September 25
Events
Pre-1600
- 275 - For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
- 762 - Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
- 1066 - In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.
- 1237 - England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
- 1396 - Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
- 1513 - Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
- 1555 - The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
1601–1900
- 1690 - Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
- 1768 - Unification of Nepal
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal in the Battle of Longue-Pointe during the invasion of Quebec.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off to join the American invasion.
- 1786 - The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people. The event was a major setback for quicksilver production in the Spanish Empire.
- 1789 - The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
- 1790 - Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
- 1804 - The Teton Sioux demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
- 1868 - The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
- 1890 - The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1901–present
- 1906 - Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra, guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over, 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 - S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot 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 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.
- 1985 - 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.
- 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.
- 1997 - NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.
- 1998 - PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.
- 2003 - The 8.3 Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
- 2018 - Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1358 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun
- 1403 - Louis III of Anjou
- 1525 - Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator
- 1528 - Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg
- 1529 - Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
- 1599 - Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone
1601–1900
- 1636 - Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince
- 1644 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker
- 1663 - Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer
- 1683 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist
- 1694 - Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1711 - Qianlong Emperor of China
- 1738 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware
- 1741 - Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director
- 1744 - Frederick William II of Prussia
- 1758 - Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer
- 1761 - William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer
- 1764 - Fletcher Christian, English sailor
- 1766 - Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France
- 1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician
- 1773 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author
- 1782 - Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright
- 1798 - Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer
- 1816 - Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg
- 1825 - William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician
- 1825 - Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council
- 1839 - Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist
- 1862 - Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer
- 1862 - Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1865 - Henri Lebasque, French artist
- 1866 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1867 - Yevgeny Miller, Russian general
- 1877 - Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President
- 1879 - Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal
- 1881 - Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic
- 1884 - Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
- 1888 - Hanna Ralph, German actress
- 1889 - Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator
- 1893 - Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician
- 1896 - Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy
- 1897 - William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1898 - Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator
- 1899 - Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter
- 1900 - Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician
1901–present
- 1901 - Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter
- 1901 - Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer
- 1903 - Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator
- 1906 - Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic
- 1906 - Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author
- 1906 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer
- 1908 - Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter
- 1910 - Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach
- 1911 - Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- 1914 - John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer
- 1916 - Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright
- 1916 - Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist
- 1917 - Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1920 - Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1920 - Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer
- 1921 - Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1922 - Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru
- 1923 - Robert Laxalt, American author and academic
- 1923 - Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
- 1924 - Norman Ayrton, English actor and director
- 1924 - Red Webb, American baseball player
- 1925 - Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946
- 1926 - Jack Hyles, American pastor and author
- 1926 - Aldo Ray, American actor
- 1927 - Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach
- 1927 - Colin Davis, English conductor and educator
- 1929 - Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter
- 1929 - Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress
- 1929 - Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author
- 1930 - Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti
- 1930 - Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter
- 1931 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet
- 1931 - Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
- 1932 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer
- 1932 - Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager
- 1932 - Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain
- 1933 - Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1933 - Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician
- 1936 - Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin
- 1936 - Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1936 - Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali
- 1937 - Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
- 1938 - Ron Hill, English runner and businessman
- 1938 - Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland
- 1938 - Enn Tarto, Estonian politician
- 1939 - Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
- 1939 - Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer
- 1939 - David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
- 1940 - Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author
- 1941 - Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
- 1942 - Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer
- 1942 - Robert Miano, American actor and producer
- 1942 - Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
- 1942 - John Taylor, English pianist and educator
- 1942 - Dee Dee Warwick, American singer
- 1943 - Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
- 1943 - John Locke, American keyboard player
- 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
- 1945 - Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
- 1945 - Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 - Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach
- 1946 - Felicity Kendal, English actress
- 1946 - Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 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
- 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
- 1947 - Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 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
- 1949 - Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director
- 1950 - E. C. Coleman, American basketball player
- 1950 - Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1954 - Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1955 - Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer
- 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 - Michael Madsen, American actor and producer
- 1957 - Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general
- 1958 - Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1970 - Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1970 - Paul Pope, American cartoonist, writer and artist
- 1970 - Dean Ween, American musician
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 1979 - Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
- 1979 - Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
- 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
- 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
- 1986 - Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
- 1986 - Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
- 1986 - Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
- 1987 - Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
- 1989 - Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
- 1989 - Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
- 1989 - Aldon Smith, American football player
- 1990 - Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
- 1991 - Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1992 - Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
- 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
- 1995 - Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver
- 2000 - Lilas Ikuta, Japanese singer and songwriter
- 2001 - Cade Cunningham, American basketball player
- 2003 - Bella Ramsey, English actor
- 2009 - Leah Jeffries, American actress