HISTORY TODAY: August 25, 2017

1916  The National Park Service is established as part of the Department of the Interior.

''Knowing the past, we can make wise 

choices for a brighter, and more positive future.''

357		Julian defeats the Alamanni at Strasbourg in Gaul.
1346		Edward III of England defeats Philip VI’s army at the Battle of Crecy in France.
1758		The Prussian army defeats the invading Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf.
1765		In protest over the stamp tax, American colonists sack and burn the home of Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson.
1862		Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Waterloo Bridge, Virginia, during the Second Bull Run Campaign.
1864		Confederate General A.P. Hill pushes back Union General Winfield Scott Hancock from Reams Station where his army has spent several days destroying railroad tracks.
1916		The National Park Service is established as part of the Department of the Interior.
1921		The United States, which never ratified the Versailles Treaty ending World War I, finally signs a peace treaty with Germany.
1941		British and Soviet forces enter Iran, opening up a route to supply the Soviet Union.
1944		Paris is liberated from German occupation by Free French Forces under General Jacques LeClerc.
1948		The House Un-American Activities Committee holds its first-ever televised congressional hearing.
1950		President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.
1991		The Airbus A340 makes its first flight.
1991		Belarus gains independence from the USSR.
1991		The Croatian War of Independence breaks out: Battle of Vukovar begins, an 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces.
Born on August 25
1913		Walt Kelly, cartoonist who created the comic strip “Pogo.”
1918		Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer and pianist.
1919		George C. Wallace, governor of Alabama and presidential candidate.
1921		Brian Moore, Irish novelist (The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne).
1927		Althea Gibson, African American tennis player, the first to play at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.
1930		Sean Connery, Scottish actor famous for playing the character James Bond in the Ian Fleming movie series.
1933		Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and composer.
1938		Frederick Forsyth, author of thrillers (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File).
1949		Martin Amis, English novelist (Money, Time’s Arrow).
1949		John Savage, actor (The Deer Hunter).
1949		Gene Simmons, singer, songwriter; member of the band Kiss, one of the top-selling bands of all time.
1954		Elvis Costello, Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter (“Watching the Detectives”).
1958		Tim Burton, director, producer, screenwriter (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas).
1964		Blair Underwood, actor, director (L.A. Law TV series, The Second Coming); won Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album, An Inconvenient Truth.
1968		Rachel Ray, chef, author, TV host.
1987		Blake Lively, actress, model (Gossip Girl TV series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants).

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