August 25
People born on this day are Virgo.
- 1991
Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
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The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
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Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
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American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
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NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
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Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
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Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
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A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20.
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Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.
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Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
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Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004.
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Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
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2006Kimi Antonelli, Italian race car driver
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2003Rebeka Jančová, Slovak alpine ski racer
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2000Nicki Nicole, Argentine rapper and singer-songwriter
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1998China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
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1995Ong Seong-wu, South Korean singer and actor
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1995Dowoon, South Korean musician
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1994Caris LeVert, American basketball player
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1992Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
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1992Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
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1990Max Muncy, American baseball player
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1989Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
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1989Jaakko Ohtonen, Finnish actor
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