September 25th in History
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.