peace treaty with Germany.
1927 | Tennis Pro Althea Gibson was born.
1931 | Entertainer Regis Philbin was born.
1933 | Actor Tom Skerritt was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1935 | Poet Charles Wright was born.
1945 | America’s first casualty to Communist China, John Birch, died.
1956 | Sexologist Alfred Kinsey died.
1958 | Director Tim Burton was born.
1961 | Musician Billy Ray Cyrus was born.
1970 | Musician Jo Dee Messina was born.
1975 | Music: Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run" debuted.
1984 | Author Truman Capote died.
1998 | SCOTUS: Justice Lewis Powell died.
2009 | Politician Ted Kennedy died.
2012 | Astronaut Neil Armstrong died.
2015 | General Frank E. Petersen died.