Historical Events for 25th August 2024

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August 25, 2024 in Today in History

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Posted August 25, 2024

1922 - Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
1940 - First British night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1944 - US Army XII Corps reaches Troyes, France
1960 - AFL begins placing players names on back of their jerseys
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1979 - Somali adopts constitution
1988 - Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston
1991 - Carl Lewis runs 100m in a world record 9.86 seconds
2014 - 66th Primetime Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers broadcast on NBC
2017 - President Donald Trump grants presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of contempt of court for racial profiling