^{Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas (US Army, CC BY-SA 2.0)}

Today in History

• King Harold II of England defeats the King of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, an event that historians use to mark the end of the Viking Age (1066)
• Balboa reaches the Pacific Ocean (1513)
• The first newspaper to appear in the Americas is published. It lasts one issue (1690)
• The US Congress passes the Bill of Rights (1789)
• The first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system is inaugurated (1956)
• Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is forcefully integrated by the 101st Airborne Division (1957)

Birthdays

• Fletcher Christian, mutineer (1764)
• William Faulkner, author (1897)
• Mark Rothko, painter (1903)
• Phil Rizzuto, baseball player and sportscaster (1917)
• Aldo Ray, actor (1926)
• Barbara Walters, television journalist (1929)
• Shel Silverstein, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (1930)
• Glenn Gould, pianist (1932)
• Juliet Prowse, actress and dancer (1936)
• Aram Saroyan, poet and novelist (1943)
• Michael Douglas, actor (1944)
• Felicity Kendal, actress (1946)
• Cheryl Tiegs, supermodel (1947)
• Mimi Kennedy, actress (1948)
• Pedro Almodóvar, filmmaker (1949)
• Mark Hamill, actor (1951)
• Christopher Reeve, actor (1952)
• Heather Locklear, actress (1961)
• Scottie Pippin, basketball player (1965)
• Will Smith, actor and rapper (1968)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress (1969)

Deaths

• Johann Strauss I, composer (1849)
• Richard F. Outcault, cartoonist (1928)
• Ring Lardner, journalist and author (1933)
• Emily Post, etiquette authority (1960)
• Erich Maria Remarque, author (1970)
• Walter Pidgeon, actor (1984)
• Mary Astor, actress (1987)
• Billy Carter, Presidential sibling (1988)
• Klaus Barbie, SS officer and war criminal (1991)
• Marion Zimmer Bradley, science fiction and fantasy writer (1999)
• George Plimpton, writer (2003)
• Don Adams, actor (2005)
• M. Scott Peck, psychiatrist (2005)
• John M. Ford, author and game designer (2006)
• Andy Williams, singer (2012)
• Arnold Palmer, golfer (2016)

Holidays and Observances

• Armed Forces Day (Mozambique)
• Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
• National One-Hit Wonder Day (US)
• National Psychotherapy Day (US)
• National Youth Day (Nauru)
• World Pharmacists Day

September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year.