August 25 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Youth's Day	Mongolia	Observance
Day of Songun	North Korea	Public Holiday
Independence Day	Uruguay	National Holiday
Eid-al-Adha holiday	Multiple [Show]	National Holiday
Raksha Bandhan	United States	Hindu Holiday
Ghost Festival	Taiwan	Observance
Eid al-Adha	Bahrain	Public Holiday
Spirit Festival	China	Observance
Eid-al-Adha Holiday	Multiple [Show]	National Holiday
Feast of the Sacrifice Day 4	Egypt	National Holiday
National Park Service Founders Day	-	Unofficial (Nature & Environment)
National Whiskey Sour Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Kiss and Make Up Day	-	Unofficial (Relationships & Family)
National Secondhand Wardrobe Day	-	Unofficial (Lifestyle, Nature & Environment)
National Banana Split Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
Onam	India	Restricted Holiday
Eid al-Adha Day 4	Bangladesh	Optional Holiday
Eid al-Adha holiday	Multiple [Show]	National Holiday
Special Working Day	Kazakhstan	Observance
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day	Sri Lanka	Public Holiday
Day of the Homeland	Germany	Observance

Historical Events on August 25

1543: The first Europeans bring the first firearms to Japan.
1580: Spain defeats Portugal during th Battle of Alcantara.
1609: Galileo Galilei shows Venetian lawmakers his first telescope.
1758: Prussia’s Frederick II defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf during the Seven Years’ War.
1825: Uruguay declares itself to be independent from Brazil.
1830: The Belgian Revolution begins on this day.
1916: The United States creates the U.S National Park Service.
1933: An earthquake in Mao County Sichuan, China kills over nine thousand people.
1940: The British Royal Air Force begins bombing Berlin during World War II.
1944: The Allies liberate Paris during World War II.
1950:S President Harry Truman orders the United States Army to take control of the nation’s railroads to avoid a strike.
1967: George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was assassinated as he left a laundromat in Arlington, Virginia.
1980: Zimbabwe becomes a member of the U.N.
1981: Voyager 2 makes its closest approach yet to the planet Saturn.
1989: Voyage 2 makes its closest approach to the planet Neptune.
1991: The first version of the software that would become Linux is announced by Linus Torvalds.
2012: Voyager I becomes the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.