In 1971, The leader of the Zulu, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi called for National Convention. Image: Wikimedia Commons
On This Day: What happened on 25 August?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
In 1971, The leader of the Zulu, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi called for National Convention. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 25 August, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 25 AUGUST
1964 | Kenneth David Kaunda won Zambian elections on this day.
2017 | The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army carried out a second major attack on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, leading to a massive military crackdown on the Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army.
1973 | The Prime Minister, BJ Vorster, warned opposition parties
2012 | Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space and became the first man-made object to do so.
1971 | The leader of the Zulu, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi called for National Convention
2006 | Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko was sentenced to nine years in prison for money laundering, fraud, and embezzlement.
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BIRTHDAYS
1977 | Canadian ice hockey player, Andy McDonald.
1944 | Canadian historian and author, Conrad Black.
1947 | British jazz pianist and composer, Keith Tippett.
1949 | American actor and producer, John Savage.
1944 | British lawyer and judge, Andrew Longmore.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2000 | American bass player and songwriter, Allen Woody, 45.
2017 | American bodybuilder, Rich Piana, 46.
2012 | Mexican banker and businessman, Roberto González Barrera, 80.
2014 | Dutch chemist and academic, Nico M. M. Nibbering,76.
2001 | Canadian ice hockey player, Carl Brewer, 63.
SPORTS
1928 | Arsenal (first division at Sheffield Wednesday) and Chelsea (second Division v Swansea) become the first Football League teams to have numbers on their shirts to help identify players on this day.
ENTERTAINMENT
2001 | American singer Aaliyah and several members of her recording company were killed when their plane full of cargo crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbor Airport, Bahamas on this day.
AFRICA FACT
More than two-thirds of the world’s Vanilla Fields are found in Madagascar.
