Today in History for 25th August 2026

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Historical Events

1942 - SS begins transporting Jews from Maastricht
1990 - Li Hui Rong of China sets the women's triple jump record of 47 ft 8½ in (14.54 m)
1995 - Gloucestershire cricketer Andrew Symonds scores 254 against Glamorgan, including a then first-class record of 16 sixes
2004 - Gal Fridman becomes Israel's first Olympic gold medalist when he wins the men's Mistral One Design windsurfing event at the Athens Games
2004 - Olga Kuzenkova of Russia throws an Olympic record 75.02 m to win the women's hammer throw gold medal at the Athens Games

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Famous Birthdays

1846 - Judith Gautier, French poetess, novelist (Le Dragon Impérial) and daughter of Theophile Gautier, born in Paris (d. 1917)
1897 - Jaroslav Řídký, Czech harpist, conductor, and composer, born in Reichenberg, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1956)
1903 - Arpad Elo, American chess writer and creator of the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess, born in Egyházaskesző, Hungary (d. 1992)
1965 - Kathy Horvath, American tennis player (World #10 1984, 6 WTA titles), born in Chicago, Illinois
1988 - Raymond Quinn, British pop singer, born in Knowsley Village, Merseyside, England

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Famous Deaths

1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
1868 - Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1945 - Willis Augustus Lee, American World War II admiral (Guadalcanal), and sport shooter (5 Olympic gold medals, 1920), dies of a heart attack while being ferried out to visit his flagship USS Wyoming off the coast of Maine at 57
1996 - Sylvia Fisher, Australian operatic soprano (Albert Herring Opera), dies at 86
2008 - Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Finnish composer (The Whole World Will Lament; Kwaidan-balladit), dies at 64

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